Course Catalog - 2011-2012

     

RELI 556 - GOD'S BODY

Long Title: GOD'S BODY: THE PASSION OF CHRIST IN THE MIDDLE AGES
Department: Religion
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Seminar
Credit Hours: 3
Description: This seminar explores implications of late medieval devotion to the suffering Christ and its connections not just to spiritual practices, but also to thoughts about the human body, gender the Eucharist, and the Jews. Readings to include comparative and theoretical works on connections between divinity and bodily suffering.