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HDS 2493

Literature and the Pastoral Imagination: Seminar

Stephanie Paulsell

Description

This course will focus on the pastoral/religious imagination as it is reflected in and shaped by literature. Special attention will be given to issues of sublimity, mortality and death, the attempt to say the unsayable, and the creativity required by the pastoral life and the religious life generally. Course texts will include Longinus's \On the Sublime/, the poetry and prose of George Herbert, Mark Doty's \Atlantis/, Virginia Woolf's \To the Lighthouse/, Toni Morrison's \Paradise/, and Fanny Howe's \Indivisible/. Students interested in reflecting on the role of literature in the practice of ministry as well as those preparing to do further academic study in the field of religion and literature are all welcome. The format of the class will be lecture and discussion.

Enrollment Limited: Limited to 15 (instructor's permission required)
Open to BTI Students: Yes

Scheduling

Half Course
Expected to be offered: Spring 2011
Course times to be announced.
Location to be announced.

Relationship to Program Requirements

Program Requirement	Area / Category / Art / Designation
MTS Area(s) of Focus	none
MDiv Distribution Category/ies	Christianity
MDiv Art(s) of Ministry	Preaching and/or Worship Pastoral Care and Counseling Religious Education
ThM, pre-2007 MTS, and pre-2005 MDiv Area	Area 2
Language Course Designation(s)	n/a