2013-2014 Course Catalog - PDF Format - Flagler College

Courses of Instruction 285
RELIGION
The Liberal Arts curriculum prepares students for careers in a wide range of
the nature of religious knowledge and belief; mysticism; the relations between
religion and morality; the language of religion; and the relation between man
and God. This course is cross-listed as PHI 317.
REL 321 – The Apocalypse in Scripture and Society (3)
The apocalyptic vision has shaped the religious, political, and cultural
landscape of the Western world. This course will examine the origins of
apocalyptic thought in the Middle East and trace the subsequent development
of apocalyptic themes in the Early Christian and Medieval worlds. Apocalyptic
imagery in modern and contemporary cinema, religious movements, and
political ideologies will also be highlighted.
REL 325WI – Islam and Politics (3)
What is Islam? What do people who call themselves Muslims believe, and
what is the particular dynamic of their ethics and politics at this moment in
time? These questions and others will be addressed in this course, which in the
opportunity to read the Koran, and respond to some critical questions regarding
the Muslim faith. In the second half of the course, important Islamic countries
such as Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the Palestinians, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan and
Pakistan will be examined.