| Title: | Death and Afterlife |
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| Course Section Number: | CLA-211-01 |
| Department: | Classics |
| Description: | "Death and Afterlife: Greek, Roman, Jewish, and Christian Conceptions" As individuals and within communities, we tend to focus our energies on building a happy and secure future for ourselves; yet in a real sense we live surrounded by death, threatened by the impermanence of our relationships and by the fragility of life on our planet. The fear of death and the dread of what comes afterward is part of the human experience, both in the ancient and modern world. There is a substantial ancient literary tradition of "descending" to visit the underworld and "ascending" to visit the heavenly; to observe, search, behold, and, sometimes, to escape. However, these "places" are far from static conceptions and the theologies of the afterlife develop in notable ways throughout the Roman Imperial period. In this course, we will go on our own "Tour of Heaven and Hell" and explore the wide array of underworld and afterlife conceptions in ancient Greek, Roman, Jewish, and Christian sources. Our core questions in the class are: (1) How is the Underworld/Afterlife accessed and who goes there? (2) What kind of experience is had in the Underworld/Afterlife and why? (3) How does the concept of the afterlife evolve over time and across textual traditions? REL-290-01=CLA-211-01 |
| Credits: | 1.00 |
| Start Date: | August 23, 2023 |
| End Date: | December 16, 2023 |
| Meeting Information: |
08/23/2023-12/15/2023 Lecture Monday, Wednesday, Friday 03:10PM - 04:00PM, Center Hall, Room 215
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| Faculty: | Campbell, Warren |
Course Status & Cross-Listings
| Cross-list Group Capacity: | 20 |
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| Cross-list Group Student Count: | 9 |
| Calculated Course Status: | OPEN |
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