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3.00 Credits
A exploration of the folowing questions surrounding the nexus of war, film, and morality. How do films convey ethical messages regarding their subjects? How do they convey religious meanings? How is moral judgment relevant to warfare? How has the development of modern warfare been bound up with visual media? What possibilities for moral commentary on war are afforded by different film genres such as documentaries, dramas, and comedies? Is it appropriate to make ethical assessments of artistic products such as films? Are there limits to the power of film to express the moral reality of combat or suffering? What commentary does the public reception of individual films provide on the ethical climate of a society? Prerequisites: Any TRS 200-level or HSTR course.
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Considers the meaning of the Mass in the lives of Christians today. Studies the origin and history of the Mass, the revised rites, and contemporary practice. Prerequisites: Any TRS 200-level or HSTR course.
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A liturgical theological study of "Pastoral Care of the Sick: Rites of Anointing and Viaticum" and the "Order of Christian Funerals" as well as an exploration of customs such as pilgrimage to shrines associated with healing and ritual practices accompanying death. Prerequisites: Any TRS 200-level or HSTR course.
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A historical theological study of the present Rites of Initiation, particularly the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults. Selected pastoral questions connected with initiation will also be considered. Prerequisites: Any TRS 200-level or HSTR course.
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An exploration of the origin, development, and significance of feasts, seasons, and devotions in the life of the Christian community. Sunday observances, Easter and Lent, Christmas and Advent, devotion to the saints, Marian devotions, and Eucharistic devotions. Prerequisites: Any TRS 200-level or HSTR course.
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This course consists of two parts. The first will be an introductory study of the Divine Liturgies of the various Eastern Church traditions. A comparison will be made of the various texts, and the theology of each tradition will be examined. The second part of the course will present an introduction into the spiritual traditions of the Syriac speaking and Byzantine Churches. It will study the writings of the major figures of each tradition with the view of developing the common themes that characterize the spirituality of the Eastern Churches. It will also provide the theological world-view out of which these spiritual writers developed their insights. Prerequisites: Any TRS 200-level or HSTR course.
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3.00 Credits
An exploration of the theology expressed in Christian liturgical art, architecture and worship space. Using a historical approach, the diverse forms, contexts and worldviews that shaped ritual, visual objects and worship space will be investigated from the early church to the present, each with the purpose of understanding the underlying theology of the worshiping community's understanding of the sacred, their relationship to God and their relationship to each other. Course will incorporate local churches (either Washington DC metropolitan area or Rome) in the study of the ways that human beings construct meaning in liturgical art, architecture and worship space as well as how images and spaces are a theological reflection of the faith tradition.
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Since the II Vatican Council wrote of "The Table of the Word" and "The Table of the Eucharist," the Church has opened for us as never before the riches of the Old and New Testaments. This course deals with the place of Scripture in the life of a Christian as it comes through the Sunday Liturgy by examining the liturgical year and, in its light, the composition of the Sunday readings. This will be followed with presentations on how one might interiorize and live out the Scriptures of each week. Prerequisites: Any TRS 200-level or HSTR course.
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3.00 Credits
Survey of some significant Christian spiritual writers and movements of the twentieth century, addressing such issues as modern monasticism, inter-religious dialogue, martyrdom, service to the poor, lay spirituality, a spirituality of work, and Pentecostalism. Prerequisites: Any TRS 200-level or HSTR course.
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3.00 Credits
This course will explore marriage and family themes from the perspective of Christian church history, theology , and the current state of family life in the North American context. Attention will also be given the practices and skills necessary to build a healthy marriage and family. Prerequisites: Any TRS 200-level or HSTR course.
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