Great Books II - Spring 2017

Reading Questions

 
 

April 6

 

"Transhumanize" -- it cannot be explained

per verba, so let this example serve

until God's grace grants the experience.

 

Luther

Selected Biblical Prefaces, Freedom of a Christian

Dante - Paradiso - Read Through Canto XXI

Paper #3 - Due at 11:59 pm on April 27 - via email attachment

 

Paradiso - Luca Signorelli - Orvieto Cathedral

  1. When you face God, what three questions will YOU ask Him? What are the most important questions Dante has for God? How are all of these questions answered in the poem?

  2. In view of the entire poem, complete this statement: The death of desire is ___.

  3. What is the difference between Divine Love and Divine Justice?

 

 

Write 7+ pages on either one of the following two options:

A paper on Richard III which ties directly to at least two of the three canticles of Dante - consider an idea such as: being cursed or blessed, power, virtue, evil, justice, trust, desire/ambition, hatred & enmity, love of self, others, and God, ...

or

A paper on Luther that ties directly to at least two of the three canticles of Dante - consider an idea such as: righteousness, freedom, free will, Christian virtues (faith, hope, and love), authority, sacraments, the nature of evil, the nature of God, ...

 

 

 

 

  1. Bring your own "Last Will and Testament" to class.

  2. What problem is Luther trying to solve in the Romans Preface for each of the following:  law, sin, grace, faith, righteousness, flesh, and spirit?

  3. How can faith be a kind of work?

  4. How do we know whether someone is righteous?

  5. How can I be free if I am to serve everyone?

  6. What is the role of reason in obtaining freedom?