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Fall 2018
Apr 20, 2024 |
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| THEO 264 - Religion and Global Conflict |
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This course offers a foundation in religious ethics related to conflict and its resolution. It explores the ways that religion can be a motivating force for both violence and peacebuilding. The course will examine the teachings of Christianity and Islam on the moral questions surrounding warfare, and it addresses major religions as well as indigenous traditional religious practices on post-conflict reconciliation, peacebuilding and conflict resolution. The class will look at present and past conflicts that involve Nigeria, Uganda, South Africa, the Philippians, and India, as well as the Middle East, Europe, and the United States.
3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Pharmacy, Pittsburgh Council on HE, Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Theology Department Course Attributes: Cultural Fluency & Resp, Theme Area Faith and Reason, Theme Area Social Justice, Offered irregularly |
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