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Essay on Johannine
Ethics
Choose
an ethical topic or moral issue
that interests you and is somehow related to the Gospel of John:
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for example, the role of "the Jews" in the Fourth
Gospel and anti-Semitism in Christian history and today;
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or the role and treatment of women in John’s Gospel
and in ancient or modern Jewish or Christian society;
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or the role and treatment of foreigners in John’s Gospel
and in ancient or modern Jewish or Christian society;
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or something on bioethics, right to life, capital punishment,
or another life/death issue in the ancient or modern worlds;
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OR, attend one or more events
sponsored by the Bellarmine Forum (October 26 - November 2
at LMU), and somehow connect this with John’s Gospel (see their website
http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/bellarmineforum/
for schedule and details).
Get
approval for your topic
by turning
in a brief proposal:
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choose a preliminary paper title and write a
2-3 sentence summary of the issue you want to investigate;
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also explain in 1-2 sentences how your topic is related
to John’s Gospel (to which passages? be specific!)
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be creative in your imagination, but be concrete
and focused about your proposal (don’t make your topic too broad);
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if your topic is related to the Bellarmine Forum,
tell me exactly which session/event you have attended or will
attend;
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submit this brief proposal (hand-written or typed) by
the beginning of class on Wednesday, October 29, 2003.
Write
a 1000-word essay, using the
standard format we have been using for all written assignments
this semester:
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see the instructions for Exercise
#1, or the "Guidelines and Tips
for Written Exercises" on our website;
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papers are due by November 26, 2003 (before Thanksgiving),
and will hopefully be returned to you by December 3; you may then
revise and resubmit them for a final grade (hopefully higher)! But
make sure your initial paper is written well and proofread carefully;
have someone else help you with grammar and spelling, if necessary.
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