Topics in Western Religious Thought: Phenomenology and Theology
 (RS 4N03, Winter 2010)

TEXT SUMMARY 1

Assignment due in class on January 13* from some students (per sign-up sheet circulated in class on January 6).

*Since part of the value of the text summary assignment is that it will prepare you to be an active participant in class, it may only be submitted in class on the day it is due.  If you have to miss that day's class, please contact me to make alternate arrangements.

Please prepare a written summary (2-3 pages** long) of:

Martin Heidegger, "Phenomenology and Theology" (1927), trans. James Hart and John C. Maraldo in Pathmarks, ed. William McNeill [make personal copy from book on reserve / handout in class on January 6]

In preparing this summary, please follow the guidelines in: 

  • Hugo Bedau, Thinking and Writing About Philosophy, 2nd ed. (2002), pp. 7-15 [handout]
  • Gordon Harvey, Writing with Sources, pp. 1-5; 20 ("Abbreviated Citation for Frequently Used Sources"), and 37-38 ("In-Text Style for the Humanities") [purchase book / handout / book on reserve]

**Please print your assignment double-spaced and with one-inch margins, using a 10-12-point font.  Please number and staple the pages you hand in. 

Please keep a copy of your summary to refer to in our class discussions of Heidegger over the next few meetings.

 

posted/distributed January 6, 2010