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  • RELS 310: Marriage and Family as Vocation- GS

    1.00 Credits
    Saint Norbert College

    This course explores the moral and religious dimensions of marriage and family, with particular attention to resources within the Catholic Christian tradition. It will attend to such questions as: What does it mean to place the marriage commitment and the wider commitment to the family in the context of a relationship to God ; What does it mean to consider marriage a vocation and sacrament : How does the vocation of marriage develop over time ; How do careers, children, aging parents and other obligations affect the marriage relationship ; What does it take to sustain a lifelong martial commitment in our culture ; and, What are the distinct characteristics and responsibilities of Christian family life
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  • RELS 312: Mission and Identity of the Church- GS

    1.00 Credits
    Saint Norbert College

    Why is Christianity essentially a social experience What makes for strong fellowship and a faith community Studied in the light of Vatican II and its search for the meaning and nature of the Church models, the course seeks to develop an understanding of the Church as community. The course aims at trying to discover why faith in a community context better fits the definition of the word Christian than a contemporary emphasis on individual experience. Spring semester.
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  • RELS 314: Ancient Israelite Theology- GS

    1.00 Credits
    Saint Norbert College

    This course will focus on the reflections about God found in the Bible, alongside central religious texts from Mesopotamia (e.g. Enuma Elish, hymns and prayers) and the primary sources for Greek and Roman religion (i.e. Hesiod's Theogony and Homer's Iliad). The course will examine criticisms of certain aspects of these religious visions by ancient intellectuals such as Plato, Cicero and, most importantly, the anonymous biblical authors who argued forcefully that the God of Moses could not be represented by any kind of figure in the limited human sphere. The course will expose students to a number of influential and classic ancient texts and interpret their varying religious claims.
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  • RELS 316: Who is Jesus

    3.00 Credits
    Saint Norbert College

    An attempt to answer the biblical question "And who do you say that I am " - central issue of theology. Looking at today's answers formulated in continuity with scripture and tradition but shaped in the light of contemporary culture and experience. Prerequisite: junior standing. Fall semester, alternate years.
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  • RELS 318: Feminist Theology- GS

    1.00 Credits
    Saint Norbert College

    This course introduces the student to feminist theology as a theology of liberation, examines its foundations in feminist theory and Christian revisionist sources and explores its contributions to the Christian, especially the Catholic, faith tradition.
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  • RELS 319: The Catholic Contribution to States

    3.00 Credits
    Saint Norbert College

    This course will explore how and why Catholics of diverse gender, race, class and religious commitment have contributed to the socioeconomic, cultural, political and intellectual development of the U.S.. The course will examine Catholics and their church from Spanish North America to St. Norbert College, from immigration to assimilation and from conflict to consensus. Fall semester, every third year.
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  • RELS 320: The Christian Tradition- GS

    1.00 Credits
    Saint Norbert College

    This course examines the history of Christianity in its theological, social and institutional dimensions, from the New Testament era to the present. This development is studied in a variety of historical and cultural contexts, presenting through representative figures and issues both continuity and diversity in Christian thought and life in the midst of society. For non-Religious Studies majors/minors only. Spring semester.
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  • RELS 321: Topics in Scripture

    3.00 Credits
    Saint Norbert College

    Critically examines scriptural themes and genres; may also concentrate on one or more biblical authors or works. Prerequisite: RELS 106. Spring semester, alternate years.
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  • RELS 322: Religious Heritage of the Hebrew Bible- GS

    1.00 Credits
    Saint Norbert College

    This course examines the origin, nature, significance and religious heritage of the Hebrew Bible as the foundation document of both Judaism and Christianity. This course studies the Hebrew Bible both as a revealed and religious scripture and as a profoundly human document. The primary focus will be on the text itself, supplemented by the use of reference, historical and interpretive (both Jewish and non-Jewish) materials.
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  • RELS 323: Biblical Hebrew

    3.00 Credits
    Saint Norbert College

    This course introduces the student to the language of the Hebrew Bible and the historical and theological methods that arise from studying the Hebrew Bible in its original language. No prior knowledge of biblical Hebrew is assumed and the course begins by introducing the Hebrew alphabet. By the end of the course, students should be able to read many prose passages in the Hebrew Bible (i.e. Genesis 15-50, Deuteronomy, 1-2 Kings) with relative ease and occasional recourse to the aid of a Hebrew-English lexicon. Alternate years. Prerequisite: Religious Studies majors.
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