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HDS 2644

Rationality, Relativism, and Theology: Seminar

Francis Schüssler Fiorenza

Description

An analysis of the debates about relativism, pluralism, and rationality within current philosophy and theology. The seminar will examine questions of the interrelation between knowledge and social location, theory and practice, experience and gender, paradigms of knowledge and communities of discourse. It will explore the degree to which these debates about rationality affect conceptions of theology and religious belief. Selected contemporary authors will be discussed.

Enrollment Limited: No
Open to BTI Students: Yes
Jointly offered through the Faculty of Arts and Sciences as Religion 2525

Scheduling

Half Course
Expected to be offered: Fall 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	Philosophy of Religion Religion, Ethics, and Politics Theology
MDiv Distribution Category/ies	Non-Tradition Specific
MDiv Art(s) of Ministry	none
ThM, pre-2007 MTS, and pre-2005 MDiv Area	Area 2
Language Course Designation(s)	n/a