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HDS 3315a

Dreams and the Dreaming

Kimberley Patton

Description

The course will consider the religious role of the dream as initiatory experience, metaphor for aboriginal time, gateway to the other world, venue for the divine guide, revelation, healing event, "royal road" to the unconscious, occasion for quest or journey, epistemological paradox, and divinatory omen of the personal or collective future. Theories of dreams, the history of dream interpretation, and the relationship of dreams to both myth and ritual will be examined cross-culturally. The course will also evaluate current research in the psychology and neurobiology of dreams with respect to relevance for the theological and spiritual dimensions of human dreaming.

Enrollment Limited: No
Open to BTI Students: Yes
Jointly offered through the Faculty of Arts and Sciences as Religion 1012a

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Scheduling

Half Course
Fall 2009
Th., 1-3 and hour to be arranged
Andover Hall, Sperry Room

Relationship to Program Requirements

Program Requirement	Area / Category / Art / Designation
MTS Area(s) of Focus	Comparative Studies
MDiv Distribution Category/ies	Comparative
MDiv Art(s) of Ministry	Pastoral Care and Counseling Religious Education
ThM, pre-2007 MTS, and pre-2005 MDiv Area	Area 3
Language Course Designation(s)	n/a