Alumni Sequence: The Modern Tradition Year II
This course was available in the past and may be presented again as part of the Basic Program of Liberal Education curriculum.
In the second year of the two-year "Modern Tradition" sequence, we explore themes of the persistence and transformations of religious faith, the nature and limits of scientific inquiry, and the perplexities and contradictions of freedom, as they are addressed in classic modern texts—both theoretical and literary—together with the reading of major works of modern drama.
Course Outline
Book List
- Luther, The Essential Luther, Hackett Publishing Company 978-1624666940
- Genesis in The Holy Bible: New Revised Standard Version with Apocrypha, Oxford University Press 978-0195283808
- Kierkegaard, Fear and Trembling ,Penguin 978-0143037576
- Freud The Future of an Illusion ,W. W. Norton & Company 978-0393008319
- Tillich The Courage to Be, Yale University Press 978-0300188790
- Dostoyevsky The Idiot, Vintage 978-0375702242
- O'Connor The Violent Bear It Away, Farrar, Straus and Giroux 978-0374530877
| Week | Reading |
|---|---|
| 1 | Luther, The Freedom of a Christian |
| 2 | Luther, The Bondage of the Will |
| 3 | Genesis; Kierkegaard, Fear and Trembling |
| 4-6 |
Kierkegaard, Fear and Trembling |
| 6-8 | Freud, The Future of an Illusion |
| 9-10 |
Tillich, The Courage to Be |
| Week | Tutorial |
|---|---|
| 1-8 | Dostoyevsky, The Idiot |
| 9-10 | O'Connor, The Violent Bear It Away |