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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
This course provides an account of the history of the Christian church from the Protestant Reformation to the present day. The focus is upon the theological developments that characterize the various strands of Christian tradition in the modern period, and the major figures and groups that are representative of them.
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3.00 Credits
This course begins the systematic study of the Christian faith as articulated in the Nicene Creed. This course focuses on the First Article, which includes Trinity, the divine attributes, the doctrine of creation, the nature of the human person (theological anthropology) and the God/World relationship.
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3.00 Credits
This course continues the systematic study of Christian faith by focusing on the Second Article of the Nicene Creed, which includes the person of Jesus Christ (Christology), sin (hamartiology) and salvation (soteriology)
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3.00 Credits
This course concludes the systematic study of the Christian faith by focusing on the Third Article of the Nicene Creed, which includes the Holy Spirit (pneumatology), the church (ecclesiology), sacraments and the Last Things (eschatology).
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3.00 Credits
This course examines theology as a spiritual discipline, an act of worship undertaken by the Church in service to God for the sake of the world. The focus is upon the affective dimension of the theological enterprise. Major figures and systems of spiritual formation will be examined, such as Hesychasm, Ignatian spirituality and other monastic forms.
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3.00 Credits
This course is an investigation into the nature and role of philosophy in religion, the relationship of faith and reason, the use of religious language, of the arguments for and against the existence of God, and the clarification and defense of the attributes of God in a particularly Christian theistic perspective.
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3.00 Credits
This course is a survey and evaluation of various ethical systems and representatives of those systems from within a Christian framework. Emphasis will be placed on, but is not limited to, Aristotle, Augustine, Aquinas, the Utilitarians, Kant and a study of various issues in meta-ethics and normative ethics, as well as an investigation of ethical decision-making and case studies. The cases will potentially cover various topics currently being debated in ethics, e.g., abortion, euthanasia, genetic engineering, infanticide, surrogate motherhood, business ethics, environmental issues, etc.
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3.00 Credits
This course is a study of various issues that arise in the potential integration of science and Christian theology (e.g. models of integration, the distinctness of religion, relationship of scientific methodology to theological methodology, the range of positions in the creation/evolution debate) as well as an investigation of selected topics in philosophy of science relevant to a Christian perspective (e.g., the realist/antirealist debate, the nature, formation, use, and confirmation of scientific laws and theories, scientism and the assumptions and limits of science).
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed as a rotating topical course that will examine the major works of influential modern theologians. To be included are such major figures as Karl Barth, Wolfhart Pannenberg and Jⁿrgen Moltmann.
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to provide the organized research for the forthcoming master's thesis. A proposed thesis topic and a research bibliography will be developed in concert with the thesis advisor. The final product of the course is an annotated bibliography of the research materials and an outline of the thesis and a projected writing schedule.
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