ROSS MORET
IDH 2140 Freedom AND RELIGION: Liberal, Christian, and Muslim Perspectives
By addressing issues such as free speech, sexual mores and identity, and compulsory military service, this course examines the ways that religious norms and practices across the globe sometimes come into conflict with the norms of liberal democracy.
[Requirements Satisfied: Cross-Cultural Studies (X), E-Series, and Ethics.]
HUM 2937 RACE AND RELIGION IN AMERICA TODAY: THE LEGACIES OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS AND BLACK POWER MOVEMENTS
From justifications for slavery, to abolitionism, to the civil rights and black power movements, to the issues of today, religion has played an important role in race and politics in America. This course explores the ways that appeals to religious concepts and identities have influenced those politics.
[Requirements Satisfied: Diversity in Western Experience (Y), Ethics, Humanities and Cultural Practice, and Scholarship in Practice.]
HUM 2937 Truth, justice, and the american way? ethics, religion, and superheroes
This course uses superhero mythology as a lens through which to view the historical development of ethical norms in the United States since the late 1930s. Students will learn how to unpack the ideological meanings of these stories while thinking critically and constructively about the political, historical, philosophical, psychological, and religious ideas that are reflected in the mythology.
[Requirements Satisfied: Diversity in Western Experience (Y), Ethics and Scholarship in Practice.]
HUM 2937 us and them: navigating disagreements in a polarized society
Contemporary society is deeply divided along political, cultural, regional, religious, racial, and socioeconomic lines. This course will help students to both understand the sources of those divisions and develop strategies to navigate our polarized society.
[Requirements Satisfied: Ethics, Oral Communication, and Scholarship in Practice.]
Ross Moret received his Ph.D. from Florida State’s Department of Religion where he studied in the Religion, Ethics, and Philosophy program. Professor Moret’s teaching and research interests focus on Christian and Muslim political ethics, and he is particularly invested in understanding the ways that social science can contribute to our understanding of how norms are developed, maintained, and challenged in group life. His work on politics, religion, and ethics has appeared in The Journal of Religion and Society and Soundings: An Interdisciplinary Journal. He grew up in South Dakota, but before coming to FSU Professor Moret earned graduate degrees from Florida Atlantic University, Valparaiso University, and Princeton Theological Seminary. When he isn’t teaching or doing research, he enjoys spending time with his wife and two sons, coaching baseball, traveling, or seeing a good movie.