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RELIGION AND POLITICS (L57)  (Dept. Info)Arts & Sciences  (Policies)FL2024

L57 RelPol 203Religions of St. Louis: Communities of Faith and Practical Action Across the Region3.0 Units
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01--W----2:30P-5:20PTBAGriffithPaper/Project/TakeHome1500
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L57 RelPol 290Islamophobia & U.S. Politics3.0 Units
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01-T-R---10:00A-11:20ATBAAliPaper/Project/TakeHome2500
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L57 RelPol 307Solidarity and Silence: Religious Strategies in the Political Sphere3.0 Units
Description:Although political action is often considered a problem of making oneself heard, religious practices of silence, self-effacement, and withdrawal from certain worldly struggles have guided many significant political and social movements, particularly forms of non-violent resistance. This course considers the role of religious thought and practice in such movements in the twentieth century. The history of these movements presents an apparent paradox: how can political action emerge from the supposedly "private" realm of religion in the modern era, particularly its most individualistic formations in contemplative and mystical practices? Does the historical role of these practices in the political sphere complicate their portrayal in some scholarship as private, individual, and depoliticizing? With these questions animating our investigations, we will consider the work of authors and activists including Leo Tolstoy, Mahatma Gandhi, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Martin Luther King, Jr., Simone Weil, and William Barber, as well as the history of movements associated with their work. Toward the end of the semester, we will turn to contemporary movements against economic inequality, intimate violence, racially motivated violence, and discrimination toward transgender persons to discuss the use of religious strategies or religiously-derived strategies in current political and social activism.
Attributes:A&S IQHUMArchHUMArtHUMBUBA, ETHENH
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Course Type:HomeSame As:L23 3071Frequency:None / History
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01---R---3:00P-5:50PTBABialekPaper/Project/TakeHome1200
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L57 RelPol 395Topics in Religion and Politics: Jewish Women and American Culture3.0 Units
Description:How have Jewish women shaped American politics and culture? How much of our modern world do we owe to what Jewish women have created? And how have these women transformed Judaism itself? This course examines the writings, ideas, and lives of Jewish-American women. From explicitly religious organizations like Hadassah and the National Council of Jewish Women, to more secular Jews who subtly incorporated religion into their style and their ethics, we will consider Jewish-American women in all of their fascinating variety. Students will gain a thorough picture of Jewish-American women's social impact from the ground up. Our reading will extend from colonial community builders like Bilhah Franks, to early feminists like Rosa Sonneschein, to revolutionaries like Emma Goldman and reformers like Lillian Wald; from the philosopher Hannah Arendt to the labor leader Rose Schneiderman and the novelist Ayn Rand; from America's first woman rabbi, Sally Priesand, to modern-day leaders and celebrities like Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Judy Blume, Adrienne Rich, and Dianne Feinstein. Students will have the opportunity to conduct self-directed research as well as to try out creative projects and collaborative reflection. This course will teach students to thoughtfully analyze texts in historical context, to conduct sensitive conversations with generosity and curiosity, and to broaden their pantheon of American cultural giants. As we explore multiple genres, decades, and perspectives, students will build a rich and collaborative understanding of the vibrant Jewish-American women's intellectual tradition.
Attributes:A&S IQHUMArchHUMArtHUMENH
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Course Type:HomeSame As:L23 3950  L48 3951  L49 395  L75 395  L98 3950Frequency:Every Semester / History
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01M-W----1:00P-2:20PTBA[TBA]Paper/Project/TakeHome1500
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