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SAM5010: Theoretical Perspectives: Religion in Contemporary Society

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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:Alle

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
Part B (5 ECTS), “Researching Contemporary Religion,” is a specialized component where the focus will be on perspectives and debates of particular importance for the study of religion in contemporary society.
The areas explored are:
  • secularization and secularities
  • global and post-colonial outlooks
  • cognition, emotions and practice
SAM5010 Theoretical Perspectives: Religion in Contemporary Society is an obligatory course in the Master’s program Religion in Contemporary Society.

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
When course requirements are not fulfilled, this will count as one examination attempt, unless the student withdraws before the set deadline (1 May/November).

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

KNOWLEDGE
The 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
SKILLS
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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DELEMNE A LITTERATUR
  • Baker, C. M. (2017). Jew. New Brunswick, New Jersey ;,London: Rutgers University Press. Bibliotek
  • 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
  • Henriksen, J.-O. (2017). Religion as orientation and transformation: A maximalist theory (s. 175-185). Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck. Bibliotek (Kompendium)
  • 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. (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)
  • Woodhead, L. (2011). Five concepts of religion. International review of sociology, 21(1), s. 122. 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)

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