Inter-religious Relations: Conflict and Community in the Historical Past and the Lived Present

This course will engage with inter-religious relations between Judaism, Christianity, and Islam from a range of thematic and interdisciplinary perspectives.

Each session will equip students with an understanding of the historical roots and contemporary impacts of inter-religious relations between the three faiths. Students will learn about the core narratives at the heart of inter-religious discourses and will gain a new understanding of both the challenges facing inter-religious engagement as well as points of co-operation. Themes include gender and sexuality, eschatology and apocalypticism, the intersection of religious and civil law in Western societies, and the challenges of maintaining individual and community identity in a shifting cultural, social, and political landscape.

https://www.ctr.lu.se/kurs/SASH89/