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Spring 2020 | RELS 3092 Section 001: Jesus in History (55696)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
CNES 1082 Section 001
CNES 3092 Section 001
HIST 1082 Section 001
RELS 1082 Section 001
HIST 3092 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
Wed,
Fri 01:25PM - 02:15PM
UMTC, East Bank
Burton Hall 120
- Enrollment Status:
Closed (11 of 10 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Who was Jesus? How can we recover what he said and did? Why was he killed and who did it? Was there agreement about the life and words of Jesus in the earliest stages of Christianity, or were there major disagreements even then? How were the early writers about Jesus influenced by their social, political, and religious contexts? And why was it reported in the news recently that Jesus was married? In this course we examine the earliest attempts to describe Jesus and his significance in the gospel literature of the first and second centuries and beyond. We ask how historians may claim to "know" the "facts" of Jesus's life and meaning in light of these various portraits. We seek to understand how the different literary presentations of Jesus reflect their authors' social, religious, and political situations. We aim to understand in more detail the diversity of perspectives about Jesus from the earliest stage of the development of Christianity. Intended as a course of interest to all undergraduates on the Twin Cities campus. Students of any, all, or no religious background are welcome.
- Class Description:
- Who was Jesus? And what would Jesus do? While there has been some basic consistency in the depictions of Jesus throughout history, there has also been lots of variety. We will explore a whole host of portraits of Jesus at different points in history - not only the varying ways that Jesus has been thought of, but the relationship between these portraits and the historical and cultural contexts in which they were created. We will look at literature, art, film, and other modern media and gain an appreciation of how and why diverse communities offer different representations of Jesus's race, gender, sexual orientation, and politics. Students of any, all, or no religious background are welcome
- Workload:
- 25-50 Pages Reading Per Week
10 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Exam(s)
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/55696/1203
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 22 October 2019
Spring 2020 | RELS 3092 Section 002: Jesus in History (66111)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
HIST 3092 Section 002
CNES 3092 Section 002
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
UMTC, East Bank
Blegen Hall 225
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Enrollment Status:
Closed (11 of 10 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- Who was Jesus? How can we recover what he said and did? Why was he killed and who did it? Was there agreement about the life and words of Jesus in the earliest stages of Christianity, or were there major disagreements even then? How were the early writers about Jesus influenced by their social, political, and religious contexts? And why was it reported in the news recently that Jesus was married? In this course we examine the earliest attempts to describe Jesus and his significance in the gospel literature of the first and second centuries and beyond. We ask how historians may claim to "know" the "facts" of Jesus's life and meaning in light of these various portraits. We seek to understand how the different literary presentations of Jesus reflect their authors' social, religious, and political situations. We aim to understand in more detail the diversity of perspectives about Jesus from the earliest stage of the development of Christianity. Intended as a course of interest to all undergraduates on the Twin Cities campus. Students of any, all, or no religious background are welcome.
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66111/1203
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