Christianity and Community Why do most religious traditions have so much in common? What can you learn about a culture and its people by studying how their religion explains dying and an afterlife? Why do you think that people who follow the Jewish religious tradition have experienced such a high degree of repression, genocide, and […]
Is there a “resurgence of religion” in the world as some now argue, or is the current focus on religion and global politics simply a temporary reaction to 9/11 and subsequent events?
GUIDELINE We began the second half of the semester with some readings on secularism and secularization. In particular we read about “the secularization theory” and the perceived intersection between the decline of religion, secular society, and modernity. Having spent the last 8 weeks reading and thinking about religion and globalization, your final essay for the […]