Politics & Religion
Facilitator: Thomas Turley, History
This Pathway considers the relation of politics and religion in global perspective from early times to the present. Courses will invite students to explore themes of universal significance related to topics such as social, governmental, and religious systems; economics; the arts; literature; gender; race; science; the environment; and globalism.
Associated Courses
Foundations Courses
(Please note that only the specific Foundation course topics qualify for the Pathway requirements,
and only one Foundations course may be applied to a Pathway)
ANTH 12A Transforming the Middle East
ARTH 12A Art, Politics & Propaganda
ARTH 12A Empire: Self & Others
HIST 12A Civilization & the City
ENGL 2A Confronting the Unknown
ENGL 2A Identity, Community & Culture
ENGL 2A Identity, Vocation & Community
ENGL 2A Empire: Self & Others
ENGL 12A Wars, Individuals, and States (Riccomini)
Anthropology
ANTH 188 People, Culture, and Change in the Middle East
Classics
CLAS 69 History of Early Christianity (cross-listed with SCTR 65)
CLAS 114 Imperialism and Religion: Roman Britain (cross-listed as HIST 114)
English
ENGL 150EL Contemporary Literature
History
HIST 22 Western Civilization: Medieval and Early Modern (Liebscher only)
HIST 107 Spain and Morocco: Jews, Christians, and Muslims, 1300-1800
HIST 114 Imperialism and Religion: Roman Britain (cross-listed as CLAS 114)
HIST 117 State and Church in the Middle Ages, 1000-1450
HIST 145 Islam in the Modern World
HIST 164 Seminar: The Catholic Church in Latin America
Honors
HNRS 20 Difficult Dialogues (topics: "Faith v. Reason" and "Galileo and Bellarmine" only)
Political Science
*POLI 139 Religion and Politics in the Developing World
*POLI 142 Politics in Middle East
Religious Studies
*RSOC 33 Maya Spirituality
*RSOC 136 Religion in Latin America
*RSOC 148R RSS: Religion and the Presidency
*RSOC 188 Religion and Violence
*RSOC 190 Islam: Reformation and Modernity
*RSOC 191 Religions of Colonized Peoples
*SCTR 65 Early Christianity (cross-listed as CLAS 69)
*SCTR 130 Sacred Politics: Christian Texts in the Public Sphere
*SCTR 157 The Bible and Empire
*SCTR 158R RSS: Postcolonial Perspectives on the New Testament
*TESP 43 Catholic Social Thought
*TESP 64 Environmental Justice in the Catholic Imagination
*TESP 158 Immigration and Ethics
* Indicates Course Has Prerequisites
