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Mar 28, 2024
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RELG 223 - Religion and Revolution Semester Offered: Second Semester Full Course Credits: 4 credits Attribute: 4HU
This course explores the relationship between religious thought and political revolution. It specifically examines the ways messianic, apocalyptic, prophetic, and eschatological dimensions of religious narrative spill into the domain of history and politics. The course begins with the theological eschatology/millenarianism of medieval Europe - Joachim of Fiore and the Spiritual Franciscans - before moving to Thomas Muntzer and the German Peasants’ War. The class subsequently focuses on the 19th and 20th centuries surveying religious Marxisms (theologies of liberation and revolution) and other forms of political spirituality (e.g. Shi’a Islam in the Iranian Revolution).
Enrollment Limit: 35 Instructor: D. Schultz
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