Exploring term Fall 2023 Change
- ACAN: Arts of Canada
- ADMN: Public Administration
- AE: Art Education
- AGEI: Ageing
- AHVS: Art History and Visual Studies
- ANTH: Anthropology
- ART: Visual Arts
- ARTS: Arts
- ASL: American Sign Language
- ASTR: Astronomy
- ATWP: Academic and Technical Writing Program
- BCMB: Biochemistry and Microbiology
- BIOC: Biochemistry
- BIOL: Biology
- BME: Biomedical Engineering
- CE: Community Engagement
- CHEM: Chemistry
- CIVE: Civil Engineering
- COM: Commerce
- CS: Canadian Studies
- CSC: Computer Science
- CW: Creative Writing (En'owkin Centre)
- CYC: Child and Youth Care
- DHUM: Digital Humanities
- DSST: Disability Studies (DSS)
- ECE: Electrical and Computer Engineering
- ECON: Economics
- ED-D: Educational Psychology and Leadership Studies
- ED-P: Curriculum and Instruction Studies
- EDCI: Curriculum and Instruction Studies
- EDUC: Education
- ENGR: Engineering
- ENSH: English
- ENT: Entrepreneurship
- EOS: Earth and Ocean Sciences
- EPHE: Exercise Science, Physical and Health Education
- ER: Environmental Restoration
- ES: Environmental Studies
- EUS: European Studies
- FA: Fine Arts
- FRAN: French and Francophone Studies
- GDS: Global Development Studies
- GEOG: Geography
- GMST: Germanic Studies
- GNDR: Gender Studies
- GREE: Greek
- GRS: Greek and Roman Studies
- HDCC: Human Dimensions of Climate Change
- HINF: Health Information Science
- HLTH: Health
- HS: Health and Society
- HSD: Human and Social Development
- HSTR: History
- HUMA: Humanities
- IB: International Business
- ICDG: Indigenous Community Development and Governance
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- IGOV: Indigenous Governance
- INGH: Indigenous Health Studies
- INTS: International Health Studies
- IS: Indigenous Studies
- ISP: Intercultural Studies and Practice
- ITAL: Italian
- LAS: Latin American Studies
- LATI: Latin
- LAW: Law
- LING: Linguistics
- MATH: Mathematics
- MDIA: Media Studies
- MECH: Mechanical Engineering
- MEDI: Medieval Studies
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- MICR: Microbiology
- MRNE: Marine Science
- MUS: Music
- NURS: Nursing
- PAAS: Pacific and Asian Studies
- PHIL: Philosophy
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- POLI: Political Science
- PORT: Portuguese
- PSYC: Psychology
- RCS: Religion, Culture and Society
- SCIE: Science
- SENG: Software Engineering
- SJS: Social Justice Studies
- SLST: Slavic Studies
- SMGT: Service Management
- SOCI: Sociology
- SOCW: Social Work
- SOSC: Social Science
- SPAN: Spanish
- STAT: Statistics
- TCA: Transformative Climate Action
- THEA: Theatre
- TS: Technology and Society
- VIRS: Visiting International Research Studies
- VKUR: Valerie Kuehne Undergraduate Research Award
- WRIT: Writing
- RCS101: Selected Topics in Religion, Culture and Society
- RCS120: The People, Practices and Politics of Contemporary Yoga
- RCS200: Greek and Roman Mythology
- RCS200A: Introduction to Judaism, Christianity and Islam
- RCS200B: Introduction to Asian Religions
- RCS201: Key Questions in Religion, Culture and Society
- RCS240: Traditions of Death and Dying in Asia
- RCS260: The Bible as Literature
- RCS261: Philosophy of Religion
- RCS303: Origin of Space, Time and Matter in the Universe
- RCS305: Magic, Mysticism and the Occult
- RCS306: Critics of Religion
- RCS307: Religion And The Environment
- RCS308: Religion and Society in Canada
- RCS309: Religion and Sexuality
- RCS310: Topics in the Study of Religion
- RCS311: Gandhi and the Ethics of Nonviolence
- RCS312: Koiné Greek
- RCS326: Religion and Spirituality in Canada
- RCS328: Myth and Theory
- RCS337B: Reformation and Religious War in Europe
- RCS349: Jews and Christians in the Greek and Roman World
- RCS350: Medieval Latin
- RCS351: The Transformation of the Late Roman World
- RCS361: Religions of East Asia
- RCS363: Buddhism
- RCS365: Renaissance Literature
- RCS369: Milton’s Major Poetry and Selected Prose
- RCS370: Intersections of Law and Religion from Ancient to Current Worlds
- RCS380: Religion and the Making of the Modern Middle East
- RCS381: Globalization and Religion
- RCS382: Greek and Roman Religion
- RCS383: Politics and Religion
- RCS384: Religion in the United States
- RCS390: Experiential Learning
- RCS401: Selected Topics in Religious Studies
- RCS403: Studies in Religion and Society
- RCS450: Capstone Seminar
- RCS464: Literature and the Bible
- RCS479A: Modern Religion and Empire
- RCS490: Directed Reading
- RCS493: Seminar in Buddhism in English
RCS306
Critics of Religion
Examines critiques of religion from the modern "new atheists" and their historical precursors; may include figures such as Freud, Durkheim, Marx, Weber and Nietzsche. Assessment of these criticisms in order to understand the situation of religions in relation to society in the contemporary period.
Lecture: 3h
Lab: 0h
Tutorial: 0h
Credits: 1.5