What is God? Who is God? Is the one God of Judaism, of Christianity and of Islam the same? How do people come to know, see, hear, or feel God? How does language, both written and spoken, address the question of God? Belief in God is a core tenet of all monotheistic religions, yet the figure of God is elusive and contested. This course offers an introduction to the study of religion and to how the discipline has engaged with the figure of God. Issues covered include histories of God (including proclamations of the “death of God”); psychological and anthropological views on God-human relations; God and empire/colonialism; feminist (and other alternative) re-imaginings of God; and atheism. Regardless of their own belief, students will learn to grapple with an inescapable figure, will learn about lived Islam and Christianity and Judaism, and will gain insights into a range of thinking tools offered by the study of religion.