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IRS Societies FS 2023: Postsecular Interreligiosity
5 dates: February 21, 28, March 7, 14, 28.
Location: Room A313, Faculty of Theology, Länggassstrasse 51, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
Abstract Content:
The Western world, and Europe in particular, has long been moving away from religious, especially Christian, roots. This is what has always been understood by "secularization". The separation from religious traditions happened in the name of enlightened reason, autonomy, "scientific progress". This is also what the epoch term "modernity" stands for.
Postmodernism," on the other hand, questioned "modern" (scientistic and philosophical of history) basic assumptions, and the "return of religion" additionally shook the Eurocentric assumption that Western secularization anticipated the development of all humanity. Postcolonialism also raises awareness of Western colonialism and racism as the dark sides of Enlightenment/modernity and thus secularization, while questioning the Christian/secular distinction. As a result, secular certainties, including their independence from Christianity, appear shaken, and thus a new (critical) interest in, but also a new open-mindedness toward, religious traditions has emerged even among secularly minded people. These developments led to what has been called "post-secular" for about 20 years.
The IRS-Sozietät would like to approach this term post-secularity and its relevance for interreligious studies on the basis of some exemplary texts by theorists from different traditions.
Aim of the Sozietät:
The IRS Sozietät was introduced in the FS 2017. It is intended to give all students of Interreligious Studies/Interreligious Studies the opportunity to discuss current topics in the field together. It takes place each spring semester and is led by 1-2 people from the "Team IRS".
Focus on IRS: "In becoming acquainted with and critically questioning various religious cultures in history and the present, as well as in reflecting on and practicing interreligious change of perspective, graduates of this program are enabled to communicate with and among religious traditions." (https://www.irs.unibe.ch/index_ger.html)
Acquisition ECTS:
The sociation is scored as 1 ETCS point (pass/fail). Approximately 10 hours will be charged for each of a) active participation in the Society itself; b) reading and preparing the texts; and c) preparing the case study.
One (1) additional ECTS point can be earned by writing an additional, voluntary essay of 5-6 pages. The writing of an essay must be registered with the lecturers no later than the last course (March 28, 2023). The deadline for any essay is August 15, 2023.
Session Sequence:
- 10 min. Input on a text to be read by all, followed by exchange.
- 10 min input on a case study, followed by exchange.
For more information, see the document "IRS Sozietät FS 2023 Semester Planning" on Ilias. Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version) |
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