(Spring CRN 14579) This course is an introduction to the use of supernatural imagery and themes in current tales of superheroes. How are supernatural beings and forces incorporated 148 Religious Studies 2024-2025 StFX ACADEMIC CALENDAR into the stories? How do superheroes function as divine beings? In which ways are the messages presented by DC and Marvel derived from those of world religions? In which ways do they serve as substitutes for religion? Credit will be granted for only one of RELS 216 or RELS 298. Three credits.
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Visiting Students:
Step 1: Fill out a Letter of Permission (LOP) form from your Home Institution (contact your university's Registrar's Office)
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Email your completed LOP to the Registrar at your university as well as the university at which you will be taking the course(s).
