THE 4990 Course Schedule - Spring 2019 (projected)
1 | Wed Jan 23 | Introduction to the Theology of Beauty
READ:
- Psalm 1 - 6
- THE 4990 Class Syllabus
- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, “Nobel Lecture”, online
- THE 4990 Lecture 1
COMPLETE (in class):
UNIT 1: THEOLOGIES OF BEAUTY
2 | Wed Jan 30 | From Ideology to Humanism | Sacraments and Beauty
READ:
- Psalms 7 - 18
- Wolfe, Beauty Will Save the World, Prologue and Chapters 1 and 3, pgs. ix - – 46, online
- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, “Nobel Lecture”, online
- Lev, Catholic Art Saved the Faith, Part 1, Introduction, Chap. 1-2, Lives of the Artists, pgs. 1-39, 277-295
COMPLETE:
3 | Wed Feb 6 | Sacraments and Beauty (continued) | Receive Minor Paper on the Theology of Beauty (DUE Thu Feb 28)
READ:
- Psalms 19 - 30
- Lev, Catholic Art Saved the Faith, Part 1, Chap. 3-7, pgs. 41-90
COMPLETE:
- Encountering Beauty Assignment Sheet 2 (continued)
4 | Wed Feb 13 | Intercession and Beauty
READ:
- Psalms 31 - 42
- Lev, Catholic Art Saved the Faith, Part 2, Chap. 8-14, pgs. 91-174
COMPLETE:
5 | Wed Feb 27 | Cooperation and Beauty
READ:
- Psalms 43 - 54
- Lev, Catholic Art Saved the Faith, Part 3, Chap. 15-21, Epilogue, Afterword, pgs. 175-275
COMPLETE:
- Encountering Beauty Assignment Sheet 4
- Occasion of Joy Minor Paper on the Theology of Beauty (DUE Thu Feb 28)
UNIT 2: BEAUTY IN THE ARTS
6 | Wed Mar 13 | Christianity and the Arts
READ:
- Psalms 55 - 66
- Edith Hamilton, Mythology, “Cupid and Psyche,” pgs. 121-134, selection online
- C. S. Lewis, Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold, Part I, Chapters 1-13, pgs. 3-153, Note, pgs. 311-313
COMPLETE:
7 | Wed Mar 20 | Christianity and the Arts | Receive Occasion of Joy Minor Paper on Beauty in Literature (Due Apr 4)
READ:
- Psalms 67 - 78
- Lewis, Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold, Part I, Chapters 1-13, pgs. 3-153
COMPLETE:
8 | Wed Mar 27 | Christianity and the Arts
READ:
Psalms 79 - 90
Lewis, Till We Have Faces, Part I, Chapters 14-21, pgs. 154-250
COMPLETE:
9 | Wed Apr 3 | Christianity and the Arts
READ:
- Psalms 79 - 90
- Lewis, Till We Have Faces, Part II, Chapters 1-4, pgs. 253-309
COMPLETE:
- Encountering Beauty Assignment Sheet 8
- Occasion of Joy Minor Paper on Beauty in Literature DUE (Apr 4)
UNIT 3: BEAUTY AS CULTURE MAKING AND CULTURE CARE
10 | Wed Apr 10 | Culture and Gospel
READ:
- Psalms 91 - 102
- Andy Crouch, Culture Making: Recovering Our Creative Calling, Introduction and Chapters 1 – 5, pgs. 9 – 100
COMPLETE:
11 | Wed Apr 17 | Calling
READ:
- Psalms 103 - 114
- Andy Crouch, Culture Making, Chapters 6 - 16, Postscript, pgs. 101 – 268
COMPLETE:
12 | Wed Apr 24 | Culture Care
READ:
- Psalms 115 - 138
- Fujimura, Culture Care: Reconnecting with Beauty for Our Common Life, Preface and Chapters 1 - 9, pgs. 12 - 77
COMPLETE:
13 | Wed May 1 | Culture Care
READ:
- Psalms 139 - 150
- Fujimura, Culture Care, Chapters 10 - 18 and Postscript, pgs. 78 - 140
COMPLETE:
14 | Wed May 15 | Final Exam Week
COMPLETE:
- Final Research Paper (due Wednesday, May 15)