Spring 2027

Religion and Politics

Religion and Politics explores the relationships and interactions between religion and politics from a comparative perspective, analyzing how these dynamics shape political behavior across contexts.

offering recorded3–4 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 No instructors listed

Summary

What you’ll be able to do

  • Analyze the interactions between religion and politics from a comparative perspective.

  • Evaluate how religious institutions, elites, states, and societies shape political behavior and outcomes.

  • Explain the persistence of religion in secular contexts, the rise of religious nationalism and extremism, and the role of religion in populism, regime type, and voting behavior.

  • Analyze current issues in religion and politics using evidence-based writing and argumentation.

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POLISCI/RELIGST 433

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Explores the relationships and interactions between religion and politics from a comparative perspective. Explores how religious institutions, elites, states, and societies interact, and how these relationships shape political behavior and outcomes across contexts. Analyze questions such as: Why does religion remain politically salient in an increasingly secular world? What drives religious nationalism and extremism? How do democratic and authoritarian states engage with religion? How does religion influence voting behavior? How do religious movements inform the global rise in populism? Integrate theoretical frameworks for religion and policies and cutting-edge research on American and global cases.

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Topics

  • The persistence of religion in secular contexts and its political salience.
  • Drivers of religious nationalism and extremism.
  • Engagement with religion by democratic and authoritarian states.
  • Influence of religion on voting behavior.
  • Role of religious movements in the global rise of populism.

Skills

  • Applying theoretical frameworks to analyze how religious institutions, elites, states, and societies interact and shape political behavior and outcomes.
  • Producing evidence-based writing and argumentation to analyze current issues in religion and politics.

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POLISCI/RELIGST 433 · Spring 2027

Religion and Politics

Recorded 2026-10-14
POLISCI/RELIGST 433 · Spring 2027

Religion and Politics

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Recorded 2026-10-14

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