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5.00 Credits
Prerequisite: UFDN 2000. This course considers the question "How do I know what is true and how should I act on that knowledge?" It explores questions about Christian faith and practice that arise from modern developments in philosophy and science. Key themes are authority, reason, personal meaning, ethics, and love as the Christian response to God's creation and humankind. Attributes: University Core; and Upper-Division. Class open to juniors and seniors.
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5.00 Credits
This course introduces the processes and practices of Christian formation, as reflected throughout the history of the Christian church. Christian life is formed by distinctive beliefs, practices, attitudes, and virtues. Every student, regardless of religious background, will engage texts, written and non-written, ancient and modern, that foster these characteristics of the Christian life. Attribute: Foundation. Class open to freshmen and sophomores. [Back to top]
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5.00 Credits
Prerequisite: UFDN 1000. This course explores the formative role that Christian Scriptures perform within the community of believers. It seeks to introduce students to the literature and theology of both Old and New Testaments and to provide them with the necessary skills to make responsible use of Scripture as the church's principal authority in nurturing a Christian's faith and witness. Course cannot be taken for upper-division credit. May be repeated for credit 0 times. Course equivalent: UFDN 3001. Attribute: Foundation. Class not open to freshmen.
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5.00 Credits
This course is only open to transfer students who begin their studies at SPU as juniors or seniors. Explores the formative role that Christian Scriptures perform within the community of believers. It seeks to introduce students to the literature and theology of both Old and New Testaments and to provide them with the necessary skills to make responsible use of Scripture as the church's principal authority in nurturing a Christian's faith and witness. Maybe repeated for credit 0 times. Course equivalent: UFDN 2000. Attributes: Foundation; and Upper-Division. Class open to juniors and seniors.
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5.00 Credits
Prerequisites: UFDN 1000 and UFDN 2000 or 3001. This course studies the basic doctrines and practices of historic Christianity, such as the being, attributes, and workings of the Triune God; the nature, fallenness, and redemption of human beings; the character and mission of the church; the disciplines and duties of personal faith; and the hope for "last things." Attention will be given to major formative events and key persons in the history of thechurch that have helped to shape what Christians believe and how they live. Attributes: Foundation; and Upper-Division. Class not open to freshmen. [Back to top]
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5.00 Credits
Examines and discusses great works of ancient Greece and Rome in historical context, including Homer's Iliad, Thucydides? ?History of the Peloponnesian War , Plato? ? Republi c, and Virgil 's Aene id, order to consider the transition from a society based on honor. Open to University Scholars only.
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5.00 Credits
Prerequisite: USCH 1111. Examines and discusses several texts from the Middle Ages and Renaissance Europe in historical context, including Augustine's Confessions, Aquinas' s Summa Theologica, Dante's Inferno, Shakespeare' s Merchant of Venice , and Milton? ? Paradise Lo st in order to investigate ways of knowing Godthe nature of leadership, the methods of knowledge-making, and forgiveness. Open to University Scholars only.
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Prerequisite: USCH 1112. Through the lens of four problems central to modernity - evil, violence, faith/reason, and the individual in society - examines and discusses several texts of the modern period, including Descartes' Meditations, Voltaire' s Candide , Flaubert? ? Madame Bovar y, and Dostoevsky 's The BrotheKaramazov, together with selected works of music, visual art, and film. Open to University Scholars only.
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5.00 Credits
Prerequisite: USCH 1113. Examines globalization - the increasingly intertwined cultural, political, and economic ties shaping the contemporary world community - by reading texts such as Thomas Friedman's The World Is Flat, by asking how globalization is transforming the world, and by discussing a Christian response. Open to University Scholars only. [Back to top]
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5.00 Credits
Prerequisite: A college-level science course with a lab. An exploration of the relationship of science, faith, and theology from the ancient world through the early 20th century, focusing on developments in physics. Includes consideration of the question of origins. Open to University Scholars only. Attribute: Upper-Division. Class not open to freshmen.
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