THE BIBLE THROUGH THE EYES OF THE HUNGRY

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Subject Code

TRS

Course Number

302

Course Title

BIBLE THRU EYES OF THE HUNGRY

Course Long Title

THE BIBLE THROUGH THE EYES OF THE HUNGRY

Department(s)

Theology & Religious Studies

Course Level

Post-Baccalaureate, Undergraduate

Degree Attributes

Undergraduate Tuition Rate

Course Description

Application of a hermeneutic of hunger to various Biblical texts with a view to addressing particular contemporary issues relating to hunger, water shortage, famine, and other challenges to human sustenance and environmental sustainability. Students will recover a vivid sense of the Bible's critique of the dynamics of food scarcity, displacement, exile drought, despair, and other basic hungers of the human race.Prerequisite: (TRS 105 or TRS 200 or TRS 205, or other prior coursework in Scripture, or instructor permission) and (EN 125 or equivalent).

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