After Faith Breaks

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Faith is often imagined as unshakable, but what is faith? And what happens when it is challenged, fractured, or even lost? This course explores the ruptures in faith through Jewish texts, theological reflections, and contemporary voices. Through selections from Tanakh, Midrash, and Talmud, alongside Hebrew Poets and the writings of figures such as Gershom Scholem, Viktor Frankl, James Fowler, Jill Hammer, David Hartman, Hayim Soloveitchik, Shalom Auslander, Paul Tillich, Louis Ginzberg, and Mara Benjamin, we will examine personal and communal confrontations with and crises of faith. All Hebrew texts will be available in English translation. This course will count as a spirituality or general elective credit.