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

1 unit(s)

(Same as AFRS 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 social, economic, and political aspects, the course focuses on the problems of cultural identity and crises of meaning raised by the modernization 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 2015/16.