God and Beauty

Catalog description

This course explores how theological, artistic, and popular constructions of beauty create the world in which we live. Whether explicit or implicit, what we think makes something beautiful determines our morality, preferences, and conceptions of the divine. This course introduces students to major historical and contemporary turning points in defining beauty alongside their accompanying artistic, theological, and political applications. This course partially satisfies Marian-specific general education curriculum standards for faith, ethics, and foundations of thought.