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Root number
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485208 |
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Semester
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HS2025 |
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Type of course
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Seminar |
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Allocation to subject
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Theology |
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Type of exam
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not defined |
| Title |
Postsecular Lab 3: Israel and Palestine from a post-secular perspective |
| Description |
The term "post-secular" became widely known after the Islamist-motivated terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Philosopher Jürgen Habermas, among others, used it to articulate the consequences of the realization that religions would not disappear as quickly as had been assumed in supposedly secular societies for some time.
However, the concept of the "post-secular" had already emerged earlier—specifically in Israel. After the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in 1995 by a Jewish-religious Zionist, Israel's secular self-understanding began to be called into question. Amnon Raz-Krakotzkin succinctly captured the fundamental contradiction of a "secular" Zionism: "There is no God, but He gave us the Land."
Today, not only have Jewish-religious Zionists become the driving force behind Israel's "war of annihilation" (Ehud Olmert) in Gaza, but the significant political influence of Christian Zionism on U.S. policy has also become apparent—along with the fact that a religiously motivated (Christian-Protestant) Zionism preceded secular Zionism.
The third Postsecular Lab will focus on Israel and Palestine from a post-secular perspective. How can we understand the relationship between secular and religious forces in Israel and the occupied territories? What role does Jewish religious Zionism play? What is the significance of Christian Zionism, and on which Protestant theological foundations is it based?
These questions will be explored in the third Postsecular Lab during the fall semester of 2025. The Postsecular Lab is an innovative teaching format that is both theoretical and practice-oriented. It is experimental and interdisciplinary/transdisciplinary in approach. In small groups, students independently invite experts from various fields to examine and delve into post-secular questions from different thematic perspectives. They develop the questions, conduct interviews in the form of a podcast, and prepare the results for publication on the interrelblog (https://interrelblog.unibe.ch/?page_id=43).
The first season started in the fall semester of 2023 and was extremely well received by the students (best faculty student evaluation of the semester: 5.94). |
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ILIAS-Link (Learning resource for course)
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Registrations are transmitted from CTS to ILIAS (no admission in ILIAS possible).
ILIAS
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Link to another web site
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| Lecturers |
Prof. Dr.
Luca Daniele Di Blasi, Institut für Systematische Theologie - Dozentur Religionsphilosophie ✉
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ECTS
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4 |
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Recognition as optional course possible
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Yes |
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Grading
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1 to 6 |
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| Dates |
Monday 10:15-12:00 Weekly
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| Rooms |
Seminarraum A 024, UniS
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| Students please consult the detailed view for complete information on dates, rooms and planned podcasts. |
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