Beyond simply serving as a spiritual or moral guide for believers, the Bible offers a panoply of concepts that smack up against the modern world. These ideas include: the problem of evil; doctrine of original sin; who or what was Jesus; what will the end times look like; and, theodicy, or the justice of God. This course intends to dissect each of these concepts by providing an overview of interpretations using historical, linguistic, and, when possible, religious contexts on the way to offering how each might be understood today.
This course will be taught March 20, 27, April 3, 10, and 17.