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32029-01 - Vorlesung: Interpreting African religio-scapes (2 KP)
| Semester | Herbstsemester 2012 |
| Angebotsmuster | einmalig |
| Dozierende | Andreas Heuser (andreas.heuser@unibas.ch, BeurteilerIn) |
| Inhalt | This lecture series gathers Basel based scholars in African religion and invited guest lecturers from Africa to shed light on a wide range of religious expressions in Africa. A focus is set on locating religio-scapes, a term used to feature the fluidity and passages of religion in Africa from an interdisciplinary perspective. The lectures cover processes of religious hybridity between the imaginative world of neo-traditionalist healers and self-styled charismatic "heroes" to influence public discourses; they are interested in the historic mapping of religious identities in West Africa, or they may highlight the religious impact on current state-building processes in East and Southern Africa. The construction of religious belonging or the formations of interreligious dialogue are being explored in some other contributions to this lecture series. A focus is set in this respect on the spectrum of African Judaism and on Christian-Muslim dialogue, so much endangered in countries like Nigeria, Kenya, or South-Sudan. The acute context of political conflict and civil war also gives space to ruptures in the cultural memory of inter-religious exchange, exemplified from first-hand experiences from Mali. The lecture series ends with an insight view on African migrant churches in Basel and Switzerland. 4. Oktober 2012: Andreas Heuser (Aussereuropäisches Christentum/Basel): Titanic Showdown – the Tale of a Power Contest between a “Priest-Healer” and a “Miracle Healer” (Ghana). 11. Oktober: Johnson Mbillah (General Secretary PROCMURA/Nairobi): The Current State of Christian-Muslim Relations in Africa. 25. Oktober: Guy Thomas (Mission21/Basel): Faiths in Maps (historical geography of religions: West Africa). 8. November: Benedikt Schubert (Ökumene- und Missionswissenschaft/Basel): Angola and Mozambique - Comparing the Action of Churches in War and Peace. 15. November: Ismail Diadié Haidara (Poet, Historiker/Timbuktu): Religious Intolerance as a threat to Cultural Memory. Jewish Pasts and Muslim Presents in Timbuktu, Mali. 22. November: Armin Zimmermann (Mission21/Basel): Religion/Church and the Birth of a New Nation (South-Sudan). 6. Dezember: Daniel Lis (Zentrum Jüdische Studien/Basel): Jews and Judaism in Black Africa: History and Context (Nigeria / Ethiopia). 20. Dezember: Daniel Frei (Pfarramt für Weltweite Kirche BL/BS): Church Networks of African Migrants in Basel. |
| Lernziele | building-up a methodological sensitivity in the understanding of diverse religious fields in Africa; gathering basic knowledge about different religions in Africa and their interconnectedness; debating themes of religion in Africa in an interdisciplinary approach |
| Literatur | will be announced by individual scholars |
| Anmeldung zur Lehrveranstaltung | online |
| Unterrichtssprache | Englisch |
| Einsatz digitaler Medien | kein spezifischer Einsatz |
| HörerInnen willkommen |
| Intervall | Wochentag | Zeit | Raum |
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| Module |
Modul Culture and Society (Master Studiengang: African Studies) Modul Reflexion interkultureller Gegenwartsfragen in der Theologie (ÖM 2) (Master Studienfach: Theologie) Modul Reflexion interkultureller Gegenwartsfragen in der Theologie (ÖM 2) (Master Theologie) |
| Prüfung | Leistungsnachweis |
| Hinweise zur Prüfung | written examination |
| An-/Abmeldung zur Prüfung | Anmelden: Belegen; Abmelden: Dozierende |
| Wiederholungsprüfung | eine Wiederholung, bester Versuch zählt |
| Skala | Pass / Fail |
| Belegen bei Nichtbestehen | nicht wiederholbar |
| Zuständige Fakultät | Theologische Fakultät, studiendekanat-theol@unibas.ch |
| Anbietende Organisationseinheit | Departement Theologie |