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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
This course will be a historical review of the Jews from ancient days to the present. Students will tie events of the then and now, using the teachings and writings of the Jews, and they will explore the ways in which Jewish philosophies came into existence. Meets LAC outcome: AIC1. 3 crs.
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3.00 Credits
This course will explore the explanations and discussions of Jewish law, which are vital to the religious beliefs and theological positions of Judaism. Students will examine the teachings of the Talmud and the Torah. Meets LAC outcome: AIC2. 3 crs.
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3.00 Credits
The varied forms of religious meditations and practices of Eastern wisdom traditions create a beautiful mosaic from which one can discern the heart centers unique to each. A smorgasbord of meditations and practices will be studied and experienced, with the goal of enriching and enhancing the student's own spiritual practice. Meets LAC outcome: AIC4. 3 crs.
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3.00 Credits
This course will explore worldviews related to death in the Asian religions, with particular emphasis on Buddhism and Daoism. The study of these important belief systems will be approached from a historico-religious viewpoint. It will introduce the students to the subject matter in a comprehensive and interdisciplinary way. Meets LAC outcome: AIC3. 3 crs.
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3.00 Credits
This course will explore how people have conveyed elements of theology-images of God, moral notions of right and wrong, sacred stories, doctrines of faith, and so forth-across different artistic expressions over time. Artistic disciplines including architecture, painting, sculpture, music, stained glass, statuary and other forms will be studied to help students learn what these works have to say about the people, time and culture that produced them. Students will also have the opportunity to demonstrate elements of their personal theology through artistic expression. Meets LAC outcome: AIC1. 3 crs.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Topics that appeal to professional ministers, care providers, or others in the helping professions may be offered and taken as electives. Students may also select Spiritual Enrichment offerings. The student may arrange credit, CEUs, or audit. 1-3 crs.
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3.00 Credits
Christology, study of the Person of Jesus Christ as the Incarnate Word, is the foundation for Christian systematic theology. In this course, students will examine the meanings and implications of the reality of Jesus' birth in time, his life, death, and resurrection, and sending of the Spirit. In so doing participants will realize the tangible impact of the figure of Jesus the Christ on the shaping of history. Meets LAC outcome: AIC2. 3 crs.
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3.00 Credits
Today there are a number of avenues that shed light on the perennial questions around death and dying. For many people world religions serve as guideposts offering theologies of compassion to those who experience loss, grief, death, and dying. People discover what is important to them on their journey. This course explores these issues from multicultural and interreligious perspectives. Meets LAC outcome: AIC3. This course meets WID (Writing in the Discipline) outcome. 3 crs.
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3.00 Credits
This course explores and exegetes the historical and theological implications of the titles given Jesus of Nazareth. Students will focus on the social context of the early church, ancient Middle Eastern, Greco-Roman, and Christian mystical and wisdom traditions. This survey of Christology aims to understand the early communities' understanding of the Christ encounter towards the creation of a new hermeneutic. Meets LAC outcome: AIC1. 3 crs.
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3.00 Credits
This course will focus on the call, role as disciple, leader, and mystic practice of Mary of Magdala and women followers of Jesus and his mission. The course aims to provide students with exegetical skills towards the use and understanding of Scriptural Criticism from the perspective of the social world of the writers and redactors of the text. We will examine the social world and literature of the cultures that developed the oral tradition, Judeo-Christian Scriptures and ancient Gnostic writings and codexes towards an understanding and reconstruction of the image of Mary of Magdala. Meets LAC outcome: AIC1. 3 crs.
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