Posted: November 30th, 2015

Does religion oppose or enhance nationalism?

Instructions

Topic: Does religion oppose or enhance nationalism?

(1500 Words)

The qualities looked for will be: clarity and effectiveness of presentation, engagement with relevant literature, awareness of the context of the topic, and the links with the wider issues involved.

• Not looking for right answer…looking for interesting, sophisticated, well-thought through and convincing arguments.

• Use the Ethno-symbolism theory and the 4 approaches of Brubaker’s article. Brubaker, R. (2012) Religion and nationalism: four approaches, Nations and Nationalism, 18 (1): 2-20.

• What role did religion have in the creation of nations and nationalism?

• But is religion ‘trans-national’? Do movements undermine the nation-state?