The Role of Emotions in the Letters of St. Paul

Date Cancelled
College University of St. Michael's College, Faculty of Theology
Instructor(s) Shantz, Colleen
Course Code SMB6551HF
NOTE: Basic degree students enrol in SMB3551HF
Semester First Semester
Section 0101
Online No
Credits One Credit
Location Toronto (St George Campus)
Description

The course offers an interdisciplinary exploration of the role of emotion in Paul's communication with early Christian communities.  We will study emotional appeals as a rhetorical strategy of the letters as well as the effects of such emotions in human beings (including their cultural construction, biological and psychological effects, role in cognition). The overarching question of the course is how to cultivate emotional intelligence in our readings of Paul's letters.  Lectures, class discussions of assigned readings, graded presentations and writing assignments.

Schedule Wed
Start Time 17:00
End Time 19:00
Minimum Enrolment 0
Maximum Enrolment 0
Teaching Method
Lectures
Means of Evaluation
Other
Currently Offered Fall 2012