Teaching 2009-10
For the 2009-10 academic year I will be teaching the following courses in the Religions and Theology Subject Area at the University of Manchester.
- Introduction to the Study of Religions and Theology Core Course (RELT10311). This autumn semester course explores key approaches to the study of religion such as anthropological, historical and phenomenological. I am both the course convenor giving lectures and providing administrative leadership for the course as well as one of its small group tutors.
- The Return of Religion (RELT31111 / RELT61111). This is an autumn semester third year BA course which is open to MA students as well. Over eleven weeks we will investigate the contemporary academic return to religion in terms of desecularization, religion and civil society, the end of metaphysics (the trace, weak ontology, post-ontological faith), and theological materialism.
- Religion and Political Life Core Course (RELT60141). This is the autumn semester introductory overview course for the Religion and Political Life MA degree program. Here, we introduce students to a wide body of literature in religion and politics as we appraoch the subject in the Centre for Religion and Political Culture. We will explore the work of Thomas Hobbes, Max Weber, Norberto Bobbio, Juergen Habermas and others.