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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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