Course Schedule and Catalog

Department: Religion

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: RELIGION IN EASTERN EUROPE UNDER COMMUNISM ***** 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. ***** Also offered as SLAV 303. ***** Enrollment limited to 15. ***** Course offered Spring. ***** Instructor(s): Knox