Thinking About Religion Today

Course description

The study of religion is currently characterized by provocative developments calling into question the conceptual basis for this field of study. Within a setting like Canada, the supposedly opposing categories of religion and secularity might be viewed as artificial, colonially laden creations. Your instructor will draw on examples from contemporary politics and culture to emphasize how religious studies seeks to reveal the myriad ways in which the sacred is experienced, not least within settings that might at first glance be presumed secular.