Check out our Spring Tulane Catholic IKON Course!

Logos, Language, Literature  

• How does Christ, the Word made Flesh, impact our understanding of language and literature? This course will show how Christ both permeates and transforms the way we understand words and stories.
• The first part of this course will focus on the Word of God. The second part will focus on language and the Word’s impact on it. The final part will show how the Word is found in stories.  

Course Schedule and Topics (subject to change):

Week 1: January 19   Topic: The Logos became Flesh

Week 2: January 26th   Topic: The Logos in the Creation Story.

Week 3: February 2nd   Topic: The Logos of Discovering All is Vanity

Week 4: February 9th    Topic: The Encounter with the Logos

Week 5: February 16th  Topic: Finding the Logos in All Things. 

Week 6: March 2nd       Topic:  Human Cognition (Language Origins)

Week 7: March 9th   Topic:  Logos in Human Civilizations

Week 8: March 16th   Topic: Loving the Logos (PIE)

Week 9: March 23rd  Topic: Creating a Lexicon

Week 10: March 30th Topic: The Thanatos Syndrome pt 1.

Week 11: April 13th Topic: The Thanatos Syndrome pt 2.

Week 12: April 20th Topic: The Thanatos Syndrome pt 3.

Week 13: April 27th Topic: The Thanatos Syndrome pt 4.

Week 14: May 4th Topic: The Thanatos Syndrome pt 5. 

​​​​​Course Information

• The course will meet Thursdays at Tulane Catholic from 5:00 to 6:30 pm with dinner 
• We begin January 19 and will meet every week; the course will end May 14.

Cost

IKON Membership - Level up your Learning

• Membership is $5/mo. for Tulane students
• Membership is $15/mo. for Young professionals
• Membership gets you access to Deeper Dive and Cor ad Cor Mentoring
• Cor ad Cor Mentoring is available for those who want personal guidance from their IKON Professor
• Mentoring includes discussing the course, discovering temperament, building character, and forming a vision for the future