I wonder...

With only a few more days until class I can't help but wonder what the classes will be like, you can never be sure after all. Perhaps if you have had the professor before you have a good idea of what the policies will be, but that doesn't really tell what the courses will be like. Without knowing the other students one cannot know if it will be a friendly class, happy to give their imput and driving the class discussion and lessons on by themselves, or a silent class ready to curl into themselves at any tough question.
Mostly however I am wondering how this class will deal with the religious aspects of the course. Will it be like my early philosophy courses, where some believers were unable to question their beliefs for a moment and became angry and defensive at the idea of analyzing christianity, or will it be like a later course, where the participants are open to questioning what they believe and offer well formed arguments for their views, creating an interesting discussion or debate.
Maybe I've been in too many philosophy courses, this is a literature class after all, perhaps I will only see analyzing the bible as any other book and seeing it's effect on literature...hopefully. I'm not up for any more fights. That's the problem with courses that touch on religion or other topics. It is extremely interesting as a class, but how each student will be effected is pretty much a gamble.
Hopefully this will be a nice course. I'm looking forward to finally starting soon.