Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
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2503778 International Relations | OT | 4 | 1 |
There are no prerequisites for this course.
Religion remains a powerful political and social force worldwide despite past predictions that its relevance would fade with deepening processes of secularization. This course provides a critical overview of religion’s influence on international relations and domestic politics. It covers an array of topics that are core to understanding how religion has both shaped and been shaped by global political transformations. These topics include:
· Religion, nationalism, and international relations
· Secularization and the changing place of religion in the public sphere
· Globalization and religious fundamentalism
· Religion and democracy
· Religion and the far right
· Religion, migration, and citizenship
· Religious pluralism and the governance of religious diversity
The course is taught from an interdisciplinary perspective that draws from the fields of sociology, political science, anthropology, and international relations.
PART A: SOCIAL SCIENTIFIC APPROACHES TO STUDYING RELIGION AND POLITICS
A.1. Course introduction: How do social scientists conceptualize and analyze religion?
A.2. Religion and international relations
PART B: MODERNIZATION AND SECULARIZATION: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS
B.1. Secularization theory
B.2. Multiple secularities
B.3. Modernization, secularization, and international relations
PART C: GLOBALIZATION, PLURALISM, AND RELIGIOUS TRANSFORMATION
C.1. Globalization and religious transformation
C.2. Religious fundamentalism
C.3. Religious pluralism and the governance of religious diversity
PART D. RELIGION AND POLITICS
D.1. Religion and the public sphere
D.2. Religion and democracy
D.3. Religion and the far right
D.4. Religion and Geopolitics
D.5. Religion, Nationalism and Civil Society in Eastern Europe
The course is premised on a model of interactive engagement, rather than the simple transmission of knowledge from professor to student. The classes will thus include a combination of lecture and discussion among the students about weekly assigned readings. These discussions will sometimes be held together and sometimes in small groups. The class will also include oral presentations by students and participation in in-class exercises and activities.
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
Lectures | 48 | 1.92 | 6, 4, 11, 10, 22 |
Tutorials scheduled with the professors | 3 | 0.12 | |
Type: Supervised | |||
Research paper | 35 | 1.4 | 6, 1, 3, 23, 12, 8, 9, 11, 18, 15, 16, 17, 22, 19, 7, 24 |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Readings and preparation of a group presentation | 22 | 0.88 | 6, 2, 3, 23, 4, 12, 9, 11, 13, 15, 16, 17, 22, 20, 19, 5, 7 |
The subject will be evaluated on the basis of three main exercises:
1) A final exam in which students must demonstrate that they have correctly understood the main contents of the first half of the course, and that they are able to argue theoretical positions in a rigorous way. The exam will count for 45% of the final grade.
2) A final research project on a topic of choice selected by each student. The project will count for 40% of the final grade.
3) A group oral presentation on a topic related to one of the weekly seminars. The oral presentation will count for 15% of the final grade.
In addition, it is important to consider the following issues:
- Students who have not completed the course assignments will receive a grade of “Did Not Attend.”
- If a student does not pass, there is the possibility of taking a 'recovery' exam. In accordance with Article 112 ter. of the UAB Academic Regulations, to participate in the recovery exam, students must have been previously evaluated for activities comprising a minimum of two thirds of the total grade for the course. Students must also have obtained a minimum grade of 3,5.
- In accordance with article 117.2 of the UAB Academic Regulations, the evaluation of repeat students may consist of a single synthesis exam. Repeating students who wish to take advantage of this possibility will need to contact the professor at the beginning of the course.
Plagiarism
Plagiarism is to use the work of others as if it were your own. When using books, articles, websites or any other material, it is mandatory to reference the original work, clearly indicating within the text which references correspond to which phrases or sentences. When quoting a text word by word, it is essential to put the fragment quoted in quotation marks. Plagiarism is a serious infraction, equivalent to copying on an exam. It will result in a grade of zero.
For more information on plagiarism, you can look at the guide on "How to cite and how to avoid plagiarism": <https://www.uab.cat/doc/GuiaCitesiPlagiEstudiants>. See also: <https://www.uab.cat/web/study-and-research/how-to-cite-and-create-your-bibliography-1345738248581.html>.
Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Final exam | 45% | 17 | 0.68 | 6, 23, 11, 25, 22, 20, 19, 24 |
Group presentation | 15% | 10 | 0.4 | 6, 23, 4, 10, 16, 22, 19, 7 |
Research paper | 40% | 15 | 0.6 | 6, 1, 2, 3, 23, 4, 12, 8, 9, 11, 10, 18, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 22, 21, 20, 19, 5 |
* All texts will be accesible via the Campus Virtual
Bowen, John R. 2007. “A View from France on the Internal Complexity of National Models.” Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 33(6):1003–16. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13691830701432905?casa_token=9nE4Kaje32oAAAAA:DMeYBEA7mmF-b66jnQ1pAjL9h94J4iKD3E_WuMFsPGtfiNtPs9YqNkJQswTZcDaOP7vrQvR6Y3ij
Brekke, Torkel. 2012. Fundamentalism: Prophecy and Protest in an Age of Globalization. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Brubaker, Rogers. 2017. “Between Nationalism and Civilizationism: The European Populist Moment in Comparative Perspective.” Ethnic and Racial Studies 40(8):1191–1226.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01419870.2017.1294700
Casanova, José. 1994. Public Religions in the Modern World. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Casanova, José. 2006. “Rethinking Secularization: A Global Comparative Perspective.” The Hedgehog Review 8(1–2):7–23. https://brill.com/downloadpdf/book/edcoll/9789047422716/Bej.9789004154070.i-608_007.pdf
Cesari, Jocelyne. 2018. What Is Political Islam? Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers.
Esposito, John L., Darrell Fasching, and Todd T. Lewis. 2007. Religion and Globalization: World Religions in Historical Perspective. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Huntington, Samuel P. 1993. “The Clash of Civilizations?” Foreign Affairs72(3):22–49. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-349-62965-7_6
Hurd, Elizabeth Shakman. 2008. The Politics of Secularism in International Relations. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
Hurd, Elizabeth Shakman. 2015. Beyond Religious Freedom: The New Global Politics of Religion.
Kalyvas, Stathis N. 1996. The Rise of Christian Democracy in Europe. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.
Kuru, Ahmet T. 2007. “Passive and Assertive Secularism: Historical Conditions, Ideological Struggles, and State Policies toward Religion .” World Politics 59(4):568–94. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/world-politics/article/passive-and-assertive-secularism-historical-conditions-ideological-struggles-and-state-policies-toward-religion/414FA9A6E9FDF0414FCA57D220447DF7
Menchik, Jeremy. 2017. “The Constructivist Approach to Religion and World Politics.” Comparative Politics 49(4):561–81.
Philpott, Daniel. 2000. “The Religious Roots of Modern International Relations.” World Politics 206–45. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/world-politics/article/religious-roots-of-modern-international-relations/DF274D42FAADEDE5452FFDAAD9415A6A
Roy, Olivier. 2004. Globalized Islam: The Search for a New Ummah. New York: Columbia University Press.
Roy, Olivier. 2013. Holy Ignorance: When Religion and Culture Part Ways. London: Oxford University Press.
Scott, Joan. 2007. The Politics of the Veil. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
Soper, J. Christopher, and Joel S. Fetzer. 2007. “Religious Institutions, Church-State History andMuslim Mobilisation in Britain, France and Germany.” Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 33(6):933–44. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13691830701432780?casa_token=5wvNS16t-e4AAAAA:xNmh2ev01ClObuaQgAwWX2OCv4-G6NaKpwve72aqy1S2A6As7befvUnSSisKfN3Xp317HWBr85QW
Stepan, Alfred C. 2000. “Religion, Democracy, and the ‘Twin Tolerations.’” Journal of Democracy 11(4):37–57. https://muse.jhu.edu/article/17085/summary?casa_token=_4skVMCXBDwAAAAA:5iPitNqHDSZi-PmA-okPlVnY5yYT1od7gi9-upsY-eBeZm58_ePLpOVaWCe_XfYpRJFBVFaX5A
Sullivan, Winnifred Fallers. 2005. The Impossibility of Religious Freedom. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
Wedeen, Lisa. 2003. “Beyond the Crusades: Why Huntington, and Bin Laden, Are Wrong.” Middle East Policy 10(2):54–61. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1475-4967.00105
Bibliografia complementaria
Crouch, C. (2000). The quiet continent: religion and politics in Europe. The Political Quarterly, 71(s1), 90-103.
Dijkink, G. (2006). When geopolitics and religion fuse: a historical perspective. Geopolitics, 11(2), 192-208.
Fox, J. (2001). Religion as an overlooked element of international relations. International Studies Review, 3(3), 53-73.
Guan, Y. S. (2011). In defence of the secular? Islamisation, Christians and (new) politics in urbane Malaysia. Asian Studies Review, 35(1), 83-103.
Haynes, J. (2007). Introduction to international relations and religion.Pearson Education.
Hurd, E. S. (2004). The political authority of secularism in international relations. European Journal of International Relations, 10(2), 235-262.
May, S., Wilson, E. K., Baumgart-Ochse, C., & Sheikh, F. (2014). The religious as political and the political as religious: Globalisation, post-secularism and the shifting boundaries of the sacred. Politics, Religion & Ideology, 15(3), 331-346.
Merdjanova, I. (2000). In search of identity: nationalism and religion in Eastern Europe. Religion, State & Society, 28(3), 233-262.
Mohamad, M. (2008). Religion, human rights and constitutional-contract politics in Malaysia. Intellectual Discourse, 16(2).
Sheikh, M. K. (2012). How does religion matter? Pathways to religion in International Relations. Review of International Studies, 365-392.
Solarz, A. M. (2020). Religion and International Relations in the Middle East as a Challenge for International Relations (IR) Studies. Religions, 11(3), 150.
Xu, Y. (2012). Religion and international relations in the age of globalization. Journal of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies (in Asia), 6(4), 19-50.
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