Document Type
Syllabi
School
CLA
Department
REL
Course Subject
REL
Course Number
3980
Course Section
1
Course Title
Tpics: Faith When God is Gone
Academic Term and Year
Spring 2017
Credits
4.00
Hamline Plan Letter
H
Area of Study
REL
Course Description
In this course we explore the writings of several influential Jewish thinkers of the 20th and 21st centuries, including Martin Buber, Mordecai Kaplan, Abraham Joshua Heschel, Rachel Adler, S. Y. Agnon, Cynthia Ozick, and Yehuda Amichai. We will study their philosophical essays, poetry, social commentary, and short stories in light of the salient features of modern life, the distinctive contours of Jewish cultures, and the waves of destruction and rebirth that have shaped recent Jewish history. Their reflections on absence and presence - divine and human - will stand at the center of our study.
Recommended Citation
Schwartz, Earl, "REL3980-01.Tpics: Faith When God is Gone.Sp17.Schwartz,Earl" (2017). Historic Syllabi -- full text access limited to internal Hamline administrative staff only. 12242.
https://digitalcommons.hamline.edu/syllabi/12242