DIOCESAN NEWS
01/15/10
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Course explores religion, politics
MOBILE — “Religion and International Politics” is the next course in the Spring Hill master’s in theology program. The course will explore the recent resurgence of religion in international affairs.
The theme of the course will be the ambivalent role religion plays in the world as not only a cause and agent of many of the world’s deadliest conflicts, but also one of the principal resources for their resolution, said Alice Hughes, director of the diocesan Office of Faith Formation.
The primary focus will be on Christianity, Islam and Judaism, but Hinduism, Buddhism, and the other Asian religions will also be considered.
An additional aspect of the course will be an examination of the role religion plays in United States foreign policy.
Dr. Matthew Bagot, lecturer of theology at Spring Hill College, joined the faculty in the fall of 2007.
He is currently finishing his dissertation for his doctorate in ethics from Boston College.
His area of specialty is Catholic social ethics and international politics.
His article “Subsidiarity: Catholic Theory and American Practice” was published in the collection of essays, Global Justice.
Before going to Spring Hill College, Bagot was a teaching fellow at Boston College where he taught a course on Catholicism and has also taught at Emory University in Atlanta and Rivier College in Nashua, N. H.
He grew up in England and came to the United States in 1985.
Bagot has degrees from Edinburgh University in Scotland, Emory University in Atlanta, and Weston Jesuit School of Theology in Cambridge, Mass., in addition to his work at Boston College.
Classes will be held Saturdays, Feb. 27; March 13, 20; April 10, 17; and May 1 from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. at St. Joseph High School in Madison.
For information call Hughes, 601-960-8473
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