Date of Award
7-1975
Degree Type
Master's Essay - Restricted
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Theology
Abstract
The amount of knowledge available in the Twentieth Century is so immense that people pursue learning in very specialized areas. This allows them to become highly competent tor a very particular kind of work. With the complexity of our culture, specialization is necessary; however, there is also a definite need to relate the specialized fields to each other in order to integrate man's work and his knowledge. The divisions in work and in learning fragment the reality of life which man experiences within himself as a unit. This dichotomy can create both an extremely narrow, unrealistic perspective and rampant neurosis. Most people will not pursue integration or work and knowledge without motivation, direction, and assistance from primary sociological structures. If people's work and their learning are going to be creative sources and expressions or human existence, then more serious efforts at integration of the arts and sciences need to be a priority. For example, the academic institutions involved in providing liberal arts education need to create better means of helping the student coordinate his learning, so that he will acquire a value and a method of relating his knowledge from various fields.
Recommended Citation
Welsh, Patrice A., "The Interdependence of Theology and Literature as Reflected in the Writings of Paul Tillich and Kurt Vonnegut, Jr." (1975). Master's Essays (1922 - ). 2638.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/essays/2638
Comments
An Essay submitted to the faculty of the Graduate School, Marquette University, in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.