Document Type
Syllabi
School
CLA
Department
REL
Course Subject
REL
Course Number
3250
Course Section
1
Course Title
Death and Dying
Academic Term and Year
Spring 2017
Credits
4.00
Hamline Plan Letter
D, H
Area of Study
HSCI, REL
Course Description
Goals: This course will examine death and dying from a range of perspectives and multiple methodologies. Content: The texts we will read include a) philosophical and theological reflections on the meaning(s) of death, how we should live in the face of death, and the possibility and desirability of immortality; b) psychological analyses of death anxiety, grief, and mourning; c) anthropological and sociological examinations of death rituals, suicide, and institutions surrounding death; d) accounts from Confucian, Daoist, Buddhist, and Christian traditions about the nature of death and the after-life; and e) debates on controversial issues including euthanasia, war and pacifism, capital punishment and factory farming. We will also read literary treatments (short stories, poems, excerpts from novels) on many of these issues, and view films that focus on these topics. Taught: Alternate years Prerequisites: Any religion course Credits: 4
Recommended Citation
Berkson, Mark, "REL3250-01.Death and Dying.Sp17.Berkson,Mark" (2017). Historic Syllabi -- full text access limited to internal Hamline administrative staff only. 12239.
https://digitalcommons.hamline.edu/syllabi/12239