REL 260 - Seminar in the Christian Tradition

Institution:

Washington and Lee University

Subject:

Religion

Description:

An introduction to perduring issues in Christian theology and ethics through study of one or more of the classical Christian theologians. Topics for Winter 2011: REL 260: Christian Mystical and Visionary Traditions (3). This course explores classical Christian texts from antiquity to the present that concern a particular phenomenon, namely the desire for and experience of the divine presence. Certain of Christianity’s great figures have embraced this “mystical” mode of experience and expression while others have consciously avoided it. Beginning with biblical (Jewish and Christian) and classical Greek materials, and moving on to particular figures and movements in the patristic, medieval, Reformation, and post-Enlightenment eras, we examine both primary texts and various theories (e.g., theories of language, psychology and religion) pertinent to them. Brown.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.wlu.edu/

Phone Number:

(540) 458-8400

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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