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| Campus | Haverford |
| Semester | Spring 2024 |
| Registration ID | HISTH317B001 |
| Course Title | Topics in Latin American Hist:Religion, Power, and Politics in Latin America and the Caribbean |
| Credit | 1.00 |
| Department | Visual Studies |
| Instructor | Krippner,James |
| Times and Days | F 01:30pm-03:55pm
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| Room Location | HLL201 |
| Additional Course Info | Class Number: 1499 This seminar analyzes the connections between religion, power, and politics in contemporary Latin America and the Caribbean. While the emphasis in our readings will be on varied forms of elite and popular Christianity, we shall discuss a range of religious experiences and traditions. Students will also be encouraged to pursue research topics of their own design. Topics to be considered include polemics concerning enlightenment rationality, secularism, atheism, agnosticism, and the persistence of religious belief in our contemporary world; right and left-wing faith-based political models in Latin America; the emergence of Liberation Theology and its intersection with resistance, rebellion, and revolution on the popular level; Afro-Atlantic spiritual beliefs and practices, and the history of Christian socialism and social reform. Social Science, B: Analysis of the Social World, A: Meaning, Interpretation (Texts) (; Hav: SO, B, A) |
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