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Are you interested in religion and how it continues to shape our experience of the world?

Are you interested in how religion impacts politics, the environment, cultural values and social practices?

The Religious Studies program at 69³ÉÈ˵çÓ°Íø involves the academic study of religion and the ongoing role it plays in shaping cultural experience, thought and practice, and human self-understanding. In short, religious studies considers how spiritualities bring the deepest and most basic questions of human existence to bear on our most significant contemporary challenges and achievements.

Profoundly interdisciplinary, the research and teaching in our department intersects with history, philosophy, environmental studies, critical theory, art and creative practice, community engaged learning and so much more in order to explore such areas as the following:

• War and conflict
• Gender and sexuality
• Ecology and the climate crisis
• Secular and post-secular phenomena
• Material culture
• Cultural traditions and practices
• Philosophy and religious thought
• Spiritual expression
• Archival legacies and futures

Our Faculty are active and successful researchers and have been recognized with numerous teaching and educational leadership awards. The study of religion at 69³ÉÈ˵çÓ°Íø involves some of the most innovative and engaging learning experiences available at the University.

 

NEWS

Register for our Second Student Bus Trip of the Fall Term!

Would you like to join the Department of Religious Studies and MtA Spiritual Care on a free interfaith bus trip? Your next opportunity will be on Saturday, Nov 2nd. Join us on a trip to Moncton where we'll visit the Our Lady of the Assumption Roman Catholic Cathedral and the Masjid Yusuf Islamic Mosque. A great opportunity to learn about different religions or share about your own faith.

All students welcome on this free bus trip to Moncton. Contact religion@mta.ca for details.

Departure from 69³ÉÈ˵çÓ°Íø University at 10:00am on Saturday, November 2nd. Returning around 3:30pm. Preregistration is required.

The Camino Student Showcase

Join Dr. Andrew Wilson and his students to learn about their Camino de Santiago experiences. Hear amazing stories and 
see creative presentations about 
their walk through Spain. Contact awilson@mta.ca for more info.

RECEPTION
4 P M - 6 P M
Thursday, Sept. 12th
President’s Cottage

Religious Studies class helps design green roof on campus.

Work began earlier this academic year on a project that will blossom come spring into a little oasis on the roof of the Wallace McCain Student Centre. 69³ÉÈ˵çÓ°Íø’s first green roof will feature a garden accessible off the main foyer. The project already served as an experiential learning opportunity for one 69³ÉÈ˵çÓ°Íø class this fall. Barb Clayton, professor of religious studies, incorporated it into her third-year Religious Ethics and the Environment class.

Read the full article here.

Below: Students on a field trip to Haida Gwaii in 2019.