Academic Catalog

IR686 COMPARATIVE STUDIES IN RELIGION, SOCIETY AND GLOBAL POLITICS

Course Code: 3140686
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 3(2-2)
ECTS Credit: 8.0
Department: International Relations
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Study: Graduate
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Offered Semester: Fall and Spring Semesters.

Course Content

The role of religion in contemporary societies and global politics. Religion in the pre-modern societies; emergence of modernity; religion and modern society; secularization debate; religion and transnationalism, and the contemporary debates on religion such as post-islamism and post-secularism.