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Forgiveness and the Unforgivable: Religion, Literature
Brooklyn Institute for Social Research @ 68 Jay St, Brooklyn, NY
Forgiveness and the Unforgivable: Religion, Literature, Philosophy What constitutes an apology? Are certain kinds of acts unforgivable—and, if so, why? Who, indeed, has the power to forgive? In this course, we’ll set these questions in historical context, beginning with Bishop Joseph Butler’s eighteenth-century sermons, then exploring discussions of resentment in Nietzsche and guilt in Dostoyevski, before turning to post-Holocaust literature...
Proofs for the Existence of God
Brooklyn Institute for Social Research
What is the relationship between faith and understanding? Is it possible to have certain knowledge about anything? Does morality depend on the existence of God? Can the order or disorder of the world tell us anything about a creator? Such questions have preoccupied philosophers for nearly a millennia. Not merely a problem for theologians, the question of whether it’s possible to prove the existence of God has stood at the center of some of...
The Protestant Reformation
Brooklyn Institute for Social Research
The Protestant Reformation: Theology, History, and Modernity In 1517, the Augustinian monk Martin Luther nailed a set of 95 Theses protesting the corruption of the Catholic Church to the door of his local church in Wittenberg, Germany, starting the Protestant Reformation that would radically transform the religious and political landscape of Europe. That, at least, is the usual story. This course complicates that story, looking at the historical...
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