Course Catalog - 2005-2006

     

RELI 320 - RELIGION IN EASTERN EUROPE

Long Title: RELIGION IN EASTERN EUROPE UNDER COMMUNISM
Department: Religion
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Seminar
Credit Hours: 3
Description: Interdisciplinary course examining religion, politics, and society in Eastern Europe in the communist period. Topics include: Marxism-Leninism and religion; Soviet atheism; religion and dissident movements; Catholicism and Solidarity in Poland; religious minorities in the region; religion and nationalism, and the role of churches in the collapse of communism. Cross-list: SLAV 303.