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GSAS student Carlos A. Blanco—who taught “Why Resurrection? An Introduction to Belief in the Afterlife in Judaism and Christianity??—says that for each two-hour class, he devoted about five hours of preparation. He says he used materials from his two dissertations in philosophy and theology to design the syllabus...
...other traditional favorites—Literature and Arts C-70: “From the Hebrew Bible to Judaism, From the Old Testament to Christianity?? and Life Sciences 1b, which focuses on genetics—made the top-five list again. Both courses saw increases in enrollment compared to a year ago: from 270 to 433 for the Bible course, and from 336 to 378 for Life Sciences...
...Gray traces the origin of utopian ideals to Jesus’ apocalyptic anticipation of a new kingdom where all evil is eliminated. Gray convincingly asserts that early Christianity was founded upon efforts to make up for Jesus’ failure to fulfill his promise of a Second Coming. As Christianity??s influence declined, Enlightenment thinkers picked up the apocalyptic idea of a perfect end in sight, but discarded God’s role in transforming society and handed humans the materials to catalyze progress. Gray details both the demise of Enlightenment thought and its resurrection...
...some difficulty attracting investors, he gained the necessary financial backing in 1999, following the tragedy at Columbine High School with its implied connection to violent video games.Eighteen months later, the company released its first game, “Catechumen,” a first-person shooter set during Christianity??s early days in the historical Roman Empire. In it, players must “rescue [their] captured Christian brethren… [who] have been taken hostage by the evil Roman Empire, controlled by Satan himself.” Because the company seeks to provide an alternative to games...
...controversy concerns the UC’s “a-g” subject area requirements, the curricular prerequisites for applying to any of the UC schools. The UC has repeatedly refused to give credit for a small number of Calvary courses including “Christianity??s Influence in American History,” “Christianity and Morality in American Literature,” and a number of the school’s science courses. Calvary and the ACSI charge that refusing to count these course amounts to penalizing students for taking Christian-themed...