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Emnekatalog: SAM5130
SAM5130 - Religion, Conflict and Reconciliation
Emneansvarlig:
Gunnar Harald Heiene (Gunnar.Heiene@mf.no)
Studiepoeng: 10
Undervisningstermin:
Høst
Studieprogramtilhørighet: Master in Religion, Society and Global Issues
Avdelingstilhørighet:
Avdelingsråd for religion og samfunn
Tillatte hjelpemidler ved eksamen: Ingen
Generell informasjon
SAM5130 will provide an understanding of the role of religions in today´s world as a source of conflict and as a resource for
reconciliation. It will focus on the use of the sacred scriptures in different religious traditions in situations of conflict, and on relevant
ethical and theological perspectives. It will further give an introduction into perspectives from the social sciences, and present attempts
at creating a common global ethics. The subject will be discussed in light of contemporary examples of conflicts and reconciliations
processes.
Studiekrav
The student will
- Write a book report up to 2,000 words from a limited part of the course syllabus. The topic of the report is selected in cooperation with
the professor and is graded pass/fail.
- Participate in the evaluation of the course
Avsluttende vurdering
To gain credit for the course SAM5130 the student must fulfill all the requirements and pass the exam. The exam is assessed with
grades A-F.
Mål og innhold
The goal of this course is to understand the role of religion as a source of conflict and as a resource for reconciliation
The students will demonstrate the following skills:
- To demonstrate knowledge of conflict and violence as subject in the sacred scriptures of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, and of the
use of sacred scriptureand religious traditions in contemporary conflicts
- To discuss the possibilities of different religious traditions to create tolerance and reconciliation
- To understand and debate contemporary attempts at dialogue on global ethics across the borders of different religions and world
views
- To demonstrate knowledge of theories within peace and conflict research, in particular social psychology and sociology
Litteratur
LITTERATUR/LITERATURE
- "An excerpt" i:/in:/from: Peace and reconciliation : in search of shared identity / Sebastian C. H. Kim et al. red./ed. Aldershot,
England ; Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2008, s./p. 7-108, ISBN/ISSN: 9780754664611 (hbk. alk. paper)/0754664619 (hbk. alk. paper)
- "An excerpt" i:/in:/from: Religion, conflict and reconciliation : multifaith ideals and realities / Jerald D. Gort et al. red./ed.
Amsterdam: Rodopi, 2002, s./p. 1-34, 93-144, 367-376, ISBN/ISSN: 90-420-1460-1/90-420-1166-1
- "An excerpt" i:/in:/from: Bringing religion into international relations / Jonathan Fox et al. red./ed. New York, N.Y.: Palgrave
Macmillan, 2004, s./p. 1-179, ISBN/ISSN: 978-1-4039-7603-1
- Appleby, R. Scott, "An excerpt" i:/in:/from: The ambivalence of the sacred : religion, violence, and reconciliation Lanham, Md.:
Rowman & Littlefield, 1997, s./p. 207-307, ISBN/ISSN: 0-8476-8555-1/0-8476-8554-3
- Dower, Nigel, "The challenge of global ethics : is a global ethic either possible or desirable?" i:/in:/from: Sustainable development and
global ethics / Carl-Henric Grenholm et al. red./ed. Uppsala: Uppsala Universitet, 2007, s./p. 79-94, ISBN/ISSN: 978-91-554-6894-1
- Gerle, Elisabeth, "An excerpt" i:/in:/from: In search of a global ethics : theological, political, and feminist perspectives based on a
critical analysis of JPIC and WOMP Lund: Lund University Press, 1995, s./p. 198-260, ISBN/ISSN: 91-7966-320-6/0-86238-395-1
- Juergensmeyer, Mark, "An excerpt" i:/in:/from: Terror in the mind of God : the global rise of religious violence 3rd., rev. and updated
utg./ed. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2003, s./p. 1-249, ISBN/ISSN: 0-520-24011-1
- Ziaka, Angeliki, Constructing religion & conflict studies in Europe TRES Manual, Publiseres 2009