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HDS 3797

Topics in Comparative Religious Ethics: Seminar

Jonathan Schofer

Description

The specific themes of the seminar will vary from year to year, but the course will be organized around key problems in the comparative study of religious ethics. Examples include: the foundations of normative claims; the significance of the body; the nature of reason or rationality; the dynamics of emotions, desires, and instincts; the relevance of categories such as the unconscious and the archaic; and various options for comparative scope and method.

Enrollment Limited: Limited to 15 (instructor's permission required)
Open to BTI Students: Yes
Jointly offered through the Faculty of Arts and Sciences as Religion 1039

Scheduling

Half Course
Not Offered 2009-10
Course times to be announced.
Location to be announced.

Relationship to Program Requirements

Program Requirement Area / Category / Art / Designation
MTS Area(s) of Focus Comparative Studies
Religion, Ethics, and Politics
MDiv Distribution Category/ies Comparative
MDiv Art(s) of Ministry none
ThM, pre-2007 MTS, and pre-2005 MDiv Area Area 3
Language Course Designation(s) n/a

 

 
 

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