RELI 281 - Religion, Art, and Politics

Semester Offered: Fall
0.5 unit(s)

Nowadays, we accept the idea that religion, like so much else, is political. It makes sense, then, that visual culture, which can be used, situated, manipulated and exploited in the service of religion can serve to affirm and in some cases to subvert the political messages of religion. This class serves as an introduction to the wider field of religion and the arts, exploring examples of both the collisions and collusions of religion, art and politics. The course will concentrate on the intercultural polemics between Judaism and Christianity as exemplary of the larger issues at stake.

Second six-week course.

Two-75 minute periods.