Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey

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RELI1042A-W18

Introspection/ChallengingTimes

Introspection in Challenging Times
Challenging times—whether personal, national, or global—commonly give rise to the challenge of introspection. In this course we will examine a variety of writers who, in such times, have expressed their reflections in meditations, confessions, prayers, autobiographies, essays, poetry, journals, and letters. The list includes emperors, bishops, monks, nuns, diplomats, slaves, activists, resistors, martyrs, and other ordinary people. (Some names: Augustine, Teresa, Tubman, Douglass, Weil, Frankel, Gandhi, Day, Morrison, and the Dalai Lama). In addition to analysis, discussion, and work in small groups, we will explore writing in the various genres we examine as a way to develop their own approach to introspection in challenging times.
Course Reference Number (CRN):
11428
Subject Code:
RELI
Course Number:
1042
Section Identifier:
A

Course

RELI 1042

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Winter 2018

RELI1042A-W18 Seminar (Yarbrough)