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HDS 3255

Political Emotions and the Religious Imagination

Michael D. Jackson

Description

The recurring phenomenon of violent urban protest (riots in the banlieus of Paris in November 2005; reactions throughout the Islamic world to the Danish cartoons in February 2006) alerts us to urgency of going beyond media representations of the "clash of cultures", and understanding the multiplex conditions, real and imagined, existential and discursive, that find expression in these dramatic events. This course will explore some of the ways in which people at the centre and on the periphery of political power conceptualize and enact difference, and why. Special attention will be given to the political emotions and mythico-religious ideas that are at play in these transnational fields, and the relationship between lived experience and cultural representations.

Enrollment Limited: Limited to 15 (instructor's permission required)
Open to BTI Students: Yes

Scheduling

Half Course
Expected to be offered: Fall 2010
Course times to be announced.
Location to be announced.

Relationship to Program Requirements

Program Requirement	Area / Category / Art / Designation
MTS Area(s) of Focus	African and African American Religious Studies Religion and the Social Sciences
MDiv Distribution Category/ies	Non-Tradition Specific
MDiv Art(s) of Ministry	Public Leadership
ThM, pre-2007 MTS, and pre-2005 MDiv Area	Area 3
Language Course Designation(s)	n/a