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THE ETHICS OF STAR TREK Wyoming Church, Dover (J256–01) Class limit: 30 UD OLLI Online (J256–06) Class limit: unlimited Thursday 12:45–2 p.m. 2/8/2024–4/25/2024 Instructors: Susan Watkins, Larry Watkins Number of class sessions: 11 Course format: Discussion, Lecture For more than 60 years, Star Trek has fascinated millions of fans and gained new fans daily. But, the shows are more than entertainment. The complex moral dilemmas present a way of looking at ourselves in the past, present and future. This class explores the ethics of the first three series through the eyes of the world’s great philosophers. Questions about good vs. evil, right vs. wrong, power and corruption are explored. Buckle your seatbelt and let’s go where no man has gone before.
THE NEW TESTAMENT, PART 2 Arsht Hall, Wilmington (J239–01) Wednesday 10:45 a.m.–noon 2/7/2024–5/8/2024 Instructor: Chuck Miller Number of class sessions: 13 • Class limit: 45 Course format: Discussion, Lecture, Video Based The New Testament from a historical perspective, bracketing questions of belief and theological truth to acquire a historically rich grounding for our understanding of the fundamental documents. The course addresses significant questions as to who wrote these books, under what circumstances and for what audience; what they say, what they mean and their accuracy. This is the second half of a two-semester course, covering the final 12 of the 24 lectures.
THE OLD TESTAMENT, PART 2 Arsht Hall, Wilmington (J237–01) Wednesday 12:45–2 p.m. 2/7/2024–5/8/2024 Instructor: Chuck Miller Number of class sessions: 13 • Class limit: 30 Course format: Discussion, Lecture, Video Based Professor Amy-Jill Levine uses a storyteller approach to teaching history. Her Great Courses lectures offer an introduction to the history, literature and religion of ancient Israel and early Judaism presented in the collection of texts called the Old Testament, the Hebrew Bible and the Tanakh. This is the second of a two-semester course, covering the final 12 of the 24 lectures.
THE PROBLEM OF EVIL: MUST WE BE WICKED?, PART 2* Arsht Hall, Wilmington (J254–01) Wednesday 10:45 a.m.–noon 2/7/2024–5/8/2024 Instructor: James Moser Number of class sessions: 13 Course format: Discussion, Lecture, Video Based What is evil? Why do humans do evil? We pursue a richly rewarding encounter with dynamic inquiries into Western civilization’s greatest thinking on this ancient and timely subject. We probe how humans have conceived of evil, how we’ve grappled with it and how we’ve opposed it. And, not least, we continually hold out the question, “Where can we find hope?”
ZEN, PART 1 Arsht Hall, Wilmington (J258–01) Tuesday 12:45–2 p.m. 2/6/2024–5/7/2024 Instructor: John Steffney Number of class sessions: 13 • Class limit: 25 Course format: Lecture A religious, philosophical and psychological approach to one of the most unique resolutions to the human condition. Some topics to be covered: nothingness, no-mind, koan, the great doubt block and non-duality.
WRITING ASPIRING POETS*** UD OLLI Online (K202–06) Monday 12:45–2 p.m. 2/5/2024–4/29/2024 Class limit: 12 UD OLLI Online (K202–07) Wednesday 12:45–2 p.m. 2/7/2024–5/1/2024 Class limit: 12 Instructor: Betsey Cullen Number of class sessions: 12 Course format: Discussion Required text: The Poet’s Companion by Kim Addonizio and Dorianne Laux, ISBN: 978-0-393-31655-4. Calling adventurous poets! Stretch yourself. Work on honing your craft and help fellow classmates develop theirs. We write four poems, based on content: writing and knowing and the family and craft, simile and metaphor and stop making sense in Addonizio and Laux’s book, The Poet’s Companion. Sign up for either the Monday or Wednesday online session of this course.
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