RLST 238: Secularism and its Discontents

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Units: 4

Hours: Seminar, 3 hours; written work, 3 hours

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Prerequisites: graduate standing; or consent of instructor

Description: Examines secularism as a historically situated formation and questions its ties to Christianity, modernity, and colonialism. Explores its intersections with politics, capitalism, gender, and race through postcolonial, feminist, queer, and critical race theoretical frameworks across diverse geographical and historical contexts.