Concentration: Augustine in Dialogue with Faith and Culture

Chair: Dr. Thomas W. Smith
Office: 304 St. Augustine Center
Tel. (610) 519-7300
Website: http://www.villanova.edu/artsci/augustinianconcentration/

This is an interdisciplinary program, open to all students in all degree programs.

Students must complete the required 18 hours for the concentration in addition to fulfilling the requirements of their major. They will maintain a portfolio of all the papers they have written throughout their course of studies in the Concentration. At the end of their first semester senior year, they will undergo an oral exam which both reviews the course material they have taken thus far, as well as lays the groundwork for the research they will undergo in their capstone experience. The oral examination will be administered by three professors: the Director of the Concentration, and two professors who have taught them during their course of studies for the Concentration.

COURSES
Category A: Select two courses from category A. these must be selected from different disciplines.
HIS 3019 Fall of Rome: Augustine and His World
PHI 3100 An Introduction to St. Augustine
PHI 3120 Augustine in the Western Tradition
THL 2500 The Formation of Tradition: Ancient Christianity
THL 2750 St. Augustine: Life and Message

Category B: Select three courses from one of the tracks.

Track 1: Theological/Philosophical Themes
HUM 3000 Catholic Imagination
HUM 3180 Faith and Reason
HUM 4350 Problem of Love
PHI 2400 Social and Political Philosophy
PHI 2410 The Ethics of War
PHI 2500 History of Ancient Philosophy
PHI 2510 History of Medieval Philosophy
PHI 3100 Introduction to St. Augustine
PHI 3120 Augustine in Western Thought
PHI 3130 Augustine and the Existentialist Tradition
PHI 3310 Philosophy of Religion
PHI 3500 Freedom
PHI 3700 Philosophy of History
THL 2500 Ancient Christianity
THL 2525 Reformation Christianity
THL 2590 Historical Themes
THL 2725 Christian Classics I
THL 2726 Christian Classics II
THL 2750 St. Augustine: His Life and Message
THL 2790 Themes in Patristic Studies
THL 3100 Christian Anthropology
THL 3500 God and History’s Future
THL 3700 Catechism of the Catholic Church
THL 4310 War and Mortality
THL 4320 Christian Social Teachings
THL 4330 Theology, Ethics, and the Christian Tradition
THL 4500 Christian Spirituality

Track 2: Historical
HIS 2280 Catholic Church in America
HIS 3018 Pagans, Jews, and Christians
HIS 3019 Fall of Rome: Augustine and This World
HIS 3101 Early Medieval History
HIS 3118 Religion Poverty in the Middle Ages
HIS 3131 Reformation
HIS 3142 Enlightenment

Track 3: Social/Political
PJ 2600 Catholic Social Teaching
PJ 3300 Modern Peacemakers
PJ 3400 War and Morality
PJ 5400 Ethics, Justice, and the Family
PHI 2410 The Ethics of War
PSC 6000 Early Political Theories
PSC 6140 Theories of Religion and Politics
SOC 2100 Cultural Anthropology
SOC 2600 Sociology of Religion
THL 4100 Christian Ethical Traditions and Contemporary Life
THL 4310 The Social Teachings of the Christian Churches
THL 4330 Theology, Ethics, and the Christian Tradition
THL 4400 Christian Marriage

Category C: Required Senior Seminar
This is an interdisciplinary capstone course that reflects the ongoing dialogue between faith and culture.