<p>Join an award-winning religion professor for a startling, open-minded examination of the connection between human spirituality and violence.</p>
Overview
Syllabus
- By This Professor
- 01: Religion and Violence: A Strange Nexus
- 02: Defining Religion and Violence
- 03: Violence in Sacred Texts
- 04: Martyrdom, Sacrifice, and Self-Harm
- 05: Scapegoating and Demonology
- 06: Understanding Witch Trials
- 07: The Apocalyptic Outlook
- 08: Racial Violence and Religion
- 09: Religion and Violence against Women
- 10: Sexuality, Morality, and Punishment
- 11: Heresies and Their Suppression
- 12: Religion and Just War Theory
- 13: Peace as a Religious Ideal
- 14: War Gods and Holy War
- 15: Religious Violence in Israel
- 16: Religious Violence in India
- 17: Religion’s Relationship with Slavery
- 18: Native Americans and Religious Violence
- 19: Violence and “Cults”
- 20: Anti-Catholicism in Europe and America
- 21: The Persistence of Anti-Semitism
- 22: Islam, Violence, and Islamophobia
- 23: Religion and Terrorism
- 24: What We Can Do About Religious Violence
Taught by
Jason C. Bivins
