CSP 203 Springsteen, Scorsese, and SHU
What do the music of Bruce Springsteen, the films of Martin Scorsese, the 1960’s antiwar movement, and high fashion have to do with Sacred Heart University’s founding and mission? This course takes an interdisciplinary look at how Catholic thought and imagination have intersected with culture from the 1960’s to the present time. Students engage wiith texts, films, and art, listen to music, as well as short excursions that show how the Catholic intellectual tradition has shaped and been shaped by the contemporary culture. Students will complete the class able to analyze texts across disciplines: discuss important issues in American society in relation to Catholic thought; and analyze tensions and consonances between the Catholic Intellectual Tradition and contemporary culture.