TRS 164 - Dante and The Divine Comedy

Upper Division

Prerequisites
TRS 097 or TRS 189.

This course offers an in-depth spiritual and literary exploration of one of the greatest works of world literature: Dante’s Divine Comedy. The theme of pilgrimage engages both Dante and the students in a journey to redemption by a deep acquaintance with sin (Inferno), an experience of repentance and forgiveness (Purgatorio), and a vision of eternal re-union (Paradiso). The course explores the pro- found and eternal consequences of choice and free will as God’s greatest gift, and how our understanding and experience of love grows in clarity through the greater union of ourselves with the divine. Dante and his readers-all pilgrims-struggle toward maturity while wrestling with the disguises and even the glamor of evil, the necessity of personal honesty and introspection, and the unexpected breadth of God’s mercy.

Core Curriculum Designation(s)
TE - Theological Explorations

Course credits: 1