Course Description

RE215 Christianity and Western Culture: Early to Pre-Modern 0.5

The course traces the interaction of Christianity and Western culture - literature, art, music, mores - from the earliest beginnings to the martyrdoms and their relations to the monastic movement, the social and political upheavals of the early Middle Ages, the flowering of medieval civilization, its "decline," and the relations of Christianity to Judaism and Islam.

Official electronic version updated on November 10, 2000

M. Watson, Editor