Special Course
THE BIBLE AND THE END OF THE MODERN WORLD

By Dr. Eric Cunningham, Department of History, Gonzaga University

What will happen in the future to our world? How should we understand the concern about the year 2012? Since all history is narrative, the quality of the narrative will in large measure determine the quality of the historical life that any civilization experiences. Modernization seems, by any interpretation, inadequate to describe the vast scope and multi-layered richness of human experience. This course argues that our current mode of thinking needs to be replaced by some more inclusive, more descriptive, more plausibly fulfilling narrative. Dr. Cunningham's outlook will be fruitful for students seeking to gain greater understanding of how the various epochs of human history unfold and it will provide the core of that new and more satisfying narrative of history that a humanity that sees itself on the brink of disaster so clearly needs.

No prior learning is necessary, only an inquiring and open mind.