Bachelor of Arts in Religious Studies

Mount Allison University

Canada,New Brunswick

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48 Months

Duration

CAD 20,810/year

Tuition Fee

CAD 125

Application Fee

Sep 2025

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Canada, New Brunswick

Type: University

Location Type: Rural

Founded: 1839

Total Students: 2,300 +

Campus Detail

Main Campus Address

62 York St, Sackville, NB E4L 1E2, Canada

Bachelor of Arts in Religious Studies

Program Overview

Religious studies examines 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, forms 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.

Courses in religious studies at Mount Allison are divided into three streams:

  • Eastern traditions – Hinduism, Buddhism, East Asian religions
  • Western traditions – Judaism, Christianity, Islam
  • Religion and culture

In religious studies you will examine important texts, practices, cultural phenomena, and ideas, looking at them from the perspective of history, literature, philosophy, and culture.

Introductory courses lay the foundation for focused study of particular traditions and for upper-year courses that explore how religion relates to themes in the wider culture, such as in the arts, gender issues, and ethics.

Given the program’s interdisciplinary nature, you may also explore the connections between religion and subjects like:

  • Science
  • Film and media studies
  • Contemporary politics
  • Literature, music, and art
  • Gender issues
  • Ethics
  • The environment