2012-13 Pomona College Catalog

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RLST 132 PO - Messiahs and the Millennium

CrsNo RLST132 PO

When Offered: Spring 2013.

Instructor(s): E. Runions

This course traces the origin and development of apocalyptic thought and surveys contemporary responses to the “end of time.” We will consider how apocalyptic thought affects Christian and Jewish theologies, new religious movements, colonialism, war, white supremacy, nationalism, imperialism, environmentalism, attitudes toward sexuality, HIV/AIDS and conceptions of gender. (HRT II)