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Prerequisite: EC220 or PY212 or ST210 or ST265. Special topics in advanced statistics of interest to the instructor and students. Varies from semester to semester. Recent topics have included multivariate statistical methods and quality control. May be repeated for credit with different topics. (Spring only, Even Years)
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Prerequisite: TH201. Restricted to students studying in Rome. Christians confess Jesus of Nazareth to be the Messiah or Christ awaited by Israel and the Son of God made flesh. Different ages have had different ways of expressing this understanding, both in theological discourse as well as in art, monuments, and the lives of saints. Students explore the various ways that Christians have spoken and represented their belief in and the devotion to Jesus. In this way, they encounter the riches of theo- logical reflection on Jesus, using the history, art, and architecture of the city of Rome as a means of focusing their discussion. Counts toward Catholic Studies minor.
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Prerequisite: TH201. Explores what we can discover about Jesus and the earliest Christian communities from the texts of the Gospels and other early Christian literature. Constantly examines how such knowledge is relevant to Christian life today. Counts toward Catholic Studies minor.
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Prerequisite: TH201. Examines the contributions of women to the Christian tradition, as wells as questions addressed by their presence through the use of primary texts and monographs. Writings include Augustine's letters to women and such topics as the role of widows in the early church and medieval reformers and abbesses. The modern era includes women evangelicals, questions raised by some contemporary feminists, and women and religion in America. Counts toward Catholic Studies and Gender Studies minors.
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Prerequisite: TH201. The almost two-thousand year relation- ship between Christianity and Judaism has often been characterized, at best, by fear and mistrust, and at worst, by violence and antagonism. Studies the relationship between Church and Synagogue from its beginnings in the first century to the current day. Counts toward Catholic Studies minor.
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Prerequisite: TH201. Explores stories of various individuals from the Old and New Testaments (Abraham, Joseph, Moses, David, Ruth, Esther, Jesus, etc.); analyses struc-296 Theology ture, rhetorical features, and theological perspectives of the narratives; and inquires how the portrayal of these characters illuminate the shape of God's initiative in human history and the varieties of response.
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Prerequisite: TH201. A theological and historical inves- tigation of the Society of Jesus, arguably the most influen- tial order in the history of the Catholic Church. From the religious conversion of Saint Ignatius Loyola in Renaissance Spain to the state of the Jesuit order in con- temporary America, this course endeavors to clarify and interpret the intellectual, spiritual, and pedagogical vision of Ignatius and his followers. The survey includes an examination of the Spiritual Exercises; a study of the evolution of the Society's structure and mission from the first Jesuits to the present; analyses of diverse Jesuit writings over the centuries; a survey of the dazzling tri- umphs and nefarious intrigues imputed to the Society, and an overview of sundry 'jesuitical' observations onissues facing Catholics at the end of the twentieth cen- tury. Counts toward Catholic Studies minor.
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Prerequisite: TH201. From the Church's earliest days, pil- grims have taken lengthy, sometimes dangerous journeys to visit holy places-to walk where Jesus walked and to see where saints lived and died. The development of Chris- tian pilgrimage, from its beginnings to the present day, is studied with emphasis on the theological concepts behind pilgrimage practices. Visits to local pilgrimage sites are included. Counts toward Catholic Studies minor.
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Prerequisite: TH201. From the Colonial Era to the present. Examines the relationship between the Catholic Church and American culture. Special attention devoted to Catholic attitudes toward independence and the Revolu- tionary War; the trusteeship controversy; nativism; post- Civil War movements; American imperialism and neu- trality prior to United States entrance into World War I; positions on foreign affairs, e.g., the Spanish Civil War, Fascism, and World War II; domestic background of the Second Vatican Council and ecumenism. Counts toward American Studies and Catholic Studies minors.
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Prerequisite: TH201. A survey of the seminal events of the two-thousand-year history of the Catholic Church. Because the Church's history is so vast and complex, and its membership so various, key events are presented through the prism of the lives and thought of major figures. Generally, the persons selected are canonized saints or those proposed for canonization; whether pope or lay woman, each is acknowledged to have lived a Christ-like life, sometimes under the most trying circum- stances. Without exception, the persons studied are inte- gral to universal Catholicism and can accurately be called re-formers of the Church. Profoundly involved with the ideas, issues, movements, and crises of their time, they exerted an extraordinary influence on contemporaries, becoming in the process exemplars for future genera- tions of Catholics. In this way, they shaped the course of Church history. Students assess carefully why the weight of their accomplishments is felt even to this day. Counts toward Catholic Studies minor.
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