51-3500 Religion, Capitalism, Empire

Ebola medical missions, cargo cults, Hinduism, Joel Osteen, Al-Qaeda–all of these religious phenomena have in common that they are in some way responses to the rise of capitalism and its spread through empire. In this course we will look at the relationship between religion and capitalism, considering the way in which religion was implicated in bringing about modernization and also the way religion provided a site of resistance to various forms of global imperialism. Cases considered to include examples from all over the world.

3 Credits
GA HU
PREREQUISITES: 52-1152 Writing and Rhetoric II or 52-1122 International Writing and Rhetoric II