Description
An exploration of New Testament theology guided by the experience of having and being a friend. What difference exists, if any, between a friend and a friend "in Christ"? What, if anything, does human friendship reveal about God? Ancient literature and the visual arts are consulted for antiquity's views on friendship. Special attention is given to the topic in the Letters of Paul and the Gospel of John. Finally, the course explores ways Paul and John were interpreted by later Christian writers particularly devoted to friendship.