TRS 175 - Spiritual, Not Religious: Emerson to the New Age

Upper Division

Prerequisites
TRS 097 or TRS 189.

The American tradition of individual seeking in religion is as old as the Republic, but it may be said to have its serious origin in the writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson. This course seeks to situate the contemporary phrase “spiritual, not religious,” in a larger historical context and to compare contemporary American understandings of spirituality without institutional borders to more traditional understandings of spirituality.

Core Curriculum Designation(s)
TE - Theological Explorations

Course credits: 1