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Apr 17, 2024
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2014-2015 HillBook (Class of 2018) [ARCHIVED HILL BOOK]
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REL 100/125 - God’s Love (Core/First-Year Seminar)Three or Four Credits
Not Offered 2013-2014
This course explores the “Holy Longing” perhaps best expressed in CL Lewis’ definition of joy: “The unsatisfied desire that is more desirable than any satisfaction.” It will focus on the key existential question of the validity of transcendent realities within the context of a contemporary culture that validates truth through empirical evidence, while also investigating the unifying tension between the Christian understanding of God as transcendent love and the Greek notion of erotic love’s “ecstasy.” The course will seek to elucidate the “knowing of the heart” as transcendent wisdom rooted in empirical truth.
Prerequisite(s): REL 125 is a First-Year Seminar and open to First-Year Students only.
When offered as REL 100, for 3-credits, fulfills the Religious Studies Cornerstone Requirement.
When offered as REL 125, for 4-credits, fulfills the First-Year Seminar and Religious Studies Cornerstone Requirements.
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