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Honor ~ 5 Sessions What is honor? How has the understanding of it changed from culture to culture, and era to era? How does one resolve competing claims of honor when personal honor diverges from family honor, or from national honor? Andre Brink, A Dry, White Season Walker Percy, Lancelot Maryse Conde, I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence Kamala Markandaya, Nectar in a Sieve
Literary Vistas ~ 6 SessionsThis series focuses on the inter-relationship between people and nature. As the landscapes around us change and evolve, are there corresponding changes in our own personal, social, and cultural identities? Henry David Thoreau, Walden Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek Bruce Chatwin, Songlines Hugh Brody, Maps and Dreams: Indians and the British Columbia Frontier Leslie Marmon Silko, Gardens in the Dunes John Elder, Reading the Mountains of Home
People and other Animals ~ 6 sessions This series uses four novels and two works of natural history to explore the intricate, complex relationships between humans and other creatures of the world. Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, Reindeer Moon William Wharton, Birdy Barbara Gowdy, The White Bone Jeffrey Masson and Susan McCarthy, When Elephants Weep: Emotional Lives of Animals Richard Adams, Plague Dogs Richard Nelson, Heart and Blood: Living with Deer in America
Religion Matters ~ 3 SessionsReaders will explore theories in brain research, one American’s search for truth, perspectives on the importance of religion in the world, and an intimate connection to religion’s tradition. What makes religion so enduring? What happens in the brain during a religious experience? What does the New Age contribute to religious thinking in America? Andrew Newberg, Vince Rause, and Eugene D’Aquili, Why God Won’t Go Away: Brain Science and the Biology of Belief Huston Smith, Why Religion Matters: The Fate of the Human Spirit in an Age of Disbelief Winifred Gallagher, Working on God
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