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This lecture/reading course gives students insight into the modern development of Catholic theology in America and what makes it specifically American.Discussion/analysis covers the work of Gustav Weigel, John Courtney Murray, George Tavard, Frank Sheed, Walter Burghardt, and Robley Whitson.Formerly listed as RS 138.Three credits.
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This course examines the foundations and elements of a spirituality of everyday life from a lay perspective.It considers issues related to the spirituality of university life and to one's broader, future developmental calling on personal, spiritual, and professional levels.Themes of the course include historical overview of Christian spiritual traditions; key theological foundations such as creation, incarnation, doctrine of the Holy Spirit, grace, priesthood of all believers, action, and contemplation; exploration of the practical implications of such a spirituality; and reflection on action for justice.Three credits.
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3.00 Credits
For this course description, see SO 151 in the sociology section of this catalog.Three credits.
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3.00 Credits
What has it meant and what does it mean today to be a Jew in America Viewing Judaism and Jewishness as inseparable from one another, Jews remain a distinct though by no means homogeneous religious and ethnic group in American society.This course explores the religious, cultural, social, economic, and political diversity among American Jews as well as distinctive beliefs, concerns, and experiences that continue to unite them.The course gives special attention to issues concerning immigration, acculturation, gender, and Black-Jewish relations. This course meets the U.S. diversity requirement. Three credits.
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The course examines the complexity and horror of the Holocaust and its contemporary historical, moral, theological, and political implications.Was the attempted annihilation of European Jewry an historical aberration in German politics or did it represent an eruption of psychic, social, and religious malignancies embedded in Western civilization Was the Holocaust unique Could it have been prevented And, in light of the Holocaust, what does it mean to speak of faith, either in God or in humanity Formerly listed as RS 144.Three credits.
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3.00 Credits
This course investigates the religious perspectives of the major biblical units, Torah, prophets, and writings as they embody themes that define Judaism and Christianity, employing all contemporary methods of biblical criticism.This course helps students define a form of spirituality from an understanding of these classic texts.Three credits.
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This course studies the major prophetic voices of the Hebrew and Christian scriptures, concentrating on each prophet's unique vision of God and of the requirements of justice.The course blends these themes with the later apocalyptic consciousness, which demands rectification of the wrongs of hatred and injustice, and offers hope for a better future.Three credits.
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3.00 Credits
The Dead Sea Scrolls have rightly been called the greatest manuscript discovery of the twentieth century.Discovered in 1947, they have made a tremendous impact on how scholars today understand Judaism and Christianity in antiquity.Our examination of the community, texts, and archeology of the Dead Sea Scrolls will begin with a study of the Second Temple Period (520 BCE - 70 CE), one of the most important in the history of Judaism.This course will examine the political, social, and theological developments of this period so that the community of the Dead Sea Scrolls and their writings may be situated within their proper context.Students will learn to read primary texts closely and secondary texts critically as they consider the influence and relationship between texts and their community.Three credits.
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3.00 Credits
The course explores Christianity's emergence from an evolving Judaism during a historical period when Greek influence was intense, factions struggled for ascendancy, and new forms of literature captured the prevailing moods.Study begins with the Maccabean movement (167 B.C.E.) and traces the pattern of events and thought to the year 90 C.E.by examining the culture and distinctive literature of that period.The course studies the teachings of Jesus and those who followed him, understood in this cultural context, through the gospels they produced, giving particular emphasis to the study of the gospel of Luke as reflective of a new openness to the gentiles of the contemporary Greco-Roman world.Formerly listed as RS 157.Three credits.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the texts and recurring themes of the writings attributed to Paul, with particular emphasis on Paul's treatment of ethical situations, community, and religious experience.Formerly listed as RS 160.Three credits.
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