FUNDAMENTALISM, RELIGION AND MODERNITY
HIS3FRM
Not currently offered
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
The rise of militant Islamist groups is one of the defining features of late modern geopolitics. In this course, students critically engage with the history of religious fundamentalism: as ideology, social movement, and political force. Students will research the changing place of religion in modernity, the sources of religious knowledge, and the social, political and cultural drivers of religious change. Students encounter diverse fundamentalisms such as in Protestant Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism and Secularism. Students analyse the global flow of ideas through international religious networks, and study the dynamics of religious movements in late modernity through a range of themes that have become touchstones for conservative religion. These may include evolution, textual criticism, abortion, homosexuality, women's movements and campaigns for religious freedom. Students develop critical understandings of global religious diversity.
School: Humanities and Social Sciences (Pre 2022)
Credit points: 15
Subject Co-ordinator: Timothy Jones
Available to Study Abroad/Exchange Students: Yes
Subject year level: Year Level 3 - UG
Available as Elective: No
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Capstone subject: No
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Prerequisites: 60 credit points of level 2 subjects
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Career Ready
Career-focused: No
Work-based learning: No
Self sourced or Uni sourced: N/A
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