Politics-Political Theory

An examination of the foundational texts of Western Revelation that undergird the political visions of Western humanity: the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, the New Testament and the Qur’an.

A survey of the major works in the Western tradition of political thought from the Greeks to the Medieval Theologians.

A survey of the major works in the Western tradition of political thought from Machiavelli to Nietzsche.

A study of selected texts, concepts, doctrines, or ideologies. Since the content will vary, this course may be taken more than once for credit.

A survey of the ideas and movements shaping the American political tradition.

An examination of the issue of differences and similarities between the sexes as it bears upon the question of the political identity and role of women (and men) in political and social life from the Greek thinkers to the Bible to modern feminist movements and their critics.