EMNEKATALOG - Det teologiske Menighetsfakultetet

Emnekatalog: SAM5146SAM5146 - Religion and DevelopmentEmneansvarlig:Kjetil Fretheim (Kjetil.Fretheim@mf.no)Studiepoeng: 10Undervisningstermin:VårAvdelingstilhørighet:Avdelingsråd for religion og samfunnGenerell informasjonThis course will introduce the students to development theory and on-going debates regarding the relationship between religion anddevelopment. Perspectives will be drawn from religious studies, development studies, international relations and the study of civilsociety and faith-based organisations. Both the role of religion in development and more specifically the role of religion in developmentaid will be addressed. The course will enable the students to better understand the role of religion in so-called developing countries andin international development cooperation.Students who are not enrolled in the Master Programme Religion, Society and Global Issues, should have equivalent academicbackground.StudiepoengreduksjonThis course is (in an adjusted form) also an elective bachelor course, SAM2540. Students who have completed SAM2540 as part oftheir bachelor degree, may not include SAM5146 as part of their master degree.StudiekravTo complete the course, the student has to:- Participate in a writing course. Participation includes presenting a first draft of the exam essay, and to comment on the presentationsof fellow students.- Participate in the evaluation of the curriculum and/or of the learning environment, if such evaluation is stipulated in the relevant term.Avsluttende vurderingIn order to pass SAM5146 the student must fulfil all the requirements and write an essay (4000-4400 words). The essay is assessedwith grades (A-F).Mål og innholdThe students are expected to have:- Good knowledge of development theories- Good knowledge of the role of religion in development thought and development practice- Knowledge of selected types of development aid and development aid actors- Knowledge of political and normative issues related to international cooperation- Knowledge of key topics within contemporary development researchLitteraturLITTERATUR/LITERATURE- Banik, Dan, Poverty, politics and development : interdisciplinary perspectives Bergen: Fagbokforl., 2006, ISBN/ISSN:82-450-0397-2/978-82-450-0397-0- Deneulin, Séverine og Masooda Bano, Religion in development : rewriting the secular script London: Zed Books, 2009, ISBN/ISSN:978-1-84813-001-2/978-1-84813-000-5- Haynes, Jeff, Religion and development : conflict or cooperation? New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007, ISBN/ISSN:1-4039-9790-x/0-230-54246-8/978-1-4039-9790-6/978-0-230-54246-4- Payne, Anthony og Nicola Phillips, Development Cambridge: Polity, 2010, ISBN/ISSN: 978-0-7456-3068-7