| Credits | 1 |
| Restrictions | No 2022 2021 2020 Open to first-years only |
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| Core Area | Challenges of Modernity |
| Area of Inquiry | |
| Liberal Arts Practices |
Faculty Profile for Professor Reinbold
Modernity is a crucial element of the intellectual legacy to which we are heirs. A matrix of intellectual, social, and material forces that have transformed the world over the last quarter millennium, modernity has introduced new problems and possibilities into human life. This course will explore some of the distinctive features of modernity – including the question of what we might mean by the term “modernity” itself. We will explore a variety of “texts” that embody and engage with this topic.
Students who successfully complete this seminar will satisfy the Challenges of Modernity core requirement.
Professor Jenna Reinbold studies the interaction of religion and law in the contemporary world. Her particular focuses include controversies over the separation of church and state in the U.S., and the role of religion and secularism in the spread of universal human rights.