Course Details
Country:
Malta
Institution:
University of Malta
Course Title:
Religion and Secularism in International Relations
Course Number:
IRL2066
Course Description:
This is based on the recognition, by an increasing number of scholars, of the significant role of organized religion, as a major factor in contemporary international conflicts, which makes it necessary to seek to provide an in-depth analysis of the nature of religion’s role in conflict, and of the ways in which religion has played an important function in human patterns of reconciliation in these same conflicts. Structured to address a growing academic concern: that the rise of religion has confronted IR theory with a theoretical challenge comparable to that of the end of the Cold War, or the emergence of globalization. It is based on heightened interest in the study of the relevance of religion in international politics, in view of a few important developments, including the difficult time the U.S. is having in imposing secular democracy around the world; the advent of a U.S. foreign policy model.
Language:
English
Approved Equivalent:
INTS 399
Course URL:
https://www.um.edu.mt/courses/studyunit/IRL2066
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