Religion in Literature

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The Virtues
Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad
Lord of the Flies, William Golding
The Palace Thief, E. Canin
Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe
The Man Who Planted Trees, The Chosen, Cancer Ward* --excerpts Selected poetry

Suffering and Evil
Barabbas, P Lagerkvist
Night, Elie Wiesel
“JB” Archibald MacLeish
The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe, C.S. Lewis
The Poorhouse Fair; The Human Comedy; A Bed by the Window*: excerpts

Freedom and Responsibility
The Power and the Glory, Graham Greene
A Clockwork Orange, Anthony Burgess
Three by Flannery O’Connor, O’Connor
East of Eden*, excerpt

The Inward Journey
The Secret Sharer, Joseph Conrad
The Color Purple, Alice Walker
Should Wizard Hit Mommy? *—excerpt
Children of Gebelaawi, N. Mahfouz
Selected poems

Death
A River Runs Through It, Norman Maclean
“Pigeon Feathers” and “The Open Boat”*

The Apocalyptic Vision
The Last Battle, C.S. Lewis

Coda
“Emperor of the Air”*
Selected poems

* From Many Rooms

Judeo-Christian Roots

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UNIT # TOPIC READINGS LECTURES


1. Introduction Diagnostic test
Don’t Know Much About The Bible, Kenneth C. Davis Intro.+perspectives: introduction

2. Introduction text pp.3-23 Oral tradition and authorship

3. Introduction text pp.23-33 Presuppositions English Bible xerox

4. Introduction U.S. News & World Report Exegesis
Xerox

5. Creation Genesis 1&2; text pp.35-46

6. Creation text pp.46-51 Myth and etiologies

7. The Fall Gen.3; text pp.52-56

8. Cain & Abel Gen.4; text pp.56-59

9. The Flood Gen.6-9; text pp.59-66

10. Babel Gen.11:1-9; text pp.66-68

11. Abram patriarchal xerox; “Leap of Faith”
“Legacy of Abraham” xerox

12. Abraham/Isaac text pp.68-80 Isaac lecture

13. Jacob text pp.80-85 eponyms, birthright

14. Joseph “The Joseph Strategy” Xerox
text pp.85-94

15. Exodus text pp.95-100 Moses’ religion

16. Passover Exodus 12,
text pp.100-104, 108-110 miracles, signs

17. Decalogue, covenant code text pp.111-124 YHWH worship

18. Wilderness text pp.137-142 golden calf

19. Conquest text pp.147-153 Canaanite culture
Joshua conquest
perspectives on settlement

20. Judges text pp.161-168 Judges conquest

21. Ruth text pp.168-170

22. Samuel/Saul text pp.173-176 Saul summary
(Monarchy)

23. David text pp.176-184 David: pros & cons
(Monarchy)

24. Solomon text pp.189-196
(Monarchy)

25. History/exile text pp.196-205, 212-214

26. Amos/Hosea text pp.219-223 prophecy intro.
(Prophecy)

27. Isaiah text pp.223-228
(Prophecy)

28. Post-exile text pp.237-244

29. Ezekiel text pp.248-251

30. Jonah Jonah, text pp.258-259

31. Job text pp.267-272 Wisdom Literature
Theodicy

32. Psalms (Wisdom) text pp.275-283

33. Proverbs (Wisdom) text pp.285-293

34. Ecclesiastes (Wisdom) text pp.295-300

35. Song of Solomon (Wisdom) text pp.301-307


Online Resources
“Whatsoever Things Are True” Father Marchl’s links blog
http://suntvera.blogspot.com