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Through a systematic reading of the Acts of the Apostles and the New Testament documents written or influenced by St. Paul, this course will study the life and theology of St. Paul. Students will be introduced to the historical context, both political and religious, in which St. Paul lived as a key to understanding the New Testament texts. The course will treat central themes in St. Paul including his views of God, Christ, the human person, ethics, salvation and the Church which are foundational not only to Christian theology but also to Western civilization. Prerequisite: RS100A. Satisfies the second institutional requirement in religious and theological studies. Three hours a week.
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Study and conversation about these relations and what they reveal about the nature of religion, the need for mutual reverence between peoples on different paths of affiliation with religious communities and how the evolution of interreligious reverence purifies all religious communities. Prerequisite: RS100A. Satisfies the second institutional requirement in religious and theological studies. Three hours a week.
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As an exploration of the life and times of Saint Augustine, this seminar offers participants an overview of his major writings and his contribution to basic theological questions. This course traces the development of St. Augustine’s understanding of intentional Christian community and monasticism as a religious and social movement, as well as the founding of the Order of St. Augustine. Students will inquire into the relevance of Augustinian theology and spirituality for today’s world. Prerequisite: RS100A. Satisfies the second institutional requirement in religious and theological studies. Three hours a week.
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This is a course in which participants practice meditating. It also entails some study and conversation about meditating, its relationship to prayer, to religion, to ideas about God, to what may be disclosed about human beings by the act of meditating., the relationship of meditativeness (contemplativeness) to compassion and some comparative perspectives on the contemplative stream in some world religions. Students will be required to purchase a meditation pillow. Prerequisite: RS100A. Satisfies the second institutional requirement in religious and theological studies. Three hours a week.
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The Internship in Ministry and Religious Education (IMRE) is a semester-long opportunity for students who have declared a major in Religious and Theological Studies to engage in service in a parish, congregation, synagogue, or religiously affiliated secondary school, as well as in hospice and hospital pastoral care agencies. The IMRE has been created especially for students who wish to pursue professional careers in ministry and religious education or who intend to pursue academic careers in religious and theological studies. Three hours a week.
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Enrollment limited to ten junior and senior majors or permission of the professor. Prerequisite: RS100A. Required for majors in religious and theological studies. Three hours a week.
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In lieu of a formal course, qualified upper-class students may, with the approval of the chair and the instructor, substitute an intensive program of reading under the direction of a member of the department. Normally, a student must possess a cumulative quality point average of not less than 3.00 and have completed three courses in religious and theological studies offered in traditional format. Prerequisite: RS100A. Satisfies the second institutional requirement in religious and theological studies. Three hours a week.
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An introduction to the goals and methods of the scientist as illustrated by an examination of the work of a few of the natural scientists of the past few centuries. Concentrating on the development of the theory of classical mechanics, this course makes frequent use of lecture-demonstrations. A familiarity with basic algebra is expected of the student. Satisfies the mathematics and science distribution requirement. Three hours a week.
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A philosophically oriented introduction to the goals, methods, language and fundamental concepts of the scientist. Science 103A investigates, essentially without mathematics, some of the new theories that Western man has invented to explain the natural universe and some of its parts. Beginning with a quick look at the genesis of proto-scientific thought, the course examines the scientific contributions to western thought during three periods of scientific revolution: the period of the Athenian and Alexandrian schools, the Age of Enlightenment and the 20th century. No prerequisite. Satisfies the mathematics and science distribution requirement. Three hours a week.
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An attempt to understand the conditions for formation of life in the universe. The basic approach leans strongly on modern astronomy with diversions into other physical and natural sciences. Prerequisite: AS 103A or AS 105A or the consent of the instructor. Satisfies the mathematics and science distribution requirement. Three hours a week.
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