REL 380 Art & Faith in Life & Work

This course draws on the Old and New Testaments of the Bible, church history, Christian theology and ethics to explore issues of basic importance to today’s working professionals. These issues will be considered through the lenses of the arts in an interdisciplinary dialogue that seeks to develop competency in both literary and visual arts. The historical relationship between religion and the arts will be explored. Meanings encoded in the arts will be unraveled through an investigative and analytic approach that helps students to “read” a wide variety of art forms. Students will be challenged to think through their own responses to perennial issues to answer the question: What are my essential beliefs and values, and how do these shape the way I live and work? Taught in adult degree completion programs.