Governing Religion

1 – Introduction And Welcome – Why is religion and religious diversity often seen as a problem today? 2 – What are the dominant models for governing religion in Europe today? What are their strengths and weaknesses? 3 – How are state-religion relationships regulated in the MENA region (middle East and North Africa)? 4 – How is religion and religious diversity governed in south and southeast Asia? 5 – What do we learn from the European and Asian experiences in dealing with religious diversity? How can we learn from one another? Most FutureLearn courses run multiple times. Every run of a course has a set start date but you can join it and work through it after it starts. Find out more This course is for undergraduate and graduates studying sociology, political science or anthropology. It might also be useful for civil society activists, journalists and anyone with an interest in religious diversity and the relationship between government and religion. This course is part of the research project GREASE : Radicalisation Secularism and the Governance of Religious Diversity: Bringing together European and Asian Perspectives funded by the European Commission, Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement number 770640. The content of this MOOC represents only the views of the GREASE consortium and is its sole responsibility. The European Commission does not accept any responsibility for use that may be made of the information it contains.