RELG 112. Postcolonial Religious Thought

Today we are facing the four horsemen of the apocalypse: climate catastrophe, white nationalism, global poverty, and a raging pandemic. In confronting these dire threats, what is the role of religion? This seminar explores new models for understanding religion – Indigenous studies, liberation theology, critical plant studies, queer theory – and a variety of thinkers – Kierkegaard, Buber, Bonhoeffer, Derrida, Mbembe, Tinker, Kimmerer – to enable resiliency, even joy, in the face of the coming storm.
Humanities.
2 credits.
Eligible for INTP
Catalog chapter: Religion
Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/religion

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