REL 127 - Religious Migrations

Course unit(s): 1
Meets GAR (students beginning prior to Fall 2024): Meets general academic requirement HU and DE.
In this course we will use travel narratives to explore how religion has motivated human movement —migrations, colonization, and even tourism—and how this travel has affected the religious practices, traditions, and identities of both the travelers and the peoples they encounter. We will look at both early moments of religiously motivated movement such as the Muslim incursions into Spain during the so-called convivencia, often viewed as a model of religious tolerance, and the expulsions that followed during the Inquisition; and also modern-day travel and migration. Key concepts for consideration will include globalization, transnational, multiculturalism, and identity, as well as religion.