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RELI 3722

Religion and Violence

0.5 credit · Undergraduate

This course examines “religious violence” from past and present, from the large (state violence) to the small (self-harm), and in between (communal violence, intimate partner violence), and asks why only some violence is commonly deemed religious and only some religion is commonly deemed violent.

2025

Topics

  • What is Religion and How to Study it Academically
  • What is Violence: Theories of Violence and Religious Violence
  • Holy War
  • Martyrdom
  • Gender/LGBQT
  • Gender
  • Genocide
  • Terrorism
  • The Myth of Religious Violence

Prerequisites & course information

Prerequisite(s): third-year standing or permission of the department. Lecture three hours a week.

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