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Gods That Failed

PHL1        Session I: February 25; March 4, 11, 18

Mondays 10:45 am - 12:00 noon

1. Introduction: Concept of human nature and its fundamental features.

2. Historical expectations of a Messiah.

3. Revolutions and “-isms.”

4. The Second World War: Conflict of various forms of Messianism.

Instructor Rudy Krejci, UAF professor emeritus, lectured on philosophy in the US, Canada, Europe and Asia and cooperated with Wittgenstein International Symposium, Dr. Siu’s Panetics, Dr. Victor Frankl’s Logotherapy and Dr. Takashima’s Humanistic Anthropology.

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Gracism

PHL2    Session II:   April 5, 12, 19, 26

Fridays 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm

Gracism is a response to racism.   It’s a positive extension of favor to people both in spite of and because of color, class or culture. It is not “affirmative action” but intentional actions of grace and affirmation.

Instructor Jim Hunter is a retired-rewired educator.   He taught in several places including the Yupik village of Tuntutuliak, served as an Episcopal priest in North Pole, and served as cultural liaison and dropout prevention specialist at North Pole High School.

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The Packaging of the Gods, or the Divine, in Theology and Theological Systems East-West

PHL3    Session II: April 5, 12, 19, 26

Fridays 2:45 - 4:00 pm

This course will discuss religion versus theology and cover a number of ‘isms’, e.g., monism, dualism, pluralism, humanism, monotheism, henotheism, pantheism, polytheism, as these refer to theological systems.

Instructor Walter Benesch is Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at UAF.   He is the author of several books including Introduction to Comparative Philosophy, The Ecumenical Cruise and Other Three-Legged Chicken Philosophy Tales, and Adam Cox Meets the Crackle Crunch for Lunch.

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