RLST111 CM - Rebels, Radicals and Religions on the Margins

Students will learn about religions on the margins and how religion served to differentiate some communities from the dominant culture. By examining religious radicals, this course demonstrates various responses from narrating a critical stance against the mainstream to more subtle ways of elevating radical elements as exemplary and positive contributions to larger society. This course will select several case studies from a variety of radicals in the early modern to the modern periods, such as the Anabaptists, Mormons, Davidians, Amish, Al-Qaeda, Sufis, Hasidic Jews, Aum Shinrikyo, Moonies and Hare Krishna.

Offered: Every other year

Credit: 1

Course Number: RLST111 CM