REL 2019 - Augustine and the Literature of Self, Soul, and Synapses

Crosslisted With LIT 2019
Prerequisite: Completion of FDR:FW requirement
FDR: Literature (HL)
Credits: 3

A careful reading of the depiction of the restless soul in Augustine’s Confessions is followed by study of fictional, philosophical, religious, and/or scientific literature. Students reflect on the state of the soul in a world made of selves or the fate of the self in a soulless world … and whether there might be other options