Religious Quest in the Modern Age
Religion and Culture · 3 hrs Seminar/Discussion
REL-4512 prerequisites
We couldn't read this course's prerequisites into a chain. The wording is under “Requisite courses” below.
Where REL-4512 counts
Counts toward 1 more as one option among several, not as a course you must take:
- REL HONOURS BA IN RELIGION & CULTURE
Read from the departments' own calendar pages, where 50 of 208 programs are only partly machine-readable, so treat these as a minimum rather than the full list. Confirm with an academic advisor.
Description
Students in this course explore contemporary literature against the cultural and political background that produced these kinds of fiction. Students examine the ways in which these books rely on traditional explicitly religious themes as well as broader modern and post-modern concerns such as the question of selfhood, the search for freedom, the grappling with death, and the search for meaning. Authors may include Joseph Conrad, Franz Kafka, Dionne Brand, Arundhati Roy, Shauna Singh Baldwin, Albert Camus, Carol Shields, Rohinton Mistry, Umberto Eco, Yann Martel, Joy Kogawa, Jonathan Franzen, and Margaret Atwood.
Requisite courses
6 credit hours in Religion & Culture and permission of the Department Chair [prerequisite(s)].
Restrictions
Honours Form Required. Students may not hold credit for this course and REL-3512.
Cross-listed
REL-3512(3).
From the 2026-27 undergraduate calendar. Always verify details on WebAdvisor or with an academic advisor before registering.