Spirituality and Suffering
College: Regis College
Instructor(s): Stoeber, Michael
Graduate degree students enrol in RGP6207HS
Course Code: 
RGP3207HS
Semester: 
Second Semester
Section: 
0101
Online: 
No
Credits: 
One Credit
Location: 
Toronto (St George Campus)
Description: 

A critical exploration of religious responses to suffering. Focal issues will include the relation of love and spiritual transformation to suffering, the role of religious models or exemplars of suffering, and religious experience and the problems of theodicy. Readings will include works by Fyodor Dostoevsky, Dorothee Soelle and Simone Weil, as well as other selections drawn from the Christian, Buddhist, and Jewish traditions.

Pre-Requisites Currently Offered Next Scheduled Previously Offered Scheduling Information
Winter 2019
Winter 2017
Start Time: 
11:00
End Time: 
13:00
Hours per Week: 
2
Schedule: 
Wed
Crosslisted to (1): 
Theological
Minimum: 
5
Maximum: 
24
Enrolment Notes: 
Max 24 (Grad & BD)
Teaching Method: 
Lectures
Means of Evaluation: 
Reflection Paper