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Religious Studies
Description: Violence is the assault on body and mind and inscribed into discourses of power. It is enforced and resisted by religions. We examine how violence affects the physical, gendered, racialized, religious, and collective body. We consider strategies and philosophies to counter violence. We critically examine intellectual, moral, and spiritual worldviews while analyzing specific arguments for their truth claims. Letter grade only.
Units: 3
No sections currently offered.
Course Attributes:
Religious Studies
Term : Fall 2025
Catalog Year : 2025-2026
REL 361 - Religion And Violent Conflicts: From Torture To Genocide
Description: Violence is the assault on body and mind and inscribed into discourses of power. It is enforced and resisted by religions. We examine how violence affects the physical, gendered, racialized, religious, and collective body. We consider strategies and philosophies to counter violence. We critically examine intellectual, moral, and spiritual worldviews while analyzing specific arguments for their truth claims. Letter grade only.
Units: 3
No sections currently offered.
Course Attributes:
- GS: Social & Political Worlds
- GS: Social & Political Worlds + Global
- LS: Social and Political Worlds
- LS: Social & Political Worlds + Global
- LS: Global Diversity
- GS: Global Diversity