Seats in the Spring '24 Slow Reads have filled up very quickly! Obviously, many people are excited about these amazing opportunities. There are a few seats still open in the three Slow Reads described below. Grab a seat before they disappear!
Laudato Si. This Slow Read will work deliberately through Pope Francis’ greatly influential and complex encyclical on the environment, inviting students to respond critically to a major environmental text that advances its positions from a theological perspective.
Juan Arroyo - POLT 21000 - Monday 4:00-4:50
Freedom’s Dominion: A Saga of White Resistance to Federal Power. Jefferson Cowie won the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for this compelling history of resistance to the Civil Rights Movement as a foreshadowing of our current political polarization. Cowie describes how resistance to the granting of full citizenship to Native Americans, enslaved people, and Black people has long been justified by appeals to the concept of ‘freedom.’ Professor Cowie will be meeting personally with the seminar during a visit to campus this spring.
Michael Smith - HIST 20001 – Thursday 2:35-3:50
Zhuangzi. Immerse yourself in the profound, and profoundly entertaining, Daoist treasure. The Zhuangzi, a delightful collection of fables, parables, anecdotes, poems, and highly fanciful conversations, is a classic of Chinese religious literature and one of the most influential texts of all time. If you are interested in dreams, butterflies, good jokes, nature, or the secret to a more carefree existence, then this course is for you!
Eric Steinschneider - RLST 11500 – Mondays 10:00-10:50