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The web activities presented here are not exhaustive on the topics. They are meant to help you become more information literate and accustom you to reading scholarship and reports. Please ask your professor for assistance if you don’t understand. Learning is a process. We don’t expect you to become an expert in just one semester. Do always cite your sources when completing these activities.
Chapter 15: Ideology and Religion
Make use of these websites: the Danforth Center on Religion and Politics: http://rap.wustl.edu/ The Social Science Research Council Program on Religion and the Public Sphere: http://www.ssrc.org/programs/religion-and-the-public-sphere/ The World Religion Database (Institute of Culture, Religion, and World Affairs – Boston Univ): https://www.worldreligiondatabase.org/
a) Research one or more countries in the world that have self-described religious states. Describe how religion features in these states. What (if anything) do these governments do to protect the interests of religious minorities? To what extent does the religious nature of the state affect the degree of democracy in the country?
b) Research the countries in the world that have governments with a self-proclaimed socialist ideology. What do these governments identify as the basic features of socialism? What reasons or motivations do these governments give for adhering to socialist ideology?