Christianity and Globalization
RELI 279
Spring 2024 not offered
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| Crosslisting:
AMST 299, LAST 279 |
| Course Cluster and Certificates: Caribbean Studies Minor, Christianity Studies |
This course focuses on recent developments in global Christianity. We will look at various interlinked dynamics: the rise of spirit-filled Evangelicalism, especially Pentecostalism, faith-based humanitarianism, child-sponsorship programs, and themes of militarism such as spiritual warfare. We will pay attention to the role of U.S. power in the world and how the narratives that various Protestant Christians tell through their writings and media shape life across international spaces. We will sample a variety of methods in how one studies the field of Christianity. These will include historical, sociological, and anthropological methods, all of which challenge traditional scholarly accounts (meaning those in the field of church history) in order to expand our understandings of Christianity in the modern period. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS RELI |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Student Option |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (CBST-MN)(CIVI-MN)(LAST)(RELI-MN)(RELI)(STS) |
Major Readings:
Erica Bornstein, THE SPIRIT OF DEVELOPMENT: PROTESTANT NGOS, MORALITY, AND ECONOMICS IN ZIMBABWE. New York: Routledge, 2003.
Elizabeth Brusco, THE REFORMATION OF MACHISMO Austin: U of Texas Press, 1995.
Ruth Marshall, POLITICAL SPIRITUALITIES: THE PENTECOSTAL REVOLUTION IN NIGERIA. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2009.
Jonathan O'Donnell, PASSING ORDERS: DEMONOLOGY AND SOVEREIGNTY IN AMERICAN SPIRITUAL WARFARE. Fordham Press, 2020.
Kevin Lewis O'Neil, CITY OF GOD: CHRISTIAN CITIZENSHIP IN POSTWAR GUATEMALA. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2010.
Robert Wuthnow, "The Era of Faith-based NGOs" in BOUNDLESS FAITH: THE GLOBAL OUTREACH OF AMERICAN CHURCHES. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2009.
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Examinations and Assignments:
Weekly Response papers, active participation in discussion, one class opening presentation, one "show and tell" item, one missionary website review, and a final 15-20 page research paper (or a series of research memos in a dossier) are the course requirements. |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
This course fulfills a "Thematic Approach" OR "Historical Tradition" requirement for the Religion major. |
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