Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Unit Convenor
Ian Tregenza
Contact via ian.tregenza@mq.edu.au
Lecturer
Steve Chavura
By arrangement
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Credit points |
Credit points
3
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
39cp at 100 level or above or (6cp in HIST or MHIS or POL units at 200 level including 3cp in POL)
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
Since the eighteenth century Enlightenment philosophers have predicted that religion would vanish as capitalism, science and state separation from religion progressed. To some extent this has happened in some European countries, but, on the whole, the 'secularisation thesis' has not come true. Not only is religion still with us, but in many regions of the world it has grown and its impact has become more intense. This unit examines the nature of the relationship between religion and politics by analysing the history of political thought, as well as recent developments in global and national politics.
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Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Article Review | 20% | No | Friday 23 March |
Essay | 40% | No | Friday 4 May |
Quizzes (internal students) | 10% | No | Random |
Participation | 10% | No | ongoing |
Class Test | 20% | No | Tuesday 5 June |
Due: Friday 23 March
Weighting: 20%
Choose one of the following required readings from week 2 and write a 1200-1400 word review: William Cavanaugh, The Myth of Religious Violence, Ch.2; William Arnal and Russell McCutcheon, The Sacred is the Profane: On the Political Nature of 'Religion’ (Oxford: Oxford University, 2013) Press ch.7
In your review you should aim to answer the following questions:
Apart from including page numbers in the text no further referencing is required.
Due: Friday 4 May
Weighting: 40%
Write a 2500 word essay. Questions to be distributed in week 5.
Due: Random
Weighting: 10%
Five multiple choice quizzes (2% each) during the lecture time. The tests will be based on the lectures and readings for the week prior to the test date.
In place of this task external students are to write a review of Michael Walzer's article 'Drawing the Line: Religion and Politics' Instructions are as per the first review but the word length is between 800 and 1000 (due date Friday 19 May).
Due: ongoing
Weighting: 10%
Internal students will be assessed on their contributions to class discussion and externals will be assessed on their contribution to the online forum.
Due: Tuesday 5 June
Weighting: 20%
A final class test to be held in the last lecture of the semester. Instructions to follow.
External students are required to complete a take-home exam. Released Tuesday 5 June, due Wednesday 6 June.
Delivery:
Day, External
This unit will use:
iLearn, iLecture
Times and Locations for Lectures and Tutorials
Lectures: Tuesday 10am - 12pm, 12 second Way, 229 Tutorial Room
For timetable information consult the MQ timetables website:
https://timetables.mq.edu.au/2018/
Resources:
Most of the readings for this unit will be available on e-reserve. Some material will be available in the 7 day loan section of the library.
Week 1 (27 Feb.) : Introduction: A Secular Age?
Week 2 (6 March): Inventing ‘Religion’ and the ‘Secular’
Week 3 (13 March): The Two Cities: From Augustine to Luther and Beyond
Week 4 (20 March): The Enlightenments and Religion
Week 5 (27 March): Toleration: What Exactly is the Separation of Church and State?
Week 6 (3 April): A Secular State? Reason, Religion, and the Australian Polity
Week 7 (10 April): Reading Week - No Classes
Week 8 (1 May): Religious Liberty in the Modern World
Week 9 (8 May): Political Christianity
Week 10 (15 May): Political Islam
Week 11 (22 May): Human Rights: Our New Religion?
Week 12 (29 May): Can Religion and Politics be Separated?
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19/02/2018 | Some weekly topics changed. |