Histories of Religion and Violence (HIST 1635-301)

Is there any historical basis for thinking that religion and good citizenship can coincide? The American political project was designed, according to many of its original activists as well as contemporary theorists across the political spectrum, both to establish a safe haven for free religious practice and to protect the public from religious violence. That second concern may have been waning as the 21st century ushered in what was famously described as “A Secular Age”, but in the following decade some sociologists observed a new surge in Global Religion.

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