Religion & Interdisciplinary Studies
Course topics will rotate to incorporate the study of religion in a variety of other disciplines. Focus will be on the influence or application of religious teachings and traditions in the fields of healthcare, politics, education, etc.
Outcomes: Describe the ethical implications of the religious beliefs and traditions of at least one religion for the primary field of study.
Theo of Lit Film & Mixed Media
Course topics will rotate to incorporate the study of religion in a variety of other disciplines. Focus will be on the influence or application of religious teachings and traditions in the fields of healthcare, politics, education, etc.
Outcomes: Describe the ethical implications of the religious beliefs and traditions of at least one religion for the primary field of study.
Pre-requisites: UCWR 110, C- or higher
Tier 2 Theological Knowledge
This is a writing intensive class. A grade of C- or better in UCWR 110 is required to enroll.
This course examines how media, including literature, film, and digital formats, engage with theological ideas, concepts, and narratives. We will survey a compelling array of artists and thinkers who practice, embody, and perform a theological imagination in fiction, poetry, visual art, film, mixed media, criticism, and more. Our approach will be largely thematic (focused on the transcendent drama of existence; the nature of desire; the experience of mercy, justice, and recognition; the gift and responsibility of environmental and regional care--including care of/for/in digital spaces) and the pilgrim journey of our lives in God, a journey characterized by both joyful and tragic realities. Our exploration will involve analyzing explicit religious content (such as texts about religious figures), but will also explore more subtle and/or secularized forms of religious expression. Finally, the course will also provide an introduction to theories in the interdisciplinary field of theology and literature and help to develop vocabularies for constructive engagement in theological, philosophical, literary, and scholarly mixed-media discourses. No specialized knowledge is presumed, and we look forward to what emerges in our lecture-seminar format.
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