Religion and Comics - A Critical Introduction

Education facts

Code: IS221F

This summer course is designed for students interested in exploring how comics engage with religion – not as timeless truths or sacred expressions, but as cultural constructions shaped by history, politics, and power. Through a critical lens, students will examine how comics can construct, challenge, and reimagine what some of us call “religion.” The course introduces key concepts from critical religion and comics studies, encouraging students to question assumptions about both fields. Students will analyze comics from diverse contexts, including works by creators like Jack Chick, Deena Mohamed, and Kieron Gillen, to understand how religious ideas and identities are fabricated, negotiated, and contested in visual storytelling. Topics covered include the reception and production of comics and religion, identity and ideology formation, and how comics function as rhetorical artifacts in broader cultural debates. The course is taught entirely online, at half pace, with no physical meetings on campus. All lectures are pre-recorded but web-based seminars and workshops are held at fixed times.

Entry requirements

General entry requirements + Civics 1b or Civics 1a1 +1a2, English 6

Education offerings

Each offering has its own dates and conditions. Closed offerings are retained as history and do not mean that a new application is open.

• Religion and Comics - A Critical Introduction

  Malmö University

  MALMÖ

  Start date: 8 June 2026

  End date: 30 August 2026

  Pace of study: 50 %