Christian Eschatology

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Taught by PSR. Christian Eschatology: Theology from the Edges explores the Christian eschatological imagination through a careful engagement with pre-modern and contemporary texts dealing with the theological category of the future. Students will be encouraged to reflect on the ways in which visions of the future inform particular (and often ambiguous) social and political dispositions and sensibilities. Course will include readings from pre-modern sources (Augustine and Joachim of Fiore) and contemporary theological works: Jürgen Moltmann, Rubem Alves, Catherine Keller and also a section on contemporary fiction dealing with the post-apocalyptic imagination. Class format: lecture/discussions. Requirements include: class participation, a theological essay, and a final creative project.