Religious Studies · Fall 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027, & Summer 2027

SDSU REL S 341 — Japanese Religions & Anime

Analyze Japanese religions through animation; fundamental values of Japanese religion and society: life/ death; cosmology; human relationships with nature; ritual/ tradition; inter-religious cooperation; understandings of gender, sexuality; analysis of religion across Japanese history; understanding contemporary issues: fetishism, environmentalism, nationalism, terrorism.