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  • RL 210: Contemporary Issues in Religion: Control of Life And Death

    2.00 Credits
    Alverno College

    Prereq. FA 110; HUM 150; CM 112 or IN 130 - The student develops and reflects on multiple perspectives (moral/ethical, legal, scientific, and religious) dealing with issues concerning life and death that arise out of contemporary science, medicine, technology, and worldviews. She analyzes and responds to artistic and humanistic works that express the human experience of suffering and death; examines the moral and religious reasoning supporting positions on critical moral issues (e.g., abortion, euthanasia); analyzes Christian attitudes, beliefs, and rituals related to death and dying; and reflects theologically on the processes of grief and dying. The student also analyzes the moral systems of selected moral theologians. She applies their systems to particular issues, comparing and evaluating them in light of their Christian foundations and implications for Christian living.
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  • RL 211: The Catholic Imagination

    2.00 Credits
    Alverno College

    Prereq. FA 110; HUM 150; CM 112 or IN 130 - The student examines the living heritage of the Catholic religious tradition. Through study of the faith as it finds expression in the Scriptures and in the teachings and practices of the Church in historical and cultural contexts as well as in artistic and theological works over time, she analyzes current issues as they affect her own spirituality and that of the Church and society.
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  • RL 213: The Search For God

    2.00 Credits
    Alverno College

    Prereq. FA 110; HUM 150; CM 112 or IN 130 - The quest for the transcendent, the search for God, has set generation after generation on a religious journey. The student explores personal accounts of religious experience for insight into the quest. The course integrates art, literature, and film with personal accounts to bring the humanistic tradition into dialogue with personal experience. The student has the opportunity to pursue her own understanding of religious experience.
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  • RL 214: Images of Jesus: Past And Present

    2.00 Credits
    Alverno College

    Prereq. FA 110; HUM 150; CM 112 or IN 130 - This course introduces the student to the life and times of Jesus of Nazareth and the myriad responses to him throughout history. Using hermeneutical frameworks, the student analyzes the Gospel traditions and writings of Paul in order to obtain a clear picture of the earliest portraits of Jesus in his Jewish context. Using the Christological Councils, the formation of creeds, and traditional teachings as frameworks, she traces the evolution of beliefs about Jesus. She studies how these beliefs have been portrayed artistically in a variety of historical and cultural settings. Finally, the course addresses contemporary questions that impact belief in Jesus.
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  • RL 250: Judaism, Christianity, And Islam

    4.00 Credits
    Alverno College

    Prereq. FA 110; HUM 150; CM 112 or IN 130 - In this course, the student explores the three monotheistic religions- Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. A third of the course is devoted to each religion, and four broad themes-monotheism, salvation, ethics, and community-are probed in each religious tradition, allowing the student to compare and contrast the three religions. In addition to being introduced to the scriptures of the three faiths (the Hebrew Scriptures, the New Testament, and the Quran), the student explores how the three faiths have developed historically and how they have interacted with each other throughout history from their beginnings down to the present.
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  • RL 251: Asian Religions

    4.00 Credits
    Alverno College

    Prereq. FA 110; HUM 150; CM 112 or IN 130 - The student has the opportunity to explore religious scriptures, rituals, art expressions, tenets, and philosophies of Asian countries, including China, Japan, Korea, and Southeast Asia, in order to gain some familiarity with the Asian world of religious meaning. Among the religions and cultures explored are Chinese Buddhism and Marxism, Shinto and various forms of Buddhism in Japan, Buddhism and shamanism in Southeast Asia, with special emphasis on Hmong and Laotian cultures. An important component of the course is an exploration of the ways that people of the above-named countries carry out their religious practices in the American context.
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  • RL 297/397/497: Independent Study

    2.00 - 4.00 Credits
    Alverno College

    Prereq. Consent of instructor - The student, with the approval of her advisor, identifies her area of special study and her learning goals. She designs her learning strategies, selects a mode of assessment, and formulates the evaluative criteria for demonstration of goal achievement.
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  • RL 310: Religious Experience: Myth And Symbol

    2.00 Credits
    Alverno College

    Prereq. Integrated Communication Level 3; one 210-level humanities/ fine arts course - The student examines the symbolic and mythical structures of religion, the nature and function of myth, and recurrent mythological themes (good and evil; birth, death, and rebirth; the individual and the community; the divine and the human). She works toward the resolution of critical questions in the theory of myth and in the ritual expression of myth in religious belief and practice. She discerns and responds aesthetically to mythical meanings in verbal and visual images. She interprets symbols through historical experience and its expressions in artistic form. And she makes judgments that lead to the development and articulation of her own theory of myth. The student who specializes in religious studies, in addition, analyzes the nature and function of the sacramental system of the Christian community as the ritual expression of its belief system. She applies the theoretical frameworks of selected systematic theologians to the sacraments as experienced in Scripture, in church tradition, and in contemporary life.
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  • RL 311: Gospels of Matthew, Mark, And Luke

    2.00 Credits
    Alverno College

    Prereq. Integrated Communication Level 3; one 210-level humanities/fine arts course - The central question of this course is "Who is Jesus of Nazareth?"The student explores this question by examining the primary sources, the gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke, each of whom has a unique view of Jesus. By confronting these diverse views, the student has the opportunity to formulate her own understanding of who Jesus is.
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  • RL 313: Moral Theology

    2.00 Credits
    Alverno College

    Prereq. Integrated Communication Level 3; one 210- level humanities/fine arts course - The student examines and evaluates a variety of frameworks for ethical decision making and their historical and sociocultural sources; she analyzes the factors that constitute ethical problems; she applies a variety of frameworks to ethical problems; and she considers the consequences of ethical decisions.
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