性奴调教

Student Learning Outcomes -

• Contrast differing religious attitudes toward Western civilization and civil rights movements
• Explain the influence of Religion on a Global Scale
• Explain the relationship between religion, science, and the arts and how they intersect

Description -

Interdisciplinary course that explores how religions shape our understanding of diverse topics such as human rights, war, peace, globalization and science as well as music, sport, humor, film and the visual arts. Course eschews a focus on a specific tradition (e.g., Western or Eastern religions), and instead examines the inter-relationship between religion and human meaning creation through the specific lenses of ethics, aesthetics and politics. As an honors course, it is a full seminar with advanced teaching methods focusing on major writing, reading and research assignments, student class presentations, group discussions and interactions.

Course Objectives -

1. engage in critical, creative, and independent thinking.
2. express curiosity about the intersection of religion and culture.
3. broaden perspectives on how religious thought influences topics such as human rights, war, peace, globalization, etc.
4. apply critical approaches to the analysis of various modes of cultural production in relation to various religious practices and understanding.
5. explain the relationship between religion, art and social organization in both Western and non-Western contexts.
6. use diverse religious practices and cultural traditions as a framework for a more complex understanding of the contemporary world.
7. analyze cultural production as both instruments of social control and ideological change.
8. develop the habit of learning and responding to new ideas and challenges.
9. think through moral and ethical problems and to examine one's own assumptions.
10. improve both oral and written communication, especially through critical reading and analysis.

Special Facilities and/or Equipment -

Course Content (Body of knowledge) -

1. Religion in the Space of Politics
1. Conflict and Peace-building
2. Human Rights
3. Women
4. Sexuality
5. Globalization
2. Religion in the Space of Ethics
1. Education
2. Death and Dying
3. Nature
4. Science
5. Reproductive Rights
3. Religion in the Space of Aesthetics
1. Contemporary Visual Art
2. Contemporary Music
3. Film
4. Humor
5. Sport
6. Memorialization

Methods of Evaluation -

1. Systematic and continuous participation in the course.
2. Three or more one-page response papers.
3. Development of research project in the representation of trauma.
4. Demonstration of critical, analytical research and writing skills.
5. Final examination.

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Disciplines -

Method of Instruction -

1. Lecture
2. Discussion
3. Cooperative learning exercises
4. Oral presentations

Lab Content -

Types and/or Examples of Required Reading, Writing and Outside of Class Assignments -

1. Philosophical and literary critical readings (15-50 pages) designed to familiarize students with ongoing debates and perspectives related to the intersection of religion, culture and politics.
2. Bi-weekly one to three-page essays requiring summary, interpretation, analysis, and synthesis of both original and secondary texts.