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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
3 credits Students survey examples of texts from the Pauline, Catholic and Pastoral Epistles, the Gospels and Acts; Hebrews and Revelation are also introduced. Working with the interpretive strategies gained in TH210 Introduction to Old Testament, students begin to assess the dynamics of interpretation through the completion of an exegetical paper. Prerequisite: TH210.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits Students will consider the history, theology, and practice of the Christian sacraments as they address the questions of ritual, celebration, worship, and initiation. The course will also examine general principles of liturgy and ritual, as well as guidelines for planning and implementing pastorally effective liturgy.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits This course explores the set of Catholic Christian doctrines and interpretation surrounding the question "what does it mean to be a human person?": for example, the creation to the image of God,sin, redemption, sacramentality, and vocation. There will be a focus on modern questions of the mind, conscience, embodiment, gender, and sexuality. Prerequisite: TH112, TH113, TH114, or TH115.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits This course is an introduction to Catholic theology that explores fundamental doctrines, e.g., the Triune of God, the creation of the cosmos and humanity, sin, grace, salvation, sanctification, and sacramental imagination. Students will attend to the development of these creedal doctrines building on their biblical understanding of how these doctrines frame the human experience through a coherent system of thought, which addresses the challenges that modernity and post-modernity pose to the Christian world view. Students who have taken TH209 should not take this course. Prerequisite: TH112, TH113, TH114, or TH115.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
1-3 credits Field exploration experiences offer students who are considering a major in the department the opportunity to explore a variety of pastoral and theological ministries in a supervised setting. More limited in scope and time than an internship, field exploration involves mainly observation of ministry and is coordinated through the Internship office. Sophomore status and permission of the department are required. Graded pass/no credit.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits Through comparison and contrast, students define and articulate how the Christian, especially Roman Catholic, world view relates to those of others. Prior to such comparisons students focus on being able to articulate the basic world view of several mainstream religions: Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism and the religions of the Far East, especially Shinto, Dao and Confucian thought. Prerequisite: TH112, TH113, TH114, or TH115.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits This course will acquaint students with the modern history and current application of Catholic social teaching, focusing on the themes of economics and work, life and death, and war and peace issues. Students will engage both primary and secondary literature and examine how Christians critically think through social issues. A service learning component is offered. Prerequisite: TH115 or TH209.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits As the foundational class in moral theology, this course addresses the different moral theologies in the Catholic tradition, from Scriptural ethics to natural law. Contemporary issues are addressed as a means of explicating schools of ethical method and applying moral reasoning. Prerequisite: TH112, TH113, TH114, or TH115.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits Defining moments in Catholic tradition from earliest Catholicism up to the First Vatican Council (1869-70) are investigated. Official Catholic teachings, major thinkers and cultural movements are considered for their insights into Christian faith and human development. Prerequisite: TH115 or TH209.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits After establishing familiarity with the history and texts of the Second Vatican Council (1962-65), students will consider theological and pastoral thought from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Special attention will be paid to ecclesiological innovations concerning lay and clerical leadership, the local and universal Church, as well as the universal call to holiness and justice. Prerequisite: TH115 or TH209.
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