CS IA is the first of eight basic courses in the unified curriculum of the Christian-Faith-and-Life Community. This is a wee 'ul semi~r i~
~ d "~.ilrility of authentic living will l~o mc~d. 9uch
que~:~ W-t t* lUfc all about? What coo. it meen to :be who I am, :~c"] i~re~l :~tf i ~d thia world? wlit be the ~dorlyhg q~e
~rmi~ng the: velopmeat. The ultimate aim witl be un ~ratandi" ibo :~p~ning of ~e Chriatian (:hape:l for our livea in the tw~t~tli c~. 1b :: ef. thia ia a ahort courae in contemporary theology.
"e.~:ourae involvea atudy, eeminara, lecturee, art forma, movio,
S~r:e will be composed of ten to fifteon membera lu¢lu~
o" ~ p~ £~£ ~o£ ehe Con~munity. lE;a£lt mombes of tl"
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: T1# suWlomeatary readinge liated under each unit are not a pert o£ t"
ipmonts but aro pro~ridod for those who will occasionally bavo aoa#
timo for reading. All of these readinga are pertinent to tho co~ni
~r ~te* T1ae t~ articlea listed in thia category will bo pro~
~ n~g~ form by tho Con~uaity. One ia a thout~ic^
:~a £ Biblo; and ono is ~om contemporary titerah~ro. It t*~_
0t, when you l~ve eini:* for e~tra r~ding, you r~d t" ~~
~os~r tbey are listed. :
Tl~ore aro ateo ~c~ded in t}`o aupplementary biblio~y £o:r. ~: ~
~o booke which "at with the topic to be discuseed in t~ s~r: ~o
~1; ono ia a p~losophical; and ono i9 a literary wor~
~ct d that everlrone wbo registera for tl" eemi#ar "tl par~
;~noua, ro" ~ aso£gacd worlc, pr~e tho cb
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At any moment a spontaneous viaion of the aoul may take placo in anyone, and he will then ace himaelf as himaelf, caught in the middle of time hia own time aa well aa other people'a here and now, a pereon with auch and auch a name and history, friends and family, defecto and capabilitiea. He may feel aa Paacal dit, "When Iiconaider the brief span of my life, swallowed up in eternity psat and to come, the little apace that I occupy, loat in the immensity of apaco of which I know nothing and which knowa nothing of me, I am terrifiot and I arn astoniahed that I am here rather than there. " Nothing ia more certain, nothing more humbling, nothing leos effaceable than the impresa of one'a own contingency. Or he may feel with Doatoyevaky'a Raskolnikov, "Life ia only given to me once and I
·ball never have it again; I don't want to wait for the 'happineca of .11'. I want to live myself, or elae better not live at all.... Where ic it I'Ye read that aame one condemned to death asya or tl?.inka, an bour before trio death, that if he had to live on aume high rock, on cech a narrow ledge that be'c only room to ~d, and the ocean, ovorlaoting darlmeac, over~at~g "Utu`_ever~in tempeat ~u~sd~im, if he bad to remain atanding on ~ equ~o y~r~f ~ce altbla life, a thou asod year e, ~tcrnit~it wese ~tter tc`Jivo oo t~n to di~ at once! OallF to l~ive~ to l~o ;~1 liAro. Life! ~ver
it may bel" Ralph Harper
~Unit EXISTENCE IN DEPTH
L~TURE I THE LIMITS OF ~E O11 THE FINALITY OF GOD
S"aNAR ONE Whet am I ft~ly up aga~at in l~c ?
Articles £rom CR
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Aosigned Reading
Niebuhr, H. R.: The Nature and Exiatence of God
Bultmann, Rudolf: The Crisia of Faith
Supplementary Reading
E~rom Job: The Lord ~a Taken Away
Orgel, Irene Jonah
Booka
Tillich, Paul: The Courage to Be, New Haven: Yate Univeraity
Presa, 1952
Wilaon, Colin: The Outaider, Bostoa: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1956
Camna, Albort: The Pia~uo, New York: Alfrod A. E{nopf, 194JI
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EXISTENCE; IN AUTHENTICITY
LI=TUEtE II THE POSSIBILITY OF LIFE OR THE CHRISTEVENT
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Sll;:MINAR TWO Ia there any word of posaibility for life?
~~ lLrtictea from CR
Aasigned Reading
Tillich, Paul: You Are Accepted
Supplem enter y R eading
Hobba, Edward The Goapel Through SoCalled S
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From John: Once I Waa Blind
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Sartre, JeanPaul: The Watl
Books
Tillich, Paul: The New Being, New York: Charlea Scribner's. Sona, 1955
Frankl, Viktor E.: From Death Camp to Exiatentialiam, Boaton: Beacon Presa, 1959
Stembeck, John Eaet of Eden, New York: Bantam Bookc (F1267~.
Uni ~E;XISTENCE IN COMMUNITY
CHURClI
L.EGTURE m THE SYMBOL OF LIFE OR THE CHRISTSTORY
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S~INAR THREE Do Chri~tian aymbola have any relevance for fife.?
Articlea from C31
Aacigned Reading
Xnox, John: The Event and The Story
Supplementary Reading
Tillich, Paul: Wb~at Faith Ia
From Mark:: The l:~ciaion
KaDca; Fran_ ~e Thice Parables
Booka
~o:c, Jobn: ~^a t,~ii~y of<~. ~ Y~ Scr~r'~ 1
Fromm, E;rich: The Forgot~ I^~Eo' Orove ~rose, E47
Greene, Graham: The Heart of t~ Matter, Ne~v York B~ Elooke {A1
Unit EXISTENCE IN FREEDOM
SPIR]
1~5CTURE IV THE AMBIGUITY OF LIFE OR DECISIVENESS THROUGH CHItIST
S15MINAB FOUR How can I make deciaiona about what to do?
~le. from CR
Asaigned Reading
Bonhoeffer, Dietrich: Freedom
Supplementary Reading
Michaelson, Carl: Chriatian Faith and Exiatential F~edom
From the Goapel of Luke: Ah, Wildorneea
Gamna, Albert: The Gueat
Bultn~ann, Rudolf: Exiatence and Faith, N. Y.: Meridiaa.Bool's, ( 29)
~De Beauvoir, Simone: The Ethica of ~Lmbi~ty, N.Y.: Philosop-al
^ berry, Lorrahe: A Raiain :in tho S~n. N.
Y.: R;