The Newman Idea will be offering a course in the Fall 2021 Semester.
 

GOING GLOBAL: CHRISTIAN CULTURE IN THE WORLD        

This IKON interdisciplinary course considers the impact of Christian culture in the world – beginning with themes from scripture and the Jewish tradition to the Church’s encounters with ancient cultures and societies and civilizations through to our globalized, modern age. 

Prospective Reading Selections:

• Jewish and Christian Scriptures
• Al-Koran
• Mircea Eliade, The Sacred and Profane
• Christopher Dawson, Religion and Culture, Religion and the Rise of Western Culture
• Robert Louis Wilken, The First Thousand Years
• Henri Pirenne, Mohammed and Charlemagne
• Cyprian Davis, The History of Black Catholics in the United States
• Alister McGrath, Christian Literature
• Peter Frankopan, Silk Roads
• James Collins, God in Modern Philosophy
• Prudence Allen, The Concept of Woman Vol l.
• Brad Gregory, The Unintended Reformation

​​​​​Course Information

• The course will be offered as a hybrid online / in-person course in which local students may be able to attend in class while keeping appropriate social distance, and all others can attend live via Zoom.
• The course will be Tuesday/Thursday from 4:30-5:45 beginning in August. 

This course is free for those who meet one time per week.  For those who would like to have a deeper experience of IKON, please see our Membership page!