CL/PHL/RST 350 Semester Schedule
This schedule is organic and
alive with possibilities and flexibility. Assignments will be found listed here, but
are subject to change if the learning process call for it.
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Week 1: Introduction; What is meant by "God" in western religion and thought?
Week
6: Armstrong, chs 4, 6
9/27
Group writings on the
trinitarian idea of God
Week
7: Armstrong, ch. 7; Robinson, chs 9, 10, 11, 14
10/4
Curtis, "Redemption,"
Gardner
Group
Project (Essay & Presentation) Guidelines
Week
8: Armstrong, ch 8
10/11
Individual Essay due 10/14
(typed, double-spaced, 500 words) on the following question:
What is the "redemption" and the idea(s) of "God" presented in John
Gardner's short story,
"Redemption"?
Mid-semester Course Evaluations due 10/14
Group Project Topics due by
10/15
Week
9: Armstrong, ch 9
10/18
Short
Stories (Curtis, ed.) Reading & Essay Assignment
Week
10: Friedman, chs 7; Ronbinson, ch 19 [Suggested: chs 18, 20]
10/25
Individual essay on Nietzsche and the "Death of God"
[last day to drop an individual course: 10/29]
Week
11: Friedman, ch 8 - 9; Armstrong, ch 10; Robinson, ch
22
11/1
Group Project Essay due on class
discussion on Nov. 4-5
Final,
Individual Essay Guidelines & Topics
Week
12: Group
Presentations: Topics and Order of Presentations
11/8
Week
13: Friedman, ch 10; Robinson, chs 7 - 8
11/15
Fall Break, Nov. 22 - 28 :-) or :-(
Week
14: Friedman, ch 11
11/29
Curtis,
Week
15: Armstrong, ch 11; Robinson, ch. 24
12/6
Last class, 12/7
The Final Essay, in its revised form, is due in HH 445 at the final exam meeting time, Thursday, Dec. 9th, at 12:45 PM.