The Role of Emotions in the Letters of St. Paul

College University of St. Michael's College, Faculty of Theology
Instructor(s) Shantz, Colleen
Course Code SMB6551HS
NOTE: Basic degree students enrol in SMB3551HS
Semester Second 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 MonWed
Start & End Date Apr 13, 2013 - May 13, 2013
Start Time 17:00
End Time 19:30
Minimum Enrolment 0
Maximum Enrolment 0
Enrolment Notes

Last date to sign up for the course: April 10, 2013
Last date to drop the course: April 22, 2013

Schedule Notes

<p>April, 15, 17, 22, 24 & 29 and May 01, 06, 08, 13, 15, 22 and 27</p>

Teaching Method
Lectures
Means of Evaluation
Other
Currently Offered Summer 2013