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SAM5010: Theoretical Perspectives: Religion in Contemporary Society
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Generell informasjon | Studiekrav | Avsluttende vurdering | Læringsutbytte etter fullført emne | Litteratur
| Emneansvarlig: | Lars Åsmund Laird Iversen (Lars.L.Iversen@mf.no) |
| Studiepoeng: | 10 |
| Undervisningsstart: | Høst |
| Undervisningsspråk: | Engelsk |
| Studieprogramtilhørighet: | 2-årige masterprogrammer - Master in Religion in Contemporary Society |
| Avdelingstilhørighet: | Avdeling for religion, skole og samfunn |
| Tillatte hj.midler ved eksamen: | Liste F 2 |
Eksamens-/innleveringsdatoer
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| Skriftlig eksamen – Ny og utsatt - NB! Egne tilgangsregler. | 2020-01-16 16. jan. 2020 | 2020-01-06 6. jan. 2020 | ||||||||
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Generell informasjon
SAM5010 Theoretical Perspectives: Religion in Contemporary Society aims to provide an introduction to theoretical perspectives, themes and debates in the interdisciplinary academic study of religion. Pursuing a selection of seminal theory formations and debates, the course will enable an enhanced understanding of academic research on religion.SAM5010 Theoretical Perspectives: Religion in Contemporary Society consists of two parts.
Part A (5 ECTS), “Approaching Religion”, addresses perspectives and debates of importance for all academic study of religion, whether historical or in contemporary society. Part A is designed to be a shared component with HIS5010 Theoretical Perspectives: Religion in History.
The areas explored are:
- theories and definitions of religion: major turns
- key concepts in the study of religion
- categorizations and religion: gendering, racializing, othering
- present usages of the past
The areas explored are:
- secularization and secularities
- global and post-colonial outlooks
- cognition, emotions and practice
Studiekrav
In order to receive a final assessment, the student must:- take active part in a minimum of 75% of the formal teaching activities
- participate in the electronic evaluation of the course if such evaluation is stipulated in the relevant term
Avsluttende vurdering
The final grade will be based on a six-hour written exam. The course is assessed with grades A-F.To gain credits for the course the student must fulfill the course requirements.
Læringsutbytte etter fullført emne
KNOWLEDGEThe student has:
- thorough knowledge of key theories and definitions of religion
- thorough knowledge of how religion may interact with other categorizations, including gender and ideas about race and ethnicity
- thorough knowledge of theories of secularization beyond the west
- thorough knowledge of theories of everyday religion
- good knowledge the use of religion in present usages of the past
- good knowledge and critical awareness of the ways in which conceptions, theories and debates shape academic knowledge about religion
- good knowledge of debates about media and religion
The student can:
- participate in discussions and other classroom activities, displaying awareness of her/his positionality within the larger guild of academic studies of religion
- apply academic concepts and theories to analyze, interpret and discuss religion
Litteratur
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- Baker, C. M. (2017). Jew. New Brunswick, New Jersey ;,London: Rutgers University Press. Bibliotek
- Henriksen, J.-O. (2017). Religion as orientation and transformation: A maximalist theory (s. 175-185). Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck. Bibliotek (Kompendium)
- Henriksen, J.-O. (2016). Everyday Religion as Orientation and Transformation: A Challenge to Theology. Nordic Journal of Religion and Society, 29(1), s. 36-51. Bibliotek. Hentet fra www.idunn.no
- Mitchell, C. (2005). Behind the ethnic marker: Religion and social identification in Northern Ireland. Sociology of Religion, 66(1), s. 3-21. Bibliotek. Hentet fra search.ebscohost.com
- Nongbri, B. (2013). Before religion: A history of a modern concept (s. 1-45). New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press. Bibliotek (Kompendium)
- Pals, D. L. (2015). Nine theories of religion (3. utg., s. 15-48, 81-184). New York: Oxford University Press. Bibliotek
- Riesebrodt, M. (2008). Thesis on a theory of religion. International political anthropology, 1(1), s. 24-41. Bibliotek (Kompendium).
- Ruggles, D. F. (2011). The stratigraphy of forgetting: The great mosque of Cordoba and its contested legacy. I H. Silverman (Red.), Contested cultural heritage: Religion, nationalism, erasure, and exclusion in a global world (. utg., s. 51-67). New York, NY: Springer New York : Imprint: Springer. Bibliotek (Kompendium)
- Said, E. W. (2003). Orientalism (xi-28). London: Penguin Books. Bibliotek (Kompendium)
- Schilbrack, K. (2013). What isn't religion?. The Journal of Religion, 93(3), s. 291-318. Bibliotek. Hentet fra dx.doi.org
- Smith, J. Z. (1998). Religion, religions, religious. I M. C. Taylor (Red.), Critical terms for religious studies (s. 269-284). Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Bibliotek (Kompendium)
- Tweed, T. A. (2006). Crossing and dwelling: A theory of religion (s. 54-79). Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press. Bibliotek /9780674019447/9780674027640 (Kompendium)
- Woodhead, L. (2011). Five concepts of religion. International review of sociology, 21(1), s. 122. Bibliotek (Kompendium).
- Woodhead, L. (2001). Feminism and the sociology of religion: From gender-blindness to gendered difference. I R. K. Fenn (Red.), The Blackwell companion to sociology of religion. Oxford: Blackwell. Bibliotek (Kompendium)
- Zubrzycki, G. (2012). Religion, religious tradition, and nationalism: Jewish revival in Poland and "religious heritage" in Quebec. Journal for the scientific study of religion, 51(3), s. 442-455. Bibliotek. Hentet fra www.jstor.org
DELEMNE B LITTERATUR
- Ammerman, N. T. (2014). Sacred stories, spiritual tribes: Finding religion in everyday life (s. 1-12, 18-127, 250-304). New York: Oxford University Press. Bibliotek
- Burchardt, M., Wohlrab-Sahr, M. & Wegert, U. (2013). Multiple secularities: Postcolonial variations and guiding ideas in India and South Africa. International sociology, 28(6), s. 612-628. Bibliotek (Kompendium).
- Hjarvard, S. (2008). The mediatization of religion: A theory of the media as agents of religious change. Northern lights: Film & media studies yearbook, 6(1), s. 9-26. Bibliotek (Kompendium).
- Kraft, S. E. (2017). Bad, banal and basic: New Age in norwegian news press and entertainment media. I I. S. Gilhus, S.-E. Kraft & J. R. Lewis (Red.), New age in Norway (s. 65-78). Sheffield: Equinox. Bibliotek (Kompendium)
- Künkler, M., Madeley, J. & Shankar, S. (Red.) (2018). A Secular Age Beyond the West: Religion, law and the state in Asia, the Middle East and North Africa (s. 33-60). Cambridge University Press. Bibliotek (Kompendium)
- Lövheim, M. (2014). Mediatizition and religion. I K. Lundby (Red.), Mediatization of communication (s. 547-570). Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. Bibliotek (Kompendium)
- Münkler, M. & Shankar, S. (2018). Introduction. I M. Künkler, J. Madeley & S. Shankar (Red.), A Secular Age Beyond the West: Religion, law and the state in Asia, the Middle East and North Africa (s. 1-32). Cambridge University Press. Bibliotek (Kompendium)
- Taylor, C. (2011). Dilemmas and connections: Selected essays (s. 303-325). Cambridge, Mass: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. Bibliotek (Kompendium)