RELI 140Literature and Religion

4 units · RELI · UC San Diego

This course provides an introduction to the history and themes in the relationship between literature and religion from antiquity to the present. The course examines key texts in world literature such as Rumi’s Masnavi , Milton’s Paradise Lost , and Tale of the Heike . It also considers sacred texts, such as the Bhagavad Gita, Bible, Quran, and Tao Te Ching, as works of literature, and studies the relationship between literary and religious practices in various traditions.