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Emnekatalog: SAM5120SAM5120 - Religion, Culture and Global IssuesEmneansvarlig:Tormod Engelsviken (Tormod.Engelsviken@mf.no)Studiepoeng: 10Undervisningstermin:HøstStudieprogramtilhørighet: Master in Religion, Society and Global IssuesAvdelingstilhørighet:Avdelingsråd for religion og samfunnTillatte hjelpemidler ved eksamen: IngenGenerell informasjonThis is a required core course in the degree programme Master of Religion, Society and Global Issues. It deals with some of the basicaspects of global society both in a historical and contemporary perspective. It will especially describe and discuss the role of thereligions in today´s world in relation to different forms of globalization, cultural identities and global issues such as human rights,economic injustice and cultural and religious conflicts.StudiekravA book report of approximately 2000 wordsAvsluttende vurderingTo gain credit for the course the student must pass all the course work/assignments, and then sit for a written examination (6 hours).The written examination is assessed with a grade (A-F).Mål og innholdThe students are expected to have:- knowledge of the processes of globalization- knowledge of the status and roles of the major religions in the multicultural, global society- knowledge of the various ways religion, culture and society interact, and how religions are shaped both by history and by thecontemporary global, regional and local cultural and social contexts.- knowledge of the most important global issues that are raised or addressed by encounters between various religions and cultures.- ability to discuss how religions impact and are impacted by their cultural and social contextsLitteraturLITTERATUR/LITERATURE- Beyer, Peter, Religions in global society London: Routledge, 2006, ISBN/ISSN:0-415-39318-3/0-415-39319-1/978-0-415-39318-8/978-0-415-39319-5 , hentet fra/cited fromhttps://proxy.mf.no/login?url=http://www.dawsonera.com/depp/reader/protected/external/AbstractView/S9780203087879- Eriksen, Thomas Hylland, Globalization : the key concepts Oxford: Berg, 2007, ISBN/ISSN:1-84520-523-5/1-84520-524-3/978-1-84520-523-2/978-1-84520-524-9 , hentet fra/cited fromhttps://proxy.mf.no/login?url=http://www.dawsonera.com/depp/reader/protected/external/AbstractView/S9781847883384- Eriksen, Thomas Hylland, "Chapter 1, 14 - 19" i:/in:/from: Small places, large issues : an introduction to social and culturalanthropology 2. utg./ed. London: Pluto Press, 2001, s./p. ikke oppgitt, ISBN/ISSN: 0-7453-1773-1/0-7453-1772-3- Hiebert, Paul G., "An excerpt" i:/in:/from: Anthropological insights for missionaries Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker Book House, 1985,s./p. 30-52, ISBN/ISSN: 0-8010-4291-7 (Kompendium/Compendium)- Kim, Sebastian C. H. og Kirsteen Kim, Christianity as a world religion London: Continuum, 2008, ISBN/ISSN:978-0-8264-9840-3/978-0-8264-9841-0- Ramachandra, Vinoth, "Globalization, nationalism, and religious resurgence" i:/in:/from: Globalizing theology : belief and practice inan era of world Christianity / Craig Ott et al. red./ed. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker Academic, 2006, s./p. 213-230, ISBN/ISSN:0-8010-3112-5/978-0-8010-3112-0 (Kompendium/Compendium)- Ramachandra, Vinoth, "Religious globalization and world Christianity" i:/in:/from: Mission and the next Christendom : papers read atthe biennial conference of the British and Irish Association for Mission Studies at the Belfast Bible College, Northern Ireland, June28-July 1, 2005 / Timothy Yates red./ed. Sheffield: Cliff College Publishing, 2005, s./p. 27-46, ISBN/ISSN: 1-898362-38-6(Kompendium/Compendium)- Robertson, Roland, "Global millennialism : a postmortem on secularization" i:/in:/from: Religion, globalization and culture / PeterBeyer et al. red./ed. Leiden: Brill, 2007, s./p. 9-34, ISBN/ISSN: 978-90-04-15407-0 (Kompendium/Compendium), hentet fra/cited fromhttps://proxy.mf.no/login?url=http://www.dawsonera.com/depp/reader/protected/external/AbstractView/S9789047422716