RELI 235: Religion and Literature

RELI 235-004: Religion and Literature
(Spring 2016)

01:30 PM to 02:45 PM TR

Innovation Hall 206

Section Information for Spring 2016

The course investigates works of religious literature by men and women of different religious cultures, engaging a variety of spiritual questions, including the meaning of innocent suffering, the importance of social justice, and the religious bases for environmental ethics. The encounter with the divine and the importance of story are key concepts in understanding literary treatments of religious experience from Old Testament Wisdom literature to postmodern allegory.

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Course Information from the University Catalog

Credits: 3

Explores the relationship between religion and literature in different times and cultures, the influence of religion on literary works, and how literature expresses major religious themes such as death and immortality, divine will and justice, suffering and human destiny, and religion and state. Offered by Religious Studies. Limited to three attempts.
Mason Core: Mason Core, Literature
Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.

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