Document Type
Syllabi
School
CLA
Department
REL
Course Subject
REL
Course Number
3370
Course Section
1
Course Title
Prophets and Mystics
Academic Term and Year
Spring 2017
Credits
4.00
Hamline Plan Letter
D, H, W
Area of Study
REL
Course Description
Goals: If we are to be equal to our times, we need both the disquieting wisdom of prophets, those truth tellers who rage against unspeakable inequities, and the hopeful reminder of the mystics, that underneath the broken surface of life there is a unity, and a hidden wholeness. Some mystics are also prophets, and some prophets mystics. Content: In this course we will draw from a wide range of contemporary prophets, including: poets, writers, film makers, photographers, musicians as well as the ancient biblical prophets, Jeremiah, Isaiah and Jonah. Readings will include: The Open Spaces of Democracy, (Terry Tempest Williams) a biography of St. Francis of Assisi and Hildegard of Bingen; selections from Abraham Joshua Heschel's The Prophets, Wendell Berry, Arundhati Roy and selected poems. Credits: 4
Recommended Citation
Neraas, Julie, "REL3370-01.Prophets and Mystics.Sp17.Neraas,Julie" (2017). Historic Syllabi -- full text access limited to internal Hamline administrative staff only. 12240.
https://digitalcommons.hamline.edu/syllabi/12240