Course Description
This course includes the origins and the developments of the religious and secular movements. It introduces religious and secular developments in India during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Reformed movements such as Brahmo Samaj, Arya Samaj, Rama Krishna Mission, Rashtriya Seva Sangh, Brahma Kumaris, etc., will be studied and ideologies of individuals like Raja Ram Mohan Roy, Swami Vivekananda, M.K. Gandhi, S. Radhakrishnan, Sai Baba, and Mata Amritanandamayi will be discussed.
Course Objectives
- To enable the students to comprehend the different beliefs and different opinions of different movements through debates, quizzes.
- To challenge the students to evangelize with a great burden to the people who are in different believes.
Course Requirements
- Write the content of all the movements in 10 pages (Assignment I)
- Write an assignment comparing Christianity with all other movements in 10 pages. (Assignment II)
Course Grading Structure
- Assignment I - 20%
- Assignment II - 20%
- Final Examination - 60%
- Suggested Texts
- Mc Dowell Josh, Secular religions.
- Zachariah, Aleyamma, Modern Religious and Secular Movements in India.
- Farquhar, J.N., Modern Religious Movements in India.
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Full Class Notes
Resources to download (Class notes included)
- Forum
Day 1 - Thursday, June 2nd, 2022
Day 2 - Friday, June 3rd, 2022
Day 3 - Monday, June 6th, 2022
Day 4 - Thursday, June 9th, 2022
Day 5 - Friday, June 10th, 2022
Day 6 - Monday, June 13th, 2022
Day 7 - Thursday, June 16th, 2022
Day 8 - Friday, June 17th, 2022
Day 9 - Thursday, June 23rd, 2022
Day 10 - Friday, June 24th, 2022
Day 11 - Monday, June 27th, 2022
Day 12 - Thursday, June 30th, 2022
Day 13 - Monday, June 4th, 2022
- Grade Weight: 20%
Assignment writing Format: Turabian (Times New Roman Font 12, 2 Point line spacing, 1 inch margin, half inch Indent)
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The exam is available to attend between 7:00 PM of July 5th to 11:00 PM of July 6th, 2022.
The duration of the exam is 40 minutes from the moment you begin the exam.
The exam should be attended only in Moodle and not to be answered on a paper.
There is no need to join Zoom meeting and be on camera for this exam. You can attend the exam on your own.
Master of Divinity (2020)
Modern Religious and Secular Movements in India
This course
includes the origins
and the developments of the religious and secular movements. It introduces religious and secular
developments in India during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Reformed
movements such as Brahmo Samaj, Arya Samaj, Rama Krishna Mission, Rashtriya
Seva Sangh, Brahma Kumaris, etc., will be studied and ideologies of individuals
like Raja Ram Mohan Roy, Swami Vivekananda, M.K. Gandhi, S. Radhakrishnan, Sai
Baba, and Mata Amritanandamayi will be discussed.
Date: June 2nd to July 4th 2022.
Prof: Dr. Iboyaima Singh