06: Religion and InEquality: A Remedy or a Cause?
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Hauptschule
Seminar
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in englischer SpracheWe invite you to explore how religions can either challenge or perpetuate economic, social, political, gender, and other inequalities. We explore the paradox of why faiths founded by those motivated against injustice (rebels such as Jesus, Mohammed, Siddharta, Buddha) can be used to justify oppression. Why do religion opponents sometimes end up strengthening hierarchies and repressive states in the name of equality? We aim to arrive at a nuanced understanding of how religion can empower us to make the world a better place, while being alert to the unintended consequences of such attempts.
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Madawi AL-RASHEED
Visiting Professor, Middle East Centre, LSE - London School of Economics and Political Science, London; Research Fellow, Open Society Foundations, New York
| 1990-1994 | Prize Research Fellow, Nuffield College, University of Oxford |
| 1994-1995 | Lecturer, Social Anthropology, University of Oxford |
| 1995-2013 | Professor, Anthropology of Religion, King's College London |
| since 2013 | Visiting Professor, Middle East Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science, London |
Ph.D. Marat SHTERIN
Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) of Sociology of Religion, School of Arts and Humanities, Department of Theology and Religious Studies, King's College London
| 1990-1994 | Executive Director, Interncentre, Moscow School of Social Science |
| 1994-1996 | Head, Department of Religion, State Library for Foreign Literature, Moscow |
| 1996-2000 | Doctoral Dissertation, LSE - London School of Economics and Political Science |
| 2001-2005 | Research Fellow, LSE - London School of Economics and Political Science |
| since 2005 | Lecturer/Associate Professor, Sociology of Religion, School of Arts and Humanities, Department of Theology and Religious Studies, King's College London |
