PLEASURE AND PAIN: THE CATHOLIC BODY

Undergraduate

This course examines the understanding of the human person (body and soul) in Roman Catholic theology and history. Beginning with the debates on the Incarnation in the early church, the course explores the impact that doctrine had, and continues to have, on the development of Catholic theology, practice and culture. Topics to be discussed may include martyrdom, death, sexuality, asceticism, mysticism and liturgy. Three hours a week