RELGST 1800 - SPECIAL TOPICS

Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course aims to create a sustained and reciprocal dialogue between bible and film, exploring the intersection of the biblical text with modern cinema. In other words, we will use modern films to facilitate discussion about various dimensions, issues, and themes encoded in select biblical texts and traditions (Jewish and Christian), and conversely we will use the biblical traditions to probe the religious, cultural, and ideological layers embedded within modern cinema. Movies examined in this course will include both overt treatments of the biblical text' in particular, several very different treatments of the figure of Jesus `and subtle, indirect engagements with various biblical themes and teachings.
Academic Career: UGRD
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis

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