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merican life today is
characterized by its rich
diversity of cultures, its
shifting demographics
and expansiveness of social ex-
perience. Through all of this,
how do we, as human beings,
find a common language for dis-
cussing the age-old moral issues
of good and evil without resort-
ing to tirades, shouting match-
es and violence?
University of Michigan Eng-
lish Professor Ralph Williams
believes he has hit upon a so-
lution — the implementation of
a "theme semester" at the uni-
versity devoted to exploring the
theory and practice of evil in
many facets of contemporary
life.
"Up to this time, language
about good and evil has been
rooted in religious traditions. In
today's society, that language
from those same traditions is
dividing us. It is in that context
that I am attempting to find a
forum," Professor Williams said.
"It is a good thing to mobilize
the resources of a college for this
purpose."
Under the auspices of U-M's
program on studies in religion,
the theme semester consists of
exhibits at U-M art museums
and libraries, plays and concerts
along with 21 courses that span
15 departments and colleges in-
cluding psychology, history,
physics and the schools of ed-
ucation and music, the resi-
dential college and the law
school.
The courses emphasize
moral and social ramifications
of topics such as: The Physicist
and the Bomb, History and the
Holocaust, The Problem of Evil
in American Culture, The Ori-
gins of Evil in Jewish and
Christian Apocalypse Litera-
ture, The Evil Other, Evil in
Children's Literature, Legal
Recognition of Evil and the
Treatment of Evil in Literature
and Film.
"It's rather seldom that a ma-
jor secular university address-
es itself to a moral question that
is so deeply held in religion and
politics," says Professor
Williams, who spent almost two
years coordinating existing
courses and helping to devel-
op new ones for the special se-
mester.
Professor Williams believes
that, despite the concerns that
Americans are expressing over
issues of "family values" and vi-
olence, it was a combination of
events rather than any one in-
dividual's decision that brought
this particular subject to the
forefront at U-M at this time.
The idea of a special theme
semester has been evolving over
more than a decade. In fact, U-
M has had programs on theo-
logical subjects that have, at
times, included distinguished
guest lecturers in residence
such as Hans Kung and Gus-
tavo Guitterez. However, this
is the first time that so many of
the university's resources have
been organized toward a theme
of this magnitude and at a time,
when as Professor Williams ac-
knowledges, emotions around
the issues are profoundly tense.
Professor Williams credits
the university's dean of liberal
arts and sciences, Edie Gold-
enberg, with getting this pro-
ject launched.
"Edie saw the possibilities
and then enabled it to happen
financially with a grant," he ex-
plained.
Professor Williams — who in
1992 was awarded the Golden
Apple from U-M Hillel and Ap-
ple computers — is also teach-
ing two courses in the theme
semester: Primo Levi and the
Memory of Auschwitz, as well
as Religion 404, the theme se-
mester's cornerstone course
that surveys evil in philosoph-
ical thought, in business prac-
tices, in anti-social behaviors
and in the artistic imagination.
Professor Williams says he
feels a personal attachment to
the theme semester.
"I was born in 1941. This is
my century and as it is now
nearing its end, I don't feel
much profound pride. There has
been much achieved and I cel-
ebrate it, but it has been a cen-
tury of unexcelled evils. All is
relative in the 20th century.
There is little agreement even
on the term 'evil' itself," said the
Ontario native, who first came
to Ann Arbor as an undergrad-
uate in 1963.
Professor Williams believes
that the Holocaust stands as a
criterial disaster in our centu-
ry and culture.
"I take it as a human obliga-
tion to try to understand what
it says about us and about our
possibilities," he said.
Professor Williams, who has
been teaching in the combined
U-M/Wisconsin program in Flo-
rence, Italy, for the past 20
years, believes this sense of "hu-
man obligation" has formed an
important part of his scholar-
ly work and imagination.
"Italy is the European coun-
try that I have the greatest fa-