Religion and Violence

Description

Links between violence and religious beliefs, practices and institutions; for example, sacrifice, holy wars, scapegoating, and suicide. Learning Hours: 132 (36 Lecture, 96 Private Study) Requirements: Prerequisite (Level 3 or above) or (6.0 units of RELS at the 100-level). Course Learning Outcomes: - Analyze ideological factors implicated in contemporary discourse about religion and violence. - Explain particular cases of religiously motivated resistance to experiences of violence in terms of the major processes listed in point. - Explain particular cases of religiously motivated violence in terms of the major processes listed in point. - Identify major processes that characterize cases of religiously motivated violence, i.e., social indexing, mimetic rivalry, othering and heroic ideology. - Replicate the arguments of academic papers and book chapters in the form of short papers. Assessment/Exam Context: Course assessment and examinations vary by course; Queen's notes that eligible exchange students whose first language is not English may receive extra final-exam time. Exchange Registration Note: Arts and Science courses are open to exchange students subject to prerequisites and space. Most courses should be in Arts and Science; other faculties may be limited. Education, Medicine, and Nursing are not open to incoming exchange enrolment.