Summer Quarter, 2015
Thursday afternoons, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Thursday afternoons, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Between Stories and Beliefs: The Complicated Partnership of Religion and Literature Claire Sufrin, Lecturer, Religious Studies
Recommended Reading: Reading the material under discussion will enhance the lectures, but it is not required. Books are listed in the order that they will be discussed.
Genesis (any edition of the Hebrew Bible or Old Testament)
Søren Kierkegaard, Fear and Trembling (Penguin Classics, 1985)
Marilynne Robinson, Home (Picador, 2009)
Cynthia Ozick, Messiah of Stockholm (Vintage Books, 1988)
Nicole Krauss, Great House (Norton, 2010)