Spirituality and Suffering

College Regis College
Instructor(s) Stoeber, Michael
Course Code RGP6207HF
NOTE: Basic degree students enrol in RGP3207HF
Semester First 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. Lectures, discussion, critical reflection papers.

Crosslisted to (1) Theological
Schedule Thu 
Start Time 9:00
End Time 11:00
Minimum Enrolment 0
Maximum Enrolment 22
Enrolment Notes

Max 22 (AD & BD)

Means of Evaluation
Other
Previously Offered Winter 2010
Currently Offered Fall 2012