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Prerequisite: TH201. What does it mean to confront the 'face of the other' Dostoevsky's character, Ivan Karamazov, complains that it is impossible to love one's neighbor for they have 'smelly, ugly faces.' Theologians,however, have argued that it is only in embracing the other that one's divine image is most fully realized. This course investigates various writings on this theme throughout recent centuries.
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Prerequisite: TH201. Explores the many ways in which the New Testament informs the descriptions and prac- tices of Christian life. Topics include issues of gender, marriage and sexuality, and race.
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Prerequisite: TH201. An exploration of Catholicism's approaches to the human body from the earliest days of the Christian community to contemporary America. Identifies and evaluates the extensive theological and philosophical tradition that Catholicism has brought to matters such as birth control, abortion, celibacy, mar- riage, chastity, heterosexuality and homosexuality, and self-mortification. Also considers positions within the Church that challenge(d) official Catholic teaching.
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Prerequisite: TH201. John Paul II, the current bishop of Rome (or 'Pope'), is a well-known international figurewho has produced a remarkable and controversial the- ology. Students read selections from John Paul's theol- ogy of the triune God in a world of many religions and non-religious ways of life and thought; his theology of the Catholic Church in relation to many other Christian churches; and his theology of the body politic (e.g., human rights) and our personal bodies (e.g., sexuality). Students also read select critics of John Paul's theology as they try to learn the crucial ingredients of a theology true at once to the Gospel and their own lives. Counts toward Catholic Studies minor.
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Prerequisite: TH201. Beginning with the earliest followers of Jesus, Christianity has responded to criticism from those outside the faith and from dissenters within. This course investigates historical, theological, political, socio- cultural, and philosophical problems related to Christian- ity and asks students to evaluate ancient and modern critiques of Christianity and judge the adequacy of Chris- tianity's response. Counts toward Catholic Studies minor.
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Prerequisite: TH201. A theological analysis of how classics of children's literature communicate faith and ethical values. Books under study include those of C. S. Lewis, M. L'Engle, E. B. White, C. Collodi, and George McDonald. Counts toward Catholic Studies minor.
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Prerequisite: TH201. Frank Capra, one of the truly great directors of cinema's first century, left us this testimony from the artist's viewpoint to the consequences of film'spower: "Only the morally courageous are worthy of speaking to their fellow men for two hours in the dark. And only the artistically incorrupt will earn and keep the people's trust." The twofold purpose of this courseis to analyze the meaning of the fundamental truths of the Christian faith and to explore the American cinema's capacity to convey those truths. Counts toward American Studies, Catholic Studies, and Film Studies minors.301
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Prerequisite: TH201. A commitment to social justice is integral to the fully Christian and human life. Students explore the meaning of this claim and investigate the contours of a theologically-informed response to human suffering and material poverty. Readings are drawn from Scripture and from different strands and periods within the Christian tradition. Themes addressed include the Kingdom of God; the relationship between Christian love and social justice; the preferential option for the poor; and the spiritual and moral significance of encoun- tering poverty. Students also study modern exemplars who embody a Christian commitment to social justice. Counts toward Catholic Studies minor.
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Prerequisite: TH201. This seminar studies the partly over- lapping and partly opposed claims about the end-time among Catholics and Protestants, Christians and Jews, members of other religions, and unbelievers. Will every- one be saved, or will some go to heaven and some to hell What do Christians mean when they confess that Jesus Christ will come again to judge the living and the dead or that they look forward to the resurrection of the body and eternal life Why have Catholics, Orthodox, and Protestants disagreed over purgatory and prayers for the dead What end does God intend for the world, and how can this end justify hope in a world so deeply wounded by our own indifference and despair, wars, and deaths Traditional and contempo- rary books on these issues are read; students, as indi- viduals and a group, develop their own answers to these questions as they learn the answers of others. Counts toward Catholic Studies minor.
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Prerequisite: TH201. Devotion to Mary is an essential ele- ment of Catholicism. This course studies Marian devo- tion from the early Church to Pope John Paul II. Topics include Mary's divine motherhood, immaculate concep- tion and assumption, and the (very controversial) doc- trines of her role in salvation history as coredemtrix and mediatrix of grace. Counts toward Catholic Studies minor.
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