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Cultural Heritage of the Religious Minorities- Dozent/in
- Prof. Dr. Eszter Spät
- Angaben
- Seminar
Rein Präsenz
2 SWS
Gaststudierendenverzeichnis, Studium Generale, Gender und Diversität, Kultur und Bildung, Zentrum für Interreligiöse Studien, Erweiterungsbereich
Zeit und Ort: Mi 18:15 - 19:45, SP17/00.13
- Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches
- Dieses Modul ist anrechenbar im Elite-MA CSME Modul TM1, Modulprüfung: Portfolio
- Inhalt
- This class introduces students to the cultural-religious heritage of the Middle East and acquaint them with the different factors which impact, transform or threaten various facets of this heritage. Its primary focus will be the religious minorities of the region, different Christian denominations, Mandaeans and Zoroastrians, as well as groups whose exact position vis-à-vis Islam is a matter of debate both by their adherents and/or outsiders. These religious minorities and their traditions are today threatened by the spread of radical Islamist movements and the resulting out-migration. Their religious and cultural heritage is also being increasingly affected by the socio-cultural changes which have transformed Middle Eastern society in the past few decades: modernization, urbanization, the impact of nationalist ideologies, the emergence of transnational diasporas, and in the case of previously oral religious traditions, the process of scripturalization. The course will look at how local actors are trying to modernize, “purify” and preserve their religious heritage, or how, in some cases, they attempt to re-create previously lost or discarded religious traditions and knowledge, all with the aim of securing their survival under the new social and political circumstances. The question of how religious heritage is being utilized by political players for the creation of ethnic and national identities, and how this political utilization in its turn impacts religious-cultural tradition and its perception, will also be addressed.
- Englischsprachige Informationen:
- Title:
- Cultural Heritage of the Religious Minorities
- Credits: 5
- Contents
- This class introduces students to the cultural-religious heritage of the Middle East and acquaint them with the different factors which impact, transform or threaten various facets of this heritage. Its primary focus will be the religious minorities of the region, different Christian denominations, Mandaeans and Zoroastrians, as well as groups whose exact position vis-à-vis Islam is a matter of debate both by their adherents and/or outsiders. These religious minorities and their traditions are today threatened by the spread of radical Islamist movements and the resulting out-migration. Their religious and cultural heritage is also being increasingly affected by the socio-cultural changes which have transformed Middle Eastern society in the past few decades: modernization, urbanization, the impact of nationalist ideologies, the emergence of transnational diasporas, and in the case of previously oral religious traditions, the process of scripturalization. The course will look at how local actors are trying to modernize, “purify” and preserve their religious heritage, or how, in some cases, they attempt to re-create previously lost or discarded religious traditions and knowledge, all with the aim of securing their survival under the new social and political circumstances. The question of how religious heritage is being utilized by political players for the creation of ethnic and national identities, and how this political utilization in its turn impacts religious-cultural tradition and its perception, will also be addressed.
- Zusätzliche Informationen
- Erwartete Teilnehmerzahl: 8
- Institution: Cultural Studies of the Middle East (Gastprofessur)
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