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Introduction Introduction
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My Path to Teaching Religion and Violence: The Importance of Theory and Method in the Classroom My Path to Teaching Religion and Violence: The Importance of Theory and Method in the Classroom
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A Syllabus for Religious Space and Violence A Syllabus for Religious Space and Violence
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Establishing the Connection Between Place and Violence Establishing the Connection Between Place and Violence
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Textbooks Textbooks
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How I Utilize the Readings How I Utilize the Readings
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Books That Have Not Worked for Me Books That Have Not Worked for Me
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Supplementary Materials Supplementary Materials
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The Comparative Perspective The Comparative Perspective
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Movies Movies
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Examinations and Term Papers Examinations and Term Papers
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Conclusion Conclusion
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Notes Notes
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Bibliography Bibliography
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7 Cities of Gold: Teaching Religion and Violence through “Sacred” Space
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Published:May 2012
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Abstract
In order to examine the larger theme of religion and violence, this essay describes a course its author regularly teaches on the theme of contested space that is constructed as “sacred” by practitioners of different religious traditions. It focuses on Jerusalem, claimed by rival groups who identify with either Islam or Judaism, in the context of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The course objective is threefold: (1) to get students to think about critical theory and method in religion by using concrete examples; (2) to prod them to think about religion as a humanly constructed phenomenon as opposed to a divinely given one; and (3) to get them to reflect critically on how the “religious” intersects with phenomena from which it is customarily differentiated: the political, the ideological, the economic, etc. The present chapter explores these theoretical issues and their practical consequences as they revolve around this specific course, followed by a discussion of the author’s reasons for teaching it.
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