Governing Religion: European Challenges and Asian Approaches

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European University Institute (EUI)

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Governing Religion: European Challenges and Asian Approaches

The course Governing Religion: European Challenges and Asian Approaches is an online class provided by European University Institute (EUI) through Future Learn. It may be possible to receive a verified certification or use the course to prepare for a degree.

Explore the relationship between religions and governments and learn how religions have come to be governed across the world.

Course description

Explore ways of governing religion and religious diversity today
3 weeks

On this course you will consider different models of state-religion relations, reviewing examples from both European and non-European countries.
You will learn how different models have emerged out of historical processes of nation formation (including post-colonial independence, redrawing of state boundaries after a major political transition or through an evolutionary process of institutional and value change).
You will also consider your own experiences, and debate ideal models for governing religion and religious diversity in today’s world.

Investigate current debates on state-religion relations
Reflect on different countries and different regimes for governing religious diversity
Discuss critically the notion of secularism and the idea of a neutral state that governs religion by ‘tolerating’ its presence or indeed by excluding it from the public space
Assess models in which religion is given a prominent role in the public space and religious diversity is accommodated precisely because religion is seen as an important matter
Compare the experiences of different countries and identify the ingredients of a religious governance regime that accommodates both believers and non believers and makes room for religious diversity

This course is for undergraduate and graduates studying sociology, political science or anthropology. It might also be useful for civil society activists, journalists and anyone with an interest in religious diversity and the relationship between government and religion.
This course is part of the research project GREASE: Radicalisation Secularism and the Governance of Religious Diversity: Bringing together European and Asian Perspectives funded by the European Commission, Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement number 770640. The content of this MOOC represents only the views of the GREASE consortium and is its sole responsibility. The European Commission does not accept any responsibility for use that may be made of the information it contains.

European University Institute (EUI)
The European University Institute offers doctoral and post-doctoral training in the social sciences. It hosts the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies and the Historical Archives of the EU.
GREASE Project Consortium
GREASE: Radicalisation, Secularism and the Governance of Religion: Bringing together European and Asian Perspectives, is an international research project funded by the Horizon 2020 programme.

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Prerequisites & Facts

Governing Religion: European Challenges and Asian Approaches

Course Topic

Geopolitics, Politics & Society, Religion

University, College, Institution

European University Institute (EUI)

Course Skill Level

see course summary

Course Language

English

Place of class

Online, self-paced (see curriculum for more information)

Degree

Certificate

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Governing Religion: European Challenges and Asian Approaches

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