| Title: | Introduction to Theology |
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| Course Section Number: | REL-173-01 |
| Department: | Religion |
| Description: | All of us have endured and most of us have survived a new form of a very old thing: a plague. Can theology help us understand and interpret what we have experienced in Covid-19? Consider these insights, and decide for yourself. The term "sanctification" means the making holy of an ordinary thing; perhaps seeing a smile again, or hugging your grandparent, or even just sitting in a restaurant to enjoy a meal can be seen as holy. One way of understanding "sin" is along the lines of scapegoating and self-justification; finger-pointing and mutual blaming on a global scale emerged in the pandemic's earliest days. The concept of "creation" entails seeing our world as network of vulnerabilities, because humans are defined by their need of nurture, companionship, and shelter, and creation is a therefore a place of proliferation, imitation, replication and novelty. This course, usually a generic introduction to theology, focuses attention on what we can understand about ourselves and about transcendence in the world in these very un-generic times of plague. |
| Credits: | 1.00 |
| Start Date: | August 25, 2021 |
| End Date: | December 18, 2021 |
| Meeting Information: |
08/26/2021-12/16/2021 Lecture Tuesday, Thursday 01:10PM - 02:25PM, Center Hall, Room 305
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| Faculty: | Staff |
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