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SAM5010: Theoretical Perspectives: Religion in Contemporary Society

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Generell informasjon | Overlappende emner | Studiekrav | Avsluttende vurdering | Læringsutbytte etter fullført emne | Litteratur 

Emneansvarlig:Gina Lende (Gina.Lende@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.

Overlappende emner

SAM5010 Theoretical Perspectives: Religion in Contemporary Society overlaps partly with HIS5010 Theoretical perspectives: The historical study of religion:
  • Students who have already completed HIS5010 will receive 5 credit points (ECTS) for SAM5010 on their transcript of records or diploma.

Studiekrav

In order to receive a final assessment, the student must:
 
  • pass a written assessment task (800-1000 words)
  • participate in the electronic evaluation of the course if such an 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 three day home exam (2500-3500 words). 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

For å få tilgang til elektronisk litteratur når du ikke sitter på MF:

DELEMNE A LITTERATUR
  • Buell, D. K. & Hodge, C. J. (2004). The politics of interpretation: The rhetoric of race and ethnicity in Paul. Journal of Biblical Literature, 123(2), s. 235-251. Bibliotek. Hentet fra www.jstor.org
  • Bush, S. S. (2012). Are religious experiences too private to study?. The Journal of Religion, 92(2), s. 199-223. Bibliotek. Hentet fra www.jstor.org
  • Gorski, P. (2018). The origin and nature of religion: A critical realist view. Harvard Theological Review, 111(2), s. 289-304. Bibliotek. Hentet fra doi.org
  • Mahmood, S. (2001). Feminist theory, embodiment, and the docile agent: Some reflections on the Egyptian Islamic revival. Cultural Anthropology, 16(2), s. 202-236. Bibliotek. Hentet fra www.jstor.org
  • McCutcheon, R. (1995). The category "religion" in recent publications: A critical survey. Numen, 42, s. 284-309. Bibliotek. Hentet fra www.jstor.org
  • McCutcheon, R. T. (2015). The category "religion" in recent publications: Twenty years later. Numen, 62(1), s. 119-141. Bibliotek. Hentet fra www.jstor.org
  • Meeks, W. A. (2004). A nazi New Testament professor reads his Bible: The strange case of Gerhard Kittel. I H. Najman & J. H. Newman (Red.), The idea of biblical interpretation: Essays in honor of James L. Kugel (s. 513-544). Leiden: Brill. Bibliotek (Kompendium)
  • Nye, M. (2019). Race and religion: Postcolonial formations of power and whiteness. Method and theory in the study of religion, 31, s. 210-237. Bibliotek. Hentet fra doi.org
  • Pals, D. L. (2015). Nine theories of religion (3. utg., s. 15-48, 81-184). New York: Oxford University Press. Bibliotek
  • Schilbrack, K. (2020). A metaphysics for the study of religion. Critical research on religion, 8(1), s. 87-100. Bibliotek (Kompendium).
  • Sharf, R. (1998). Experience. I M. C. Taylor (Red.), Critical terms for religious studies (s. 94-115). Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Bibliotek (Kompendium)
  • Touna, V. (2017). Fabrications of the Greek past: Religion, tradition, and the making of modern identities (s. 116-139). Leiden: Brill. Bibliotek (Kompendium)
  • Woodhead, L. (2012). Gender differences in religious practice and significance. Travail, genre et sociétés, 1(27), s. 33-54. Hentet fra www.cairn-int.info

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).
  • Gorski, P. (2018). Secularity I: Varieties and Dilemmas. 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. 33-60). Cambridge University Press. 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)
  • 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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