RELS 208 - Sacramental Experience

Institution:

Clarke University

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Students reflect on and celebrate human life as a sacramental experience. Encouraging student awareness of and reflection on their own and others' life experience as the place of God's presence, the course focuses on sacraments as ways of becoming aware, celebrating, and living in fidelity to the sacredness of the whole of life. Identifying communion as the core experience of human life, the course explores the key events of human communion as the central experiences of Jesus' life, thereby connecting students' own storieswith the Jesus story. Within this context each of the traditional sacraments of the church is explored as revelatory and celebratory of the whole of human life lived sacramentally as symbol of God. Readings include selections from contemporary literature and writings of theologians on sacrament and symbol. Prerequisite: RELS 100. This course is designated as a foundational religious studies general education course.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.clarke.edu

Phone Number:

(563) 588-6300

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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