The blog of the "Religion, Politics, Society" and "Islam in Europe and North America"seminars (Sciences Po)
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Welcome! This is the research blog of the courses “Religion, Politics, Society” and “Islam in Europe and North America” taught at Sciences Po (Paris). We share our ongoing investigations on religion and the controversies surrounding it. On this blog, you will find book reviews, case studies, iconography, critical notes about movies and series – all on religion. Enjoy and stay posted for future…
Students from the course “Islam in Europe and North America” have written critical notes on how “Islam” and “Muslims” are represented in audiovisual productions (films, TV shows, TV series). The best critical notes of 2023 are published here.
Students of the course write critical reviews on major academic books in religious studies. These books were selected because they feature most recent scholarship on religion (all have been published in the last ten years) and include discussions on the category of religion and what it means in different contexts and for different actors. The best book reviews of 2023 are published here.
As part of this course, students conduct collective research projects on a controversy related to the category of “religion.” Working in groups, they identify the crux of the controversy, the actors who took part in it, and reflect on what this controversy reveals about the definitional struggles surrounding the notion of religion. For each controversy, students carry out an important…
