Major Courses

Magdalen College offers Four Areas for Majors to Juniors and Seniors. 
Each Major Course offers two semesters.
PLEASE DO NOT BE DETERRED BY "AVAILABILTY" OF THE BOOKS. THIS IS A GENERIC DATA BASE, AND WE SUPPLY ALL THESE BOOKS.
 

History

From Optimism to Melancholy: The Adams Family and the Fate of the American Idea - Fall

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Modern Architecture, a Discourse of Modernity - Spring

The book list will be sent to students during the fall term.

 

Theology 

 

Newman and Twentieth Century Theologians - Fall

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The Medieval Quest for Wisdom - Spring

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Philosophy

Word and Truth (Epistemology) - Fall

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Person and Community (Anthropology) - Spring

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Literature

Southern Literature - Fall

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Spring

Students will be contacted by the professor.

 

 

Henry Adams And The Making Of America By Garry Wills Cover Image
$30.00
ISBN: 9780618872664
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Mariner Books - August 2nd, 2007

History - FALL


History - FALL


Theology - FALL


Henri de Lubac and the Shaping of Modern Theology: A Reader By David Grumett Cover Image
$24.95
ISBN: 9781621643425
Availability: Special Order
Published: Ignatius Press - April 2nd, 2020

Theology - FALL


True and False Reform in the Church By Yves Congar, Paul Philibert (Translator) Cover Image
By Yves Congar, Paul Philibert (Translator)
$39.95
ISBN: 9780814656938
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Michael Glazier Books - December 1st, 2010

Theology - FALL


The Sentences: Book 3: On the Incarnation of the Word (Mediaeval Sources in Translation #45) By Peter Lombard, Giulio Silano (Translator) Cover Image
By Peter Lombard, Giulio Silano (Translator)
$52.50
ISBN: 9780888442956
Availability: Hard to Find
Published: PIMS - November 1st, 2008

Theology - SPRING


Thomas Aquinas: Disputed Questions on the Virtues (Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy) By Thomas Aquinas, E. M. Atkins (Editor), E. M. Atkins (Translator) Cover Image
By Thomas Aquinas, E. M. Atkins (Editor), E. M. Atkins (Translator)
$78.74
ISBN: 9780521776615
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Cambridge University Press - June 2nd, 2005

Theology - SPRING


Theaetetus By Plato, Bernard Williams (Introduction by), M. J. Levett (Translator) Cover Image
By Plato, Bernard Williams (Introduction by), M. J. Levett (Translator)
$12.08
ISBN: 9780872201583
Availability: Special Order
Published: Hackett Publishing Company - October 15th, 1992

Philosophy - FALL


$22.00
SKU: DE ANIMA

Philosophy - FALL


Against the Academicians and the Teacher By Augustine, Peter King (Translator) Cover Image
By Augustine, Peter King (Translator)
$17.83
ISBN: 9780872202122
Availability: Special Order
Published: Hackett Publishing Company - September 15th, 1995

Philosophy - FALL


$35.00
SKU: BASIC WORKS - AQUINAS

Philosophy - FALL


Theo-Logic: Theological Logical Theory: The Spirit Of Truth By Hans Urs von Balthasar Cover Image
$29.95
ISBN: 9780898707182
Availability: Special Order
Published: Ignatius Press - April 1st, 2001

Philosophy - FALL


The Trinity (Fathers of the Church #45) By St Augustine, Stephen McKenna (Translator) Cover Image
By St Augustine, Stephen McKenna (Translator)
$54.00
ISBN: 9780813213521
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Catholic University of America Press - November 27th, 2002

Philosophy - SPRING


Kierkegaard's Writings, VI, Volume 6: Fear and Trembling/Repetition By Søren Kierkegaard, Edna H. Hong (Editor), Edna H. Hong (Translator) Cover Image
By Søren Kierkegaard, Edna H. Hong (Editor), Edna H. Hong (Translator)
$34.00
ISBN: 9780691020266
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Princeton University Press - June 21st, 1983

Philosophy - SPRING


Being and Time By Martin Heidegger, Joan Stambaugh (Translator), Dennis J. Schmidt (Revised by) Cover Image
By Martin Heidegger, Joan Stambaugh (Translator), Dennis J. Schmidt (Revised by)
$24.95
ISBN: 9781438432762
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: State University of New York Press - July 1st, 2010

Philosophy - SPRING


Four Quartets: A Poem By T. S. Eliot Cover Image
$14.00
ISBN: 9780156332255
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Ecco - April 18th, 2023

Philosophy - SPRING


Southern Literature  - FALL


The Fugitive Poets: Modern Southern Poetry (Southern Classics) By William Pratt Cover Image
$17.90
ISBN: 9781879941007
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: J. S. Sanders and Company - December 3rd, 1991

Southern Literature  - FALL


The Collected Stories Of Katherine Anne Porter: Winner of a National Book Award and a Pulitzer Prize By Katherine Anne Porter Cover Image
$17.95
ISBN: 9780156188760
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Mariner Books Classics - September 19th, 1979

Southern Literature  - FALL


The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty By Eudora Welty Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780156189217
Availability: Out of Print
Published: Mariner Books - February 1st, 1982

Southern Literature  - FALL


The Women on the Porch (Southern Classics) By Caroline Gordon Cover Image
$15.95
ISBN: 9781879941205
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: J. S. Sanders and Company - May 20th, 1993

Southern Literature  - FALL


The Town (Vintage International) By William Faulkner Cover Image
$15.95
ISBN: 9780307946812
Availability: Special Order
Published: Vintage - November 1st, 2011

Southern Literature  - FALL


Light in August (Vintage International) By William Faulkner Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9780679732266
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Vintage - January 30th, 1991

Southern Literature  - FALL


The Reivers (Vintage International) By William Faulkner Cover Image
$16.95
ISBN: 9780679741923
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Vintage - September 1st, 1992

Southern Literature  - FALL


The Southern Critics: An Anthology By Glenn C. Arbery Cover Image
$22.00
ISBN: 9781935191803
Availability: Special Order
Published: Intercollegiate Studies Institute - May 10th, 2010

Southern Literature  - FALL