REL 3360 - Religion and Globalization

Goals: To examine the ways in which religious traditions have been transformed as they move into new cultural and national contexts, and how religions, in turn, transform cultures and nations. To study different forms of globalization in a range of historical periods and to reflect on how religion can act as an agent of, or an obstacle to, globalization.

Content: Theories of globalization and its relationship to religious traditions. In-depth studies of a number of traditions including Islam, Christianity, and Buddhism.

Credits: 4 credits