Title:
The Erotic in Western Religion, course taught at Free University of Berkeley, Fall 1969
Creator:
Free University of Berkeley
Subject:
Nugent, Anthony
Free University of Berkeley
Sex in the Bible
Sex -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
Description:
Course description in The Adventures of FUB, Fall 1969 catalog. Anthony Nugent taught courses at the Free University of Berkeley
(FUB). During this term he taught "The Erotic in Western Religion." In the 1970 Spring issue he taught "Turning on the Church."
He described it as a workshop on confronting the white racist multi-billion $ ecclesiastical corporations with their own radical
traditions of Jesus, the Prophets and the beloved community. Getting churches off their assets. Getting church-goers off their
pews. Yipping up church conventions. Resurrecting dead bodies. Waging guerilla war fare against the beast. Quoting scriptures
to Fundamentalists." The course description in that issue of the FUB in comix book form was surrounded with graphic sexual
images (mostly penises). The issue met with protests from many in the Berkeley community. According to Richard York, the
Free Church destroyed all copies on their premises. He observed that Nugent had no choice in the cartoons associated with
the description of his course.
Publisher:
Graduate Theological Union
Contributor:
York, Richard L.
Date:
1969
1969
Type:
image;
Format:
Catalog, detail page 15 ; 4 1/4 x 11 in. (10.8 x 27.9 cm.)
Identifier:
GTU_077
GTU 89-5-016
Language:
eng
Coverage:
Berkeley (Calif.)
Rights:
Copyright status unknown;