RELI 2340 - Religion Politics and Law

 From the ban on religious symbols in public spaces in France to the controversies over efforts to have the “Ten Commandments” displayed in American courtrooms, religiosity collides with law and politics. How people conceive of religion shapes how they think about “secularism,” the way we have come to speak about public democratic spaces. This course will examine a number of topics, such as tensions between religion and politics, major Supreme Court decisions, perceptions and experiences of migrations, and effects of de-colonialization.