THE 644 Christian Literature
Many of the world’s greatest authors were formed by the Christian tradition, many of the most recognized literary forms derive from the Bible, and many great works of literature demand of readers’ evaluative judgments of the good, the true, and the beautiful that can only rightly be understood from the perspective of Christian principles. After an examination of literature and truth, theological aesthetics, and the literary character of the Bible, there is a survey of literature from the patristic era to the present, including Augustine, Bernard of Clairvaux, Dante, Shakespeare, Milton, C.S. Lewis, and others. Classes may be taught in an in-class, hybrid, or online format and have set times that require virtual participation. (May be taught concurrently with THE 226)