Hating a class can be kind of fun, especially when you can commiserate, but figuring out what you can get out of it would probably be more interesting in the long run. How do people with very different belief systems and values talk to each other and make themselves understood? That’s an important question in any context. If you think reading some contemporary fiction involving religious differences could engage your interest, try Zadie Smith’s White Teeth, set among English, Bengali, and Jamaican people in London.