An interdisciplinary investigation into the changing nature of traditional religions in the digital age. This course examines ways in which religion is being shaped by digital culture, including the widespread social acceptance of new technologies and scientific ideals. The course will focus on monotheistic traditions-Islam, Judaism, and Christianity-but will include discussions of other religious traditions […]
This course investigates the origins, development, significance, and social functions of personified evil--Satan and his demons--in early Judaism and in the history of Christianity. We will consider some of the most important literary and visual depictions of this figure (and his story) from the ancient world through the middle ages to our own day.
'This was the ghetto: where children grew down instead of up (Spinelli, Milkweed, 2003, 153). This course analyzes themes and art relevant to children and youth in adolescents' and children's Holocaust literature. Participants apply cognitive and affective modes of perception-ways of knowing, perceiving, and sensing- to read through the eyes of the main characters, predominantly […]
This course introduces students to aspects of the traditional cultures of Africa. Drawing upon historical and contemporary examples, the course examines the particular features of verbal art as performance and the social functions it serves in everyday social contexts.
Introduces students to the literary representations of heroes, marvels, monsters and beauties in Portuguese literature. Analyses the nature and extent of these themes in different epochs and in relation to the country's historical, cultural, and ideological realities. Notes: Assignments may be completed in Portuguese or English.
Analyzes the history and theories of Canada from the perspectives of indigenous knowledge and environment. Previously offered as AP/MIST 3535 3.00
Explores the interactions of religion and gender from the traditional to the modern period in Korea, and relates this material to the general process of cultural development.
Examines the early, radical alternative version of Christianity and Judaism based on mystical self-knowledge (gnosis), and the challenge it posed to orthodox views on such issues as authority, the role of women, wisdom and organizational structure.
The Dead Sea Scrolls provide an intriguing window into the development of early Christianity and rabbinic Judaism. This course examines the texts, the communities which produced them, contemporary movements within Judaism and Christianity, and the major lines of interpretive controversy.
Explores the influence of digital technologies on particular aspects of the arts, popular culture, the internet as well as in venues where culture is archived such as universities and museums in North America and internationally. Critical analysis of these cultural practices is enriched with the development of a simple multimedia project. No technical knowledge expected […]