"The Interdependence of Theology and Literature as Reflected in the Wri" by Patrice A. Welsh
 

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.

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.

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