Course Schedule and Catalog
Course Catalog - 2015-2016
RELI 576 - PROPHETS IN MODERNITY
Long Title: PROPHETS IN MODERNITY
Department: Religion
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Course Type: Seminar
Credit Hours: 3
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Graduate
Description: Prophets in modernity, secular, religious, elite, pop, "scientific" futurology. End of the world thinking; progress thinking, cyclical vs pure catastrophe thinking. Armageddon, Bible codes, historicism, Heidegger, Spengier, non-western scenarios, "rational" simulations. STRANGE LOVE, sci-fi, video games, ecology, doomsday think-tanks. RELI 576 requires additional readings and presentations. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: RELI 354. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for RELI 576 if student has credit for RELI 354.