AFRS 310 - Politics and Religion: Tradition and Modernization in the Third World

1 unit(s)

(Same as RELI 310) An examination of the central problem facing all Third World and developing countries, the confrontation between the process of modernization and religious tradition and custom. Along with the social, economic, and political aspects, the course focuses on the problems of cultural identity and crises of meaning raised by the modernizing process. Selected case studies are drawn from Africa and Asia. To be announced.

Prerequisite: AFRS 268, or two units in Religion or Africana Studies at the 200-level, or permission of the instructor.

Not offered in 2014/15.