PHIL 374 Philosophy of Sacred Speech and Action
This course inquires into the nature of sacred action - its essential and accidental features, and how these essential features distinguish the sacred from the secular and the merely natural. With a view to informing both the understanding and the practice of the students, the course aims at a synthesis of varying philosophical claims about the sacred. Texts within or compatible with the Christian tradition are examined for their claims on such themes as: speech and silence, the public and the private, time and eternity, sacrifice, obedience, and signification. For seminarians only.
Prerequisite
Open to students who've taken one of the following pairs, as well as to graduate students in the pre-theology certificate program and transfer students in the PhB program:
PHIL 201 &
PHIL 202 or
PHIL 211 &
PHIL 212 or
HSPH 101 &
HSPH 102