Year 1:
Blok 1.
Concepts & Methods.
- Qualitative Research Methods. London: SAGE Publications, 2010. Monique Hennink, Inge Hutter & Ajay Bailey 9781412922265
Note: You will use this book again in the second year of this study.
Judaism.
- Essential Judaism: A Complete Guide to Beliefs, Customs, and Rituals. New York: Simon and Schuster Pocket Books, 2000. George Robinson 978-1501117756 -The updated 2016 version is also good-
Blok 2.
Anthropology of religion.
- Living Without the Dead : Loss and Redemption in a Jungle Cosmos. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Vitebsky, Piers ISBN: 9780226475622
Hinduism and Buddhism.
Blok 3.
Christianity.
- Christianity: a Global History. (London/New York: A. Lane 2000). David Chidester. ISBN: 97800140257113
Psychology and Sociology of Religion.
- An Introduction to the Sociology of Religion: Classical and Contemporary Perspectives. Furseth, I., & Repstad, P. ISBN: 9780754656586
- Psychology, Religion, and Spirituality. James M. Nelson ISBN: 9780387875729
Blok 4.
Islam.
- The Anthropology of Islam Reader, London: Routledge. J. Kreinath ISBN: 9780415780254
Religion and Philosophy.
- Readings in Philosophy of Religion: Ancient to Contemporary. Linda Zagzegbski and Timothy D. Miller (also available via UL) ISBN: 9781405180917
- Critical Thinking: A beginner’s guide. Sharon M. Kaye ISBN: 9781851686544
- Philosophy: The basics. Fifth edition. Nigel Warburton ISBN: 9780415693165
- Philosophy: Basic Readings. Nigel Warburtion (ed.) (also available via UL) ISBN: 9780415337984
Year 2:
Blok 1
Concepts and Methods 2.
- Qualitative Research Methods. London: SAGE Publications, 2010. Monique Hennink, Inge Hutter & Ajay Bailey 9781412922265
Rituals in Theory and Practice.
Blok 2
The Text Awakens.
The Sacred Image.
- Required and recommended readings will be available on reserve shelves in UB or by ebook/PDF
Blok 3
Religion, Media and Popular Culture.
- Selected articles and book chapters will be provided at the beginning of the course
Religion and Politics.
- Inventing the Individual: The Origins of Western Liberalism. Siedentop, Larry. ISBN: 978-0141009544
- Routledge Handbook on Religion and Politics. Haynes, Jeffrey
- Religion and the Secular: Historical and colonial formations. Fitzgerald, Timothy
Blok 4
Ethics and Secularity.
- Why be good? A historical introduction to ethics. Duncan Richter ISBN: 9780195325058
- Ethics in Practice: An Anthology. Hugh LaFollette ISBN: 9780470671832
Religion, Diversity and Identity.
- Qualitative Research Methods. London: SAGE Publications, 2010. Monique Hennink, Inge Hutter & Ajay Bailey 9781412922265
Year 3:
Blok 1
Quranic Arabic 1.
- Arabic through the Qur’an. Cambridge: The Islamic Texts Society (2005). Alan Jones ISBN: 9780946621682
- Answer Key to Alif Baa: Introduction to Arabic Letters and Sounds, Third Edition. Washington DC: Georgetown University Press (2010). Kristen Brustad, Abbas al-Tonsi en Mahmoud al-Batal ISBN: 9781589016347
- Alif Baa: Introduction to Arabic Letters and Sounds, Third Edition. Washington DC: Georgetown University Press (2010). Kristen Brustad, Abbas al-Tonsi en Mahnoud al-Batal ISBN: 9781589016323
(Make sure you get the right edition)
Spirituality and Secular Religion.
– The readings for this class will be announced in the syllabus.
Blok 2
Quranic Arabic 2.
- Arabic through the Qur’an. Cambridge: The Islamic Texts Society (2005). Alan Jones ISBN: 9780946621682
- Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic. Hans Wehr ISBN: 9781607963875
Law and Religion.
Religion, Space and Place.
Blok 3
Lived Religion: Reading Case Studies.
Contested Humanity.
- Biomedicine & Beatitude: An Introduction to Catholic bioethics (e-book available via UL, consider buying). Nicanor Pier Giorgio Austriaco ISBN: 9780813218823
- Bioethics: A Philosophical Introduction. Second edition (ebook available via UL). Stephen Holland ISBN: 9780745690605
- “Redeeming the ‘Human’ through human rights. Talal Assad
- ‘The Cyborg Manifesto’ in Donna Haraway, Simians, Cyborgs and Men (London: Free Association Books 1991).(available on the internet). Donna Haraway
- The Origins of Totalitarianism. Hannah Arendt
- Parts of Posthumanism,Cambridge: Polity Press 2014. Pramod K. Nayar
Check the course guide / ocasys to be sure
Blok 3&4
Bachelor thesis.
Ba Thesis Seminar Lived Religion.
Ba Thesis Seminar Impact of Religion.
Blok 4
Lived Religion: Academic Debates.
Cultural Impact of Religion.