THEO1731 · Complex Problems and Enduring Questions
Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences
This is an Enduring Question course and is open to FRESHMEN only. You must take both CLAS1707 and THEO1731. What is the good life? These paired courses explore the question of the good life from a variety of perspectives and from two disciplines: literature/literary analysis and theology. What constitutes a good life? How can I know it? What must I do? In what shall I believe? Grounded in careful reading of great works of literature by Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, and Chekov, along with theology and the Bible, each course will center on discussion, reflection, and writing about the great questions of life as expressed both by others (in the texts we read) and by ourselves. Reflection sessions will seek to deepen our understanding and our commitments by meeting with people outside the Boston College community and engaging in dialogue among ourselves.
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