I am pleased to announce the “new Master’s Program in Religious Studies” at
The American University of Rome (AUR).
The Program offers an interdisciplinary and methodologically diverse study
of religion with the focus on the historical, social and cultural context
of Rome, Italy and the Mediterranean. It will enable students to study
various religious traditions that played an important role in the history
and culture of Rome, Europe and the Western civilization in general,
including the ancient Roman religions, Judaism, Christianity and Islam. The
Program benefits from the wealth of artistic, cultural and academic
resources of Rome which provide unique opportunities for study (including
an important component of on-site learning), research and internships.
As all other AUR Programs, the emphasis is placed on both academic and
professional goals, on intellectual development and transferable skills.
Apart from knowledge of particular religious traditions, students will
obtain knowledge and skills necessary to understand and work in the areas
of:
– Religious Traditions in Modern Society
– Religion, Conflict and Crises
– Intercultural and Interreligious Dialogue
The MA Program in Religious Studies has a *15-month duration* and will
start in the *Fall of 2014*. Please look at our
websitehttp://click.iwsend.com/?ju=fe5a11797361077d7c14&ls=fe0010747065007d77127070&m=fe9a15707665027577&l=fecb15737d67017d&s=fe2e1271716c077c741c71&jb=ffce15&t=
For more details on course content, as well as information on admission
requirements, assessment of student learning, time limits and potential
career paths and costs.
We thank you for disseminating the information to interested students and
colleagues. We look forward to hearing from you and to meeting you!
Dr Richard Hodges
President, The American University of Rome
Friday 2 May 2014, Queen’s University Belfast (Senate Room)
09.00 – 09.30 Welcome and introduction by symposium organisers
Véronique Altglas, Eric Morier-Genoud and Matthew Wood
09.30 – 10.45 Understanding Faiths and Theologies
Christophe Monnot (University of Lausanne, Switzerland)
Does being a good sociologist of religion mean being a specialist in a specific faith?
Gwendoline Malogne-Fer (Groupe Sociétés, Religions, Laïcités, CNRS, France)
Protestant churches and the ‘marriage for all’: ‘theological’ criteria and the sociological approach
10.45 – 11.15 Break for refreshments
11.15 – 12.30 Understanding Mysticism and Spirituality
Alix Philippon (Institut d’Études Politiques d’Aix-en-Provence, CHERPA, France)
Essentialization, idealization and vilification: a reassessment of axiological neutrality in the sociological study of ‘mystical’ and ‘political’ Islam in Pakistan
Véronique Altglas (Queen’s University Belfast, UK)
Spirituality and discipline: not a contradiction in terms
12.30 – 13.30 Lunch
13.30 – 14.30 Ethnographic film: Laatoo: Dance and Spirituality in Pakistan
Directed by Alix Philippon and Faizaan Peerzada (2003)
14.30 – 15.45 Understanding Emotions and Behaviours
Yannick Fer (Groupe Sociétés, Religions, Laïcités, CNRS, France)
Studying religious emotions as a social fact: from pre-notions to the (re)shaping of a sociological object
Matthew Wood (Queen’s University Belfast, UK)
Congregational studies, worship, and region behaviour
15.45 – 16.15 Break for refreshments
16.15 – 17.30 Understanding Mission and Secularisation
Eric Morier-Genoud (Queen’s University Belfast, UK)
Reverse mission? A critical approach
Christopher Bunn (University of Glasgow, UK)
Foucault’s neglected secularisation: new pastoralism, confession and messianic managerialism
17.30 – 18.45 Ethnographic film: Bread or Coconut: Moorea and the Two Traditions
Directed by Yannick Fer and Gwendoline Malogne-Fer (2010)
18.45 – 19.00 Closing remarks
Registration is free (includes lunch) but must be booked before 11 April 2014:
please contact Véronique Altglas (v.altglas@qub.ac.uk)