Of Miracles, Events, and Special Effects

(4 Credits)

Do miracles happen? What do miracles, everyday events, and special effects have in common? This course brings together theological, philosophical and media studies to pose questions and offer intellectual resources—an imaginative archive as well as repository—for answering some basic questions regarding human agency and freedom. Do current conditions of globalization and new technological media force us to theorize the concept and practice of religion in altogether novel ways? This course blends lecture and in-class discussion and takes up texts, film and video as our objects of study. There are no pre-requisites.