| Title: | Mystics |
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| Course Section Number: | REL-273-01 |
| Department: | Religion |
| Description: | What is a mystic? Why have mystics been revered by ordinary people but mistrusted and maligned by religious authorities through the ages? This class will examine selected mystics and their writings from a variety of religions and across centuries. We will begin in the ancient Christian world with women like Macrina and Monica. From the Middle Ages we will read some Sufi mystics in Islam like the poetry of Rumi, as well as some of the many brilliant Christian mystical writers, like Hildegard of Bingen, Meister Eckhart and Renaissance man Nicholas of Cusa. We will also look at contemporary attempts to achieve a mystical oneness with God, such as in ritualized ayahuasca use and the consumption of psychedelics. Second-half semester class. Can be taken along with REL 272: Monks, or by itself. |
| Credits: | 0.50 |
| Start Date: | March 11, 2024 |
| End Date: | May 4, 2024 |
| Meeting Information: |
03/12/2024-05/02/2024 Lecture Tuesday, Thursday 09:45AM - 11:00AM, Center Hall, Room 305
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| Faculty: | Nelson, Derek |
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