Religion: Religion MA, PhD Courses

Not all courses are offered every year. Please consult the department's website, which lists the courses the department will offer this year as well as those cross-listed from other departments.

Religion

Course Code Course Title
RLG1000Y
Method and Theory in the Study of Religion
RLG1002H Philosophy of Religion Gateway Seminar
RLG1003H Islamic Studies Gateway Seminar
RLG1004H Religions of Mediterranean Antiquity Gateway Seminar
RLG1005H Jewish Studies Gateway Seminar
RLG1006H South Asian Religions Gateway Seminar
RLG1200H
The MA Method and Theory Workshop
RLG1501H
Directed Reading
RLG1502H
Directed Reading
RLG2000Y
Major Research Paper
RLG2005H Religion and Posthumanism
RLG2015H
Comparing Religion
RLG2017H
Religion, Secularism, and the Public Sphere
RLG2020H
Early Christianity, Ancient Judaism, Ancient "Magic"
RLG2021H
Mystical Poetics and the Study of Religious Aesthetics
RLG2022H
Religion, Mourning, and Trauma
RLG2025H
Fragments of Redemption: Sigmund Freud and Theodor W. Adorno
RLG2040H Commentary: Theory and Practice
RLG2045H Modern Buddhist Fiction
RLG2060H
Religion and Philosophy in the European Enlightenment
RLG2061H
Why Philosophy Matters to Religious Studies
RLG2062H
Modern Hermeneutics and Religion
RLG2064H
Constructing Religion
RLG2065H Philosophical Texts in Religion
RLG2067H
Philosophical Topics in the Study of Religion
RLG2072H
Kant’s Theory of Religion
RLG2081H Trauma, Healing, and Transformation
RLG2086H
Fieldwork in Religious Studies
RLG3104H Feminist and Womanist Biblical Interpretation
RLG3123H Samson in Text and Tradition
RLG3143H
Hebraica
RLG3190H
Pseudepigraphy in Ancient Mediterranean Religion
RLG3200H
The Politics of Bible Translation
RLG3212H
Martyrdom in Early Christianity
RLG3216H
Christianity in the Ancient Near East
RLG3217H
Social Networks and Elective Cults in Antiquity
RLG3228H
Social History of the Early Jesus Movement
RLG3242H
Christian Asceticism in Late Antiquity
RLG3243H
The Synoptic Problem
RLG3249H
Studies in the Synoptic Gospels
RLG3250H Heresy and Deviance in Early Christianity
RLG3252H The Letter of James and Early Christian Wisdom
RLG3280H Christianities of South Asia
RLG3290H
Words and Worship in Christian Cultures
RLG3401H
Reading Buddhist Texts I
RLG3402H
Reading Buddhist Texts II
RLG3413H
Burmese Religions
RLG3419H
Teaching Buddhism
RLG3454H
Readings in Tibetan Buddhism I
RLG3457H Buddhism and Healing
RLG3460H
Sanskrit Readings
RLG3461H
Sanskrit Readings II
RLG3501H
Special Topics in Islamic Studies
RLG3504H Biblical Narratives in the Qur’an
RLG3516H
Islamic Law and Society
RLG3517H
Shiʿi Studies: The State of the Field
RLG3518H
Foundations in Shi’I Studies
RLG3519H
Islamic Intellectual Traditions
RLG3523H Islamic Origins: Sources, Debates, and Prospects
RLG3527H
The Anthropology of Islam
RLG3528H
Tools of the Craft: Research Fluency in Islamic Studies
RLG3544H
Muslim Material Cultures
RLG3555H The Prophetic Family in Islamic Tradition
RLG3601H
Philo: The First Jewish Philosopher
RLG3610H
Wisdom in Second Temple Judaism
RLG3621H
Modern Jewish Thought
RLG3622H
Maimonides and His Modern Interpreters
RLG3623H The Thought of Leo Strauss
RLG3634H
Worship and Scripture at Qumran
RLG3645H
The Jewish Legal Tradition
RLG3647H
Early Rabbinic Judaism
RLG3701H
Vaishnavism
RLG3702H
Debates in Classical South Asian Religion and History
RLG3704H
Readings in Sanskrit Literature
RLG3705H Becoming Hindu: Ritual Life in Hindu Traditions
RLG3710H
Newar Religion
RLG3717H
Renunciation and Erotica in Sanskrit Poetry
RLG3718H
Sikhs in Early Modern India: Texts and Encounters
RLG3722H Approaching the Literary in South Asian Religions
RLG3744H
Hindu Epics
RLG3763H
Readings in Sanskrit Philosophy
RLG3771H After the Śaiva Age: Regional Śaivism in the Second Millenium
RLG3789H Burmese Buddhist Literature
RLG3823H Buddhism and Indigeneity
RLG3931H
Topics in North American Religions
RLG4001H
Directed Reading: TST Seminar
RLG4004H
Colloquium Presentation
SRD4444Y
Doctoral Seminar Series — Compulsory Attendance (Credit/No Credit)

Joint Courses

Course Code Course Title
JAR1001H Anthropology of Religion Gateway Seminar
JPR2051H
Fanaticism: A Political History
JPR2058H Post-secular Political Thought: Religion, Radicalism, and the Limits of Liberalism

Other Departments

Other departments and collaborative specializations (see programs listed at the beginning of this entry) offer courses that may contribute to graduate programs in the study of religion. Visit the department's website for a current listing of such course offerings from:

  • Anthropology
  • Art History
  • East Asian Studies
  • English
  • Ethnic, Immigration and Pluralism Studies
  • Germanic Languages and Literatures
  • History
  • History and Philosophy of Science and Technology
  • Italian Studies
  • Law
  • Medieval Studies
  • Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations
  • Philosophy
  • Political Science
  • Sociology
  • Toronto School of Theology