Course ARK262

Religion and Violence in Contemporary Society

7.5 Credits
Second Cycle
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Starts week 46, 2025

On completion of the course, students will be able to:

  • explain the existence of various phenomena from the late modern era that are understood as being violence in the name of religion
  • present an independent critical understanding of the relationship between religion and violence
  • discuss and problematise different ways of defining religious systems of meaning, and be able to classify them in different ways
  • apply theories of violence and religion at different analytical levels, such as individual (micro), group-oriented (meso) and societal (macro)
  • critically argue for the applicability in different perspectives on religion and violence, and compare sociological, socio-economic, geopolitical and religious psychological perspectives in an informed way
  • critically evaluate and rank different theoretical interpretive models regarding religiously motivated violence
  • explain the complexity of a pluralistic democratic society and discuss the value of freedom of opinion including extreme opinions, as well as the value of value pluralism.
Starts and ends:
week 46, 2025 - week 3, 2026
Study Rate:
50%
Location:
Varied
Time of Day:
Day
Teaching form:
Distance
Language:
English
Entry Qualifications :
  • 90 credits at First Cycle in Humanities and/or Social Sciences
Selection :
Higher education credits (30-285 credits)
Application Code:
HDA-H3MSN
Main field of study:
Online Education

Mandatory online meetings will be held according to the schedule.

Compulsory meetings:
0 physical

Requirements for Computer Skills and Computer Capacity

Tuition Fee
First Tuition Fee Installment:
12,000 SEK
Total Tuition Fee:
12,000 SEK
EU/EEA Citizens or exchange students are not required to pay fees.
Information on application and tuition fees: www.universityadmissions.se.
Closed for late application
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Literature lists are published at the latest one month ahead of the course start date.

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Ask us about studying at Dalarna University.
support@du.se
+46 23-77 80 00

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Tomas Axelson
Tomas Axelson

Starts week 46, 2026

On completion of the course, students will be able to:

  • explain the existence of various phenomena from the late modern era that are understood as being violence in the name of religion
  • present an independent critical understanding of the relationship between religion and violence
  • discuss and problematise different ways of defining religious systems of meaning, and be able to classify them in different ways
  • apply theories of violence and religion at different analytical levels, such as individual (micro), group-oriented (meso) and societal (macro)
  • critically argue for the applicability in different perspectives on religion and violence, and compare sociological, socio-economic, geopolitical and religious psychological perspectives in an informed way
  • critically evaluate and rank different theoretical interpretive models regarding religiously motivated violence
  • explain the complexity of a pluralistic democratic society and discuss the value of freedom of opinion including extreme opinions, as well as the value of value pluralism.
Starts and ends:
week 46, 2026 - week 2, 2027
Study Rate:
50%
Location:
Varied
Time of Day:
Day
Teaching form:
Distance
Language:
English
Other:
Only for Exchange Students (Erasmus)
Entry Qualifications :
  • 90 credits at First Cycle in Humanities and/or Social Sciences
Application Code:
HDA-H3PAH
Main field of study:
Online Education

Mandatory online meetings will be held according to the schedule.

Compulsory meetings:
0 physical

Requirements for Computer Skills and Computer Capacity

Literature List

Literature lists are published at the latest one month ahead of the course start date.

To Literature List
How may we help you?

Ask us about studying at Dalarna University.
support@du.se
+46 23-77 80 00

Course Coordinator
Sanja Nilsson