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Core Complement Course in Religious Studies This course explores the ethical dimensions of a number of contemporary social issues and helps students develop a discriminating Christian response to them. It addresses the sources of moral wisdom and the relationship of religion and politics. Students examine issues of sexual ethics, prejudice and discrimination, immigration, Students examine issues of sexual ethics, prejudice and discrimination, immigration, ecology, violence, the death penalty, economic justice and bioethical concerns. The Judeo-Christian tradition, principles of Catholic social teaching and statements of the United States Catholic Conference provide the framework for this consideration. The second part of this course follows a seminar format featuring student presentations on selected topics. To the extent possible, contacts or visits to non-governmental organizationss such as Oxfam America, INFACT, Bread for the World and Network complement classroom experience. Prerequisite: RST210. 3 credits.
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Core Complement Course in Religious Studies As a religious institution, Christian marriage has existed for almost 2,000 years. As a human and social institution, marriage has existed for at least as long as recorded history. Long regarded as a fundamental building block of society, marriage has been the focus of an unprecedented degree of questioning and analysis over the past 50 years. This course examines a number of critical areas associated with marriage and family life today, viewed from the perspective of history, contemporary knowledge, and Christian faith. Particular emphasis will be placed on elucidating the religious and spiritual dimensions of marital and parental commitment. Specific topics of study will include the sacramental and vocational character of marriage, sexual grace and intimacy, reproductive ethics, the Christian mission of families, divorce and its effects on children, cohabitation, and same-sex unions. While the course is ecumenical in outlook, texts of the Roman Catholic religious tradition will be highlighted. Prerequisite: RST210. 3 credits.
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Core Complement Course in Religious Studies The aim of this course is the study of Vatican II statements and social encyclical in response to a panorama of human needs and challenges. Students will focus on the church, a living organization, as she looks to the world with profound understanding and with realistic intention: not of dominating it, but of serving it; not of despising it, but of appreciating it; and not of condemning it, but of strengthening and saving it. Participants will try to realize through history and current events that the future of humanity depends on those who are strong enough to give reasons for living and hoping. Prerequisite: RST210. 3 credits.
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Core Complement Course in Religious Studies This course will explore the contents and the historical settings of the four canonical gospels, their theological emphases, and the literary relationship between them. In addition, students will be introduced to the process of critical scholarship regarding the historical investigation of Jesus and the roots of the Christian faith. Prerequisite: RST210. 3 credits.
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Core Complement Course in Religious Studies One of the great questions confronting human beings in the present world is their relationship to the environment. This course explores the human relationship to nonhuman nature from moral and religious perspectives, engaging the following sorts of questions along the way: Do humans have any moral obligations with respect to nonhumans, such as animals or ecosystems? If so, how strong are they and how are they best described? Moreover, how does religion impact the question? Is Christianity positive or negative in its relationship to the earth? Does it lack a sensitivity that Native American and Eastern religions seem to have? Or can Christianity generate a constructive earth-human relationship? If so, what revisions in Christian theology might this require? These issues are crucial as humankind attempts to understand and control its newfound power on this planet. Prerequisite: RST210. 3 credits.
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Core Complement Course in Religious Studies Since apostolic times, women have played important roles in the development of the Christian traditions, both East and West. Beginning with St. Perpetua in the West, many of these women have left to posterity important written legacies. Wherever possible primary texts, in translation, will be examined as we study the relationship of women and the Christian traditions through the ages. Prerequisite: RST210. 3 credits.
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3.00 Credits
Core Complement Course in Religious Studies This course will examine the role of women in the Bible, reclaiming and celebrating the feminine voice of scripture. The historical, cultural, and social aspects of biblical themes will serve as the backdrop for discussion. Prerequisite: RST210. 3 credits.
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3.00 Credits
Core Complement Course in Religious Studies Mercy, some propose, is the distinctive virtue of the Christian community and the thing most absent in the world today. What is mercy? Why is it a virtue? Can you choose to become merciful? Does mercy make a difference? This course takes on these questions and more in its exploration of mercy in the Christian tradition. We will engage the 'art' or practice of mercy as revealed in scripture and theology. Wewill explore the 'art of mercy' developed in film, literature, music, and image. All ofthese resources point to that activity of mercy in remembering persons and relations into the wholeness and life of the Creation narrative. Prerequisite: RST210. 3 credits.
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3.00 Credits
The Religious History of Newport; The Gospels in Baroque and Renaissance Art; The Diabolical and The Divine; Christianity and the Erotic. Prerequisite: RST210. 3 credits.
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3.00 Credits
Core Complement Course in Religious Studies Contemporary spirituality concerns itself with the question of how to lead a deeply committed Christian life in the world of high technology and almost constant change. We examine theories of spirituality in the past to see their influence on our present situation; the spiritualities of other traditions to see their possible contributions to our own; the question of whether a person can develop a spirituality on his own or whether he needs a community or a church is helpful. Lastly we raise the question of what moral choices we must make to seriously adopt a particular kind of spirituality. In this open forum and debate course students must draw upon the great ideas of history and the insights gained from their university education and from their participation in the VIA Program. Students will be asked to "think on their feet" beforean audience, organize ideas with clarity, defend ideas with confidence, to listen carefully and change their minds when confronted with better ideas. This course is a VIA section of RST410 and fulfills the core complement religious studies requirement. Prerequisite: RST210. 3 credits.
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