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144019 SE Majorities and Minorities: Law, Theologies, Societies - from an Alevi Perspective (2022S)

Continuous assessment of course work

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Details

max. 25 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Friday 29.04. 13:15 - 18:15 Seminarraum i1 (islam), Schenkenstraße 8-10, EG005
  • Saturday 30.04. 09:45 - 14:45 Seminarraum i1 (islam), Schenkenstraße 8-10, EG005
  • Friday 10.06. 13:15 - 18:15 Seminarraum i1 (islam), Schenkenstraße 8-10, EG005
  • Saturday 11.06. 09:45 - 16:30 Seminarraum i1 (islam), Schenkenstraße 8-10, EG005

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

In an interconnected world, religious minorities, especially in Europe, are increasingly advocating for social justice and religious freedom in their communities and therefore face a number of challenges. On the other hand, it is equally important to discuss the role and responsibility of religious majorities towards minorities.
The main topic of this seminar is Alevism, which is a minority in the societies in which it lives, but supports a theologically pluralistic structure in interreligious communication. The seminar deals with the conditions of interreligious coexistence based on legal, socio-cultural and political discourses and discussions from an Alevi theological perspective.

Assessment and permitted materials

Expectation of course participants:
Regular attendance, active participation in the seminar and the preparation and submission of a seminar paper of 15 pages according to the guidelines of good and proper scientific work. In addition, students are expected to give a presentation on a topic of the seminar program ( 30 min.).

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Presentation: 30 points
Seminar paper: 50 points (given/agreed deadline must be submitted).
Participation in the discussion phases (constructive, technically correct contributions and engagement in the discussion of the presentations): 20 points.
For a positive evaluation of the course, 60 points are required.

1 (very good) 100-90 points
2 (good) 89-81 points
3 (satisfactory) 80-71 points
4 (sufficient) 70-60 points
5 (insufficient) 59-0 points

Examination topics

All content covered in the course, in particular the subject-specific and subject-didactic content and considerations of your own plans and those presented in the seminar. Supporting learning material can be found on Moodle.

Reading list

- Buch, G. Christopher. 2008. “: Religious Minority Rights”. In Andrew Rippin (eds). The Islamic World. Routledge. Pp: 638-655.
- Sökefeld. Martin (Hg). 2008. Aleviten in Deutschland Identitätsprozesse einer Religionsgemeinschaft in der Diaspora. Bielefeld: Transcript.
- Sökefeld, Martin. 2015. „Grenzziehung und Anerkennung: Dynamiken alevitischer Identitätspolitik in der Diaspora“. Dorothea Weltecke. Ulrich Gotter &Ukrich Rüdiger (Hg). Religiöse Vielfalt und der Umgang mit Minderheiten. Vergangene und gegenwärtige Erfahrungen. München: UVK Verlagsgesellschaft. Pp: 81-107.
- Kaplan, Ismail. „Aleviten in Deutschland – Eine dialogfähige Glaubensgemeinschaft“. Heiner Barz und Matthias Jung (Hg.). Gehört der Islam zu Deutschland? Fakten und Analysen zu einem Meinungsstreit. Düsseldorf University Press. pp.273-304
- Iwamony, Rachel. 2018. “Majority versus Minority”. Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research (ASSEHR), volume 187 International Conference on Religion and Public Civilization (ICRPC 2018).
- Ghanea. Nazila. 2012. “Are Religious Minorities Really Minorities?” Oxford Journal of Law and Religion, Vol. 1, No. 1 (2012), pp. 57–79.
- Gültekin, Ahmet Kerim. 2022. “Thinking of Alevis as ‘Majority’: Alevi and Sunni Communities of Dersim”. Derya Özkul &Hege Markussen (eds). Alevi Identity Revisited - Cultural, Religious, Social and Political Perspectives. Edinburg University Press.
- Tolan, John. 2015 The Legal Status of Religious Minorities in the Euro-Mediterranean World (RELMIN). Medieval Worlds. No. 1. Pp: 148-166
- Ulram. Peter. A. 2009. Integration in Österreich. Einstellungen, Orientierungen, und Erfahrungen von Migrantinnen und Angehörigen der Mehrheitsbevölkerung. Wien. GfK-Austria GmbH.

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