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3.00 Credits
This course is a survey of Western philosophical thought with the purpose of introducing students of theology to the philosophical ideas which have had a significant influence on the development of Christian theology. NOTES: TRADITION AND CULTURE COURSE PREREQUISITE: RELI 110 OFFERED OCCASIONALLY
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3.00 Credits
This course is devoted to concentrated study in feminist theology and philosophy. Specific attention will be given to understanding the differences between feminist, womanist, and mujerista thought. NOTES: CONTEMPORARY ISSUES COURSE CROSS-LISTED WITH PHIL 242 PREREQUISITE: RELI 110 OFFERED OCCASIONALLY
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3.00 Credits
This course will develop the theological implications of the Christian doctrine of creation in light of current conversations between religion and science. The major topics of the course are: 1) a survey of the doctrine of creation, 2) theories, models, metaphors, and paradigms, 3) epistemological issues, and 4) spiritual dimensions of the doctrine of creation. NOTES: CONTEMPORARY ISSUES COURSE PREREQUISITE: RELI 110 OFFERED EVERY OTHER FALL SEMESTER
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3.00 Credits
This course examines how the Christian movements witness of faith has understood the person of Jesus the Christ from both his relationship to God and how his person is expressed as fully human. NOTES: TRADITION AND CULTURE COURSE PREREQUISITE: RELI 110 OFFERED EVERY SPRING SEMESTER
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3.00 Credits
The word "Shoah" means desolation of cosmic proportions. Auschwitz and the killing of six million Jewsfrom 1939-1945 was a "Shoah." This course examines how the "holocaust" has and should affect Christifaith and life. NOTES: TRADITION AND CULTURE COURSE PREREQUISITE: RELI 110 OFFERED EVERY OTHER FALL SEMESTER
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3.00 Credits
This course addresses the great issues of justice, both human and divine. What is justice? Does God act Justly? Can human beings act justly? This course will focus on a close and careful reading of three important primary texts: the Republic of Plato, the book of Genesis, and the book of Job. Each text provides a different perspective on the problems of justice and its relevance for forgiveness, community, religion, punishment, and natural inquiry. NOTES: TEXT AND CONTEXT COURSE OFFERED EVERY OTHER YEAR
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3.00 Credits
This course works to ask how "the three religions of the book" can live together in the same world withrespect and integrity. It examines the similarities and differences between the beliefs rituals, cultural contexts and history of the three religions. It examines how the religions are intimately related and intricately different from each other. Specifically, we will examine the risks, dangers, and benefits to be encountered when Christian faith engages the other two religions with empathy and understanding. We will examine what it means for each of these religions to determine its identity within American culture. Most importantly, the course examines how difficult it is for each tradition to listen to the other without having its own identity threatened. NOTES: TRADITION AND CULTURE COURSE PREREQUISITE: RELI 110 OFFERED EVERY FALL SEMESTER
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3.00 Credits
In Christian theological ethics, perennial discussion turns to how Christians know what they are to do. This course will take up that question with particular attention to the role of community in Christian discernment. NOTES: CONTEMPORARY ISSUES COURSE PREREQUISITE: RELI 110 OFFERED OCCASIONALLY
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3.00 Credits
Through examination of actual situations of explicit Christian ministry, both in the church and beyond the church, students will evaluate the degree to which theology is made manifest in actual human experience. NOTES: CONTEMPORARY ISSUES COURSE PREREQUISITE: RELI 110 OFFERED OCCASIONALLY
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3.00 Credits
This course is a study of theological perspectives on issues in contemporary medicine. Rigorous intellectual attention will be given to the ways in which religious practices, beliefs, and institutions form and are formed by experiences of illness, heath, and medical sciences. NOTES: PREREQUISITE: RELI 110 OFFERED EVERY OTHER SPRING SEMESTER
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