Religious Studies Mount Allison University

Program Description

Religious studies examine the various religious traditions of the world in their historical and contemporary contexts. It explores the many ways in which religion shapes culture and history, form values, and authorizes human action. The study of religion deals with the deepest and most basic questions of human existence: the meaning and purpose of life, relations with a divine presence and power, interpersonal relations, and ultimate human destiny. Mount Allison’s religious studies program does not advocate or promote any particular religion. Instead, it adopts a scholarly and analytical approach to the study of religious traditions – as such, it is open to students from all backgrounds, secular and religious.

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