SPA 316 RELIGION/VIOLENCE LATIN AM
Lectures, discussions, readings, films, and student projects explore the relation of religion and violence throughout the course of Latin American history. The many themes and topics treated include human sacrifice, religious aspects of conquest, mortification and martyrdom, torture as ritualized violence, iconography of the crucified Christ, murder of nuns and priests, insurgency and counter-insurgency as holy war, persecution of Jews, and indigenous revolts.
Notes
This course cannot be taken at both the 300 and 400 level.
Prerequisite
SPA 251, or permission of the instructor.
Enrollment Limit
Enrollment limited to 18 students.
Attributes
MOIB, MOIE, ASPA, WLC