The Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies of the University of Groningen is offering a free online course on Religion and Conflict. This course is designed for undergraduate learners who are interested in analyzing the relationship between religion and conflict from a social scientific perspective.
In this six-week course, applicants will understand and analyze the role of religion in conflicts and peacebuilding in present-day societies, with this free online course. The course will start on .
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( votes)Course At A Glance
Length: 6 weeks
Effort: 4 hours/week
Subject: Religion and Conflict
Institution: University of Groningen and Future Learn
Languages: English
Price: Free
Certificate Available: Yes
Session: Course Starts on
Providers’ Details
The University of Groningen is a research university with a global outlook, deeply rooted in Groningen, in the north of the Netherlands. Quality has had top priority for 400 years, and with success the University is currently in or around the top 100 on several influential ranking lists.
About This Course
Understanding the sources of a conflict is the first step towards solving it. Many conflicts in the world today are framed in terms of religion, but there is much discussion and confusion concerning the precise role religion plays in these conflicts. According to some, conflict and violence are inherent to religion. Others claim that religion is only the guise under which social, economic or political conflicts are fought out. The first step to solving religiously framed conflicts is understanding the role of religion in them, and that is what this free online course is about.
Why Take This Course?
This is a free online course. This MOOC will be offered with Video Transcripts in English. Participants will receive a certificate upon completion of the course.
This Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) will offer a critical view on one of the most urgent problems in today’s society: the different roles that religion plays in conflict situations. The aim of this course is to show how a religiously framed conflict can be studied in the wider cultural and political contexts of these conflicts. University’s point of departure is that religion means different things in different circumstances and to different people or groups of people. The course aims to show that conflict and violence are not inherent to religion, nor is religion merely the guise under which social, economic or political conflicts are fought out.
Learning Outcomes
After completing this course, you will have acquired the knowledge and analytical skills to develop critical insights into one of the most urgent issues of today’s world: the various roles of religion in conflicts.
Requirements
This course is designed for undergraduate learners who are interested in analysing the relationship between religion and conflict from a social scientific perspective. Although anyone with an interest in the subject can join.
Instructors
The course has been designed by three excellent lecturers from the Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies of the University of Groningen.
- Dr Erin Wilson is a political scientist and Director of the Centre for Religion, Conflict and the Public Domain
- Dr Marjo Buitelaar is an anthropologist and Associate Professor of Contemporary Islam
- Dr Kim Knibbe is a sociologist and coordinator of the Master’s degree programme in Religion, Conflict and Globalisation.
How To Join This Course
- Go to the course website link
- Sign Up At FutureLearn
- Select a course and Join
- Once a course has started, applicant will be able to access the course material
- After the start date, students will be able to access the course by following the Go To Course link on My Courses page.
- Applicants can buy, to show that they have completed a FutureLearn course.
- On some FutureLearn courses, learners will be able to pay to take an exam to qualify for a Statement of Attainment. (These are university-branded, printed certificates that provide proof of learning on the course topic(s)).
