TMHC8148 · Theology and Ministry
Clough School of Theology and Ministry
This course will explore the relationship of Christians with the material world and with materiality particularly during Antiquity and the Middle Ages, but with some contemporary discussion as well.Christians, on the one hand, have embraced materiality on account of the incarnation and resurrection of Jesus.On the other hand, some Christians have preferred to find a tension between the material and the spiritual.This course will explore those perspectives as well as the material culture of Christianity in its places, objects, relics, and thought.Students will encounter historical methodologies including the reconstruction of landscape and soundscape as well as theories of material culture.
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Organization
4.7 / 5
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Challenge
4.4 / 5
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Attendance
4.1 / 5
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Assignments
4.1 / 5
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Weekly effort
~5
hours per week
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Spring 2024
1 section