| Title: | Freshman Tutorial |
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| Course Section Number: | FRT-101-14 |
| Department: | Freshman Tutorial |
| Description: | Eye of the Beholder: Images of Jesus in Gospel and Film Gary Phillips teaches Religion, cycles Indiana back roads, and believes The Matrix explains the meaning of life Have you ever wondered why so many different images of Jesus? A Google search gives us Jesuses who are tall and short, young and old, blue eyed and brown, blond and dark haired, bearded and clean shaven, black and white, brown and yellow, European and Asian, African and American, muscular and emaciated, masculine and feminine, miracle worker and revolutionary. Writers, painters, filmmakers, theologians, and ordinary believers are fascinated by Jesus, and they conjure up images of Jesus that inevitably reflect deeply who they are, where and when they live, and what their concerns and religious beliefs are. Inspired by Jesus' importance, believers fashion a Jesus who speaks to them and their communities' deepest values and most pressing religious questions. This freshman tutorial explores different images of Jesus in ancient Gospel texts and contemporary film. We look at gospel stories that made it into the New Testament (Mark, Matthew, and John) and gospel stories that didn't (Thomas, Philip, and Mary). We will study these different Jesuses in their literary, historical, and theological settings. And we will complement these ancient texts with modern film representations of Jesus (for example, Jesus Christ Superstar, Jesus of Montreal, The Life of Brian, The Last Temptation of Christ, The Passion of the Christ, The Big Lebowski, and The Matrix). We will view these films together over a common meal as we consider why Jesus depends so much on the eye of the beholder. |
| Credits: | 1.00 |
| Start Date: | August 23, 2018 |
| End Date: | December 15, 2018 |
| Meeting Information: |
08/23/2018-12/13/2018 Lecture Tuesday, Thursday 09:45AM - 11:00AM, Malcolm X Institute, Room 214
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| Faculty: | Phillips, Gary |
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