REL 152 - Christianity and Modern Culture

FDR: HU
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Winter

In responding to the anxiety and disintegration of medieval Christianity, Martin Luther and the Reformers launched ideas that had a decisive impact, intended or not, on how modernity would view freedom, individual autonomy, rationality, authority, and the natural world. This course introduces students to the forms of modern culture from the Reformation to the 19th century. Readings are drawn from selected primary sources in theology, philosophy, and literature, as well as from contemporary historical considerations. Kosky.