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CS92PROD
Christianity and Globalization

RELI 279
Spring 2023 not offered
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.
Credit: 1 Gen Ed Area Dept: SBS RELI
Course Format: SeminarGrading Mode: Student Option
Level: UGRD Prerequisites: None
Fulfills a Requirement for: (CBST-MN)(CIVI-MN)(LAST)(RELI-MN)(RELI)(STS)

Last Updated on DEC-10-2024
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