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. .	Concordia College: Credo in Crete 2001 Dr. Shawn Carruth, OSB Dr. James Haney COURSES JANUARY 4-May 4 Students will be able to complete four full courses in the 2nd semester program of study in Greece. World Discovery 380 A full course, taken as an elective and team taught by Profs. Shawn Carruth and James Haney with special lectures by Dr. Larry Alderink. In preparation for our study and travel in Greece and Egypt, we will read Homer’s Odyssey and study Islamic faith and culture. Once abroad we will have lectures in ancient Greek history and archeology and have many opportunities to tour archaeological sites, museums, churches, monasteries, and mosques. Religion 318X Women, Religion, and Literature A full course, taught by Prof. Shawn Carruth. The images and status of women in Orthodox and Islamic thought and in Western and Arabic literature will be explored from an interdisciplinary perspective. Attention will be given to the psychosocial and spiritual formation of contemporary men and women. Religion 325 The Christian Tradition I: Communities and Rites A full course, taught by Prof. James Haney. This course will focus on the Byzantine rite Greek Orthodox and the Oriental rite Coptic (Egyptian) Churches in their respective historical and contemporary contexts. Monastic traditions, iconography and architecture, theology and spirituality, and liturgical rites will be examined to assist students in understanding Orthodox Christianity as a constitutive element in Mediterranean culture. Independent Study This course allows wide choice in topic, method, assignments, and faculty. Students are free to work with a professor in their major, minor, or to do an elective. Our contact in Crete, Ms. Fotini Georgiadou, will begin searching for opportunities for academic and practical experience that will contribute to the course; Ms. Georgiadou should be informed by mid-October of the topics of study so she can make the connections for us to begin work soon after we arrive early in February 2001. Students are encouraged to meet soon with Profs. Haney and Carruth to discuss their independent study projects, and to work closely with the academic advisors with whom they will do their work. Semester Schedule JANUARY 4 - MAY 4 CLASS SCHEDULE (Moorhead): January 4 - 22 M-H 09:30 – 10:30 World Discovery 380 (Mediterranean Studies) – Carruth/Alderink M-H 11:00 – 12:00 Religion 325 – Haney M-H 13:00 – 14:00 Religion 318 — Carruth M-H 14:00 – 15:00 Office Hour – Carruth and Haney M-F --------- Independent Study – Individual professors H 16:30—17:30 Group Meetings when needed TRAVEL SCHEDULE: Jan 23 Moorhead - Athens Jan 24-27 Athens Jan 28-Feb 7 Travel in mainland Greece Feb 8 Athens-Iraklion Feb 9 Arrive Iraklion CLASS SCHEDULE (CRETE): February 8 – March 21 (six weeks) M-F 07:30 - 09:30 Breakfast Buffet M-H 09:30 - 10:30 Religion 318 - Carruth M-H 11:00 - 12:00 Religion 325 - Haney M-F 12:00 - 18:00 Lunch/ Study Time Occasional Excursions Occasional Special Lectures M-H 14:00 - 16:00 Office Hours: Haney & Carruth M-H 18:00 - 19:00 Mediterranean Studies/Greek Lessons Georgiadou M-F 19:00 - 21:00 Dinner Buffet F-Sa Study/Travel/Free Time Su Church/Travel/Free Time M-S Independent Study (as arranged) TRAVEL PLANS IN CRETE: Travel weekends (3) during the semester East and South—2 daytrips East—overnight trip (2 nights) West—overnight trip (3 nights) TRAVEL PLANS March 21-April 12 Mar 21 Iraklion-Athens Mar 22-29 Independent Travel Mar 30-Apr 10 Group Travel in Italy Apr 11 - Athens DEPART FOR USA: April 12 CLASS SCHEDULE (Moorhead): April 14 - 30 Finsh course work Independent tutorials (as arranged) Useful Websites Coptic and Greek Orthodoxy The Christian Activist: A Journal of Orthodox Opinion, Orthodox Links Orthodox Monasticism with Links About Orthodox Christian Faith The Orthodox page in America Orthodox Links Orthodox Christian Information Center The Orthodox Church Byzantine Studies Sanctoral Calendar of the Greek Orthodox Church History of Christianity in Crete Lives of 10 Byzantine saints St. Andrew of Crete St. Titus Encyclopedia Coptica Islam Islamic texts and topics Islamic links TEXTS/RESOURCES A Searchable Version of the RSV Bible with Apocrypha Orthodox Texts A Searchable version of the Qur’an THE ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN WORLD Diotima: Materials for the Study of Women and Gender in the Ancient World (Includes links to ancient Judaism) Ancient Athens In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great The Goddess Athena Classical Myth: Home Page Knossos Bronze Age Sites Bronze Age Greek Sculpture Ancient Greek Civilization Classical Greek Art and Architecture Ancient Aegean: Art and Architecture Minoan and Mycenaean Cultures Mycenaean Age Bronze Age Greece and Crete Ancient Greece: Art Periods Ancient Egypt: Art and Architecture Art, Archeology, Religion of ancient Egypt Women and Gender in Ancient Egypt Links to things Egyptian—especially ancient Egyptian Myths, Symbols, Deities of Ancient Egypt MODERN SITES Greece Greece in Pictures Destination Greece: Lonely Planet Travel Guide to Greece Hellas Homepage Greek Field Trip: Geology Regions of Greece Maps of Greece Athens Survival Guide Orpheus Icon Gallery--Athens Byzantine churches in Athens Travel in Crete Candia Maris Hotel Central Crete More on Central Crete Heraklion Caves in Crete Crete: the Monastery of Preveli Corinth Mycenae More Mycenae Mystras More Mystras Epidauros Meteora Monasteries More Meteora Still more Meteora Again, Meteora Thessaly-Meteora A brief description of each of the Meteora monasteries Pictures of each of the Meteora monasteries Thessaloniki Egypt Destinations in Egypt Travel Tips for Egypt The Egypt Page Guide to Cairo More on Cairo Luxor Queen Hatshepsut Museums Hellenic Ministry of Culture, this site has links to archeological sites and museums in Greece ATHENS National Archeological Museum More on the National Archeological Museum in Athens Byzantine Museum--Athens Goulandris Museum of Cycladic Art Archeological Museum at Iraklion Agia Aikaterina of Sinai collection: Iraklion Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Collection of Chania Archeological Museum of Chania Archeological Museum of Rethymnon Archeological Museum of Siteia Archeological Museum of Mystras Archeological Museum of Epidaurus Archeological Museum of Thessaloniki


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