21st Century Lessons from the Holocaust
Schedule: Tuesdays and Fridays, October 6, 9, 13, 16, 2009; 3:10-5:10 p.m.
Location: Everett, Downtown (see maps)
Reg. # 105242

Course Description
With Nazism and the Holocaust as a backdrop, this course explores the essence of good and evil, how the good survived, and the implications of this survival for us today. The course will provide opportunity to reflect on three generally acknowledged great books dealing with one of the saddest periods in civilization: Nazi Germany and the Soviet work camps in Siberia. The two primary texts are Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl and Night, by Elie Wiesel. We will also make reference to Solzhenitsyn's One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich as well as point to more current examples of holocaust today. The theme of the course is the significance of each person and the freedom we each have to choose between responsibility and duty to others or focus on self.

Instructor

Michael H. Macdonald
Dr. Michael Macdonald, emeritus professor of European Studies, retired June 2007 after a 40 year career at Seattle Pacific University. Professor Macdonald, past president of both the Pacific Northwest Council of Foreign Languages and the Northwest Conference on Philosophy, is the author/editor of numerous books, articles, and reviews, including Europe: A Tantalizing Romance, published by University Press of America, and G.K. Chesterton and C.S. Lewis: The Riddle of Joy, published by Eerdmans. He has led 16 study groups to Europe and is presently President of the emeriti faculty of Seattle Pacific.