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THL 0105 -
Understanding the Bible
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 1999
THL 0115 -
Intro to the New Testament
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 1998
THL 0120 -
Dynamics of World Religion I
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 1999
THL 0125 -
Hebrw Scrpt Post Bible Judaism
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2000, Spring 1999
THL 0215 -
Dynamics of the Church
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2000, Fall 1998
THL 0220 -
Contemp Understanding of Faith
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 1999
THL 0245 -
Christian Sacraments
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Corequisites:
Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 1999
THL 0255 -
Christian Spiritualities
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 1999, Fall 1998
THL 0260 -
Contemporary Religious Educ
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2000, Spring 1999
THL 0270 -
Women & Rel:Focus Christianity
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2003, Fall 2002, Spring 2000, Fall 1999
THL 0280 -
Learn our Spiritual Journey
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2000, Spring 1999
THL 0354 -
Liturgical Music Wmn Composers
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 1999
THL 0450 -
SEM:Faith That Does Justice
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2005
THL 1050 -
Christian Theology: An Intro
Description: An introduction to Christianity from the viewpoint of Christian theolgy, "faith seeking understanding". A theological study of the world view and core narrative of Christianity as found in its scriptures and in its traditions of practice and belief. Includes an orientation to academic study of religion and to theological method. Only one 1050/1051 course may be taken. Either is a prerequisite for all other THL classes.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2010, Fall 2009, Summer 2009, Spring 2009
THL 1051 -
Christianity in History
Description: The emergence, growth and transformation of Christianity: doctrinal developments; institutional issues; and the historical development of Christianity from its origins in the eastern Mediterranean up through its eventual world-wide expansion, with emphasis on Christianity's role in the emergence of western societies. Ways which Christian symbolism and ritual have shaped the lives of ordinary people in the Christian world. Orientation to the academic study of religion. Only one 1050/1051 course may be taken. Either is a prerequisite for all other THL classes.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2010, Fall 2009, Spring 2009, Fall 2008
THL 2000 -
Introduction to the Bible
Description: Critical analysis of biblical books; general scriptural themes; use of textual, source, form, redaction, and literary criticism.
Prerequisites: THL 1050 or HON 1825 or HON 1003 or HON 1053 or THL 1051 or HON 1827 or HON 1827
Corequisites:
Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2006, Spring 2006, Spring 2005, Spring 2004
THL 2050 -
Old Testament Survey
Description: Critical analysis of Old Testament texts. Historical and archaeological focus with attention to theory and practice o of exegesis (text, source, form, redaction, literary, narrative, rhetorical methods). Emphasis on the structure, historical development continuing vitality of texts and their contribution to the Old Testament teaching concerning Creation, Convenant, Ten Commandments, Exodus, Conquest, Prophets, apocalyptic literature, etc.
Prerequisites: THL 1050 or HON 1825 or HON 1003 or HON 1053 or THL 1051 or HON 1827 or HON 1827
Corequisites:
Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2009, Fall 2008, Fall 2006, Spring 2006
THL 2100 -
Pentateuch and Early History
Description: Moses, Abraham, Jacob, Adam and Eve, David, Solomon, Samson, Samuel and others; social, political and religious life situations of these; relevant ancient Near Eastern beliefs and customs. Prerequisite: introductory Bible course or permission of instructor.
Prerequisites: THL 1050 or HON 1825 or HON 1003 or HON 1053 or THL 1051 or HON 1827 or THL 1051
Corequisites:
Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2005, Fall 2003, Spring 2002, Spring 2001
THL 2200 -
Hebrew Prophets
Description: Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel and "the 12"; the meaningfulness of the Prophets in today's world; Hebrew Wisdom Literature; influence of Egyptian and Greek culture. Prerequisite: Introductory bible course or permission of instructor
Prerequisites: THL 1050 or HON 1825 or HON 1003 or HON 1053 or THL 1051 or HON 1827 or HON 1827
Corequisites:
Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2009, Fall 2008, Spring 2008, Spring 2007
THL 2300 -
New Testament Survey
Description: Critical analysis of New Testament texts; structure, meaning historical development, continuing vitality and application; introduction to transmission of traditions, formation of New Testament canon, use of textual, source, form, redaction, and literary methods.
Prerequisites: THL 1050 or HON 1825 or HON 1003 or HON 1053 or THL 1051 or HON 1827
Corequisites:
Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2009, Summer 2009, Fall 2008, Summer 2008
THL 2310 -
Synoptic Gospels
Description: Critical analysis of Matthew, Mark and Luke; structure, meaning, historical development, continuing vitality and application; use of textual, source, form, redaction and literary methods
Prerequisites: THL 1050 or HON 1825 or HON 1003 or HON 1053 or THL 1051 or HON 1827 or HON 1827
Corequisites:
Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Summer 2009, Spring 2009, Fall 2008, Summer 2008
THL 2320 -
New Testament Letters
Description: Critical analysis of Pauline and Catholic epistles; structure, meaning, contiuing vitality and application; use of textual redaction, and literary methods.
Prerequisites: THL 1050 or HON 1825 or HON 1003 or HON 1053 or HON 1827 or THL 1051 or THL 1051
Corequisites:
Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2008, Spring 2006, Spring 2004, Spring 2003
THL 2330 -
Johannine Literature
Description: Critical analysis of the Gospel and Letters of John: Structure, meaning, historical, development, continuing vitality and application; use of textual, source, form redacation and literary methods. Prerequisite: Introductory bible course or permission of instructor
Prerequisites: THL 1051 or HON 1827 or THL 1050 or HON 1003 or HON 1053 or HON 1825
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered:
THL 2400 -
Archaeology of the Bible
Description: Contributions of archaeology to biblical study; the cultural context of people and places depicted in the Bible explanation of archaeological methodology and history of excavations in the ancient Near East and the Holy Land; discoveries relating to the Bible. Cross listed with Honors
Prerequisites: THL 1050 or HON 1825 or HON 1003 or HON 1053 or THL 1051 or HON 1827 or THL 1051
Corequisites:
Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2010, Spring 2005, Fall 2000, Spring 1997
THL 2420 -
Women in the Bible
Description: Analysis of stories about women in the Bible: traditional and feminist readings examined; use of textual, source, form, redaction and literary methods. Diversity; cross-listed with Women's Studies.
Prerequisites: THL 1050 or HON 1825 or HON 1003 or HON 1053 or THL 1051 or HON 1827 or THL 1051
Corequisites:
Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2010, Spring 2009, Fall 2007, Spring 2007
THL 2480 -
Themes in Bible Studies
Description: Interdisciplinary approach to biblical texts.
Prerequisites: THL 1050 or HON 1825 or HON 1003 or HON 1053 or THL 1051 or HON 1827 or THL 1051
Corequisites:
Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2010, Spring 2004, Summer 1998
THL 2490 -
Bible-Advanced Topics
Description: Critical exegesis of biblical texts: use of scholarly methods of analysis. Prerequisite: Introductory Bible course or permission of instructor.
Prerequisites: THL 1050 or HON 1825 or HON 1003 or HON 1053 or THL 1051 or HON 1827
Corequisites:
Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered:
THL 2500 -
Ancient Christianity
Description: Early Christian writings, controversies, councils and events growth of Christianity from persecution to official acceptance in the Roman Empire; God, creation, evil, Jesus Christ, Church, Christian living, Holy Spirit, culture.
Prerequisites: THL 1050 or HON 1825 or HON 1003 or HON 1053 or THL 1051 or HON 1827 or HON 1827
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2009, Fall 2008, Fall 2006, Spring 2006
THL 2525 -
Miracles Mystics Monks
Description: Christianization of Europe during the Middle Ages (500-1500) conversionof the Barbarians, the cult of the saints, Monasticism, the sacraments, popular religion, the crusades Heresy and Church Reform.
Prerequisites: THL 1050 or HON 1825 or HON 1003 or HON 1053 or THL 1051 or HON 1827
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2005, Summer 2004, Fall 2001, Spring 1999
THL 2550 -
Reformation Christianity
Description: The breakdown of the Medieval Church (1500-1700) inaugurated by Martin Luther; the creation of Protestant Churches; the formation of Tridentine Catholicism; the beginning of the Englightenment.
Prerequisites: THL 1050 or HON 1825 or HON 1003 or HON 1053 or THL 1051 or HON 1827 or THL 1051
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2000, Fall 1999, Fall 1995
THL 2575 -
Christianity & Modern World
Description: Christianity from 1648 to the present; emphasis on the impact from science, philosophy, psychology, socio- political theories, and criticism.
Prerequisites: THL 1050 or HON 1825 or HON 1003 or HON 1053 or THL 1051 or HON 1827 or THL 1051
Corequisites:
Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2010, Spring 2009, Fall 2008, Spring 2007
THL 2590 -
Historical Themes
Description: Selected topics in historical theology: Religion in the Age of Romanticism; Roman Catholic Modernism; Vatican II: Evolution or Revolution.
Prerequisites: THL 1050 or HON 1825 or HON 1003 or HON 1053 or THL 1051 or HON 1827 or HON 1827
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2010, Fall 2009, Spring 2009, Fall 2008
THL 2725 -
Christian Classics I
Description: Major theological themes in classic texts of Christian History from the early church to Reformation; status and interpretation of biblical literature, grace and freedom, faith and reason, Christ and culture; texts from Augustine, Aquinas, Luther and others. Required for Majors. Restricted to majors or minors or permission of instructor.
Prerequisites: THL 1050 or HON 1825 or HON 1003 or HON 1053 or THL 1051 or HON 1827 or THL 1051
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2003, Fall 2000, Fall 1996
THL 2726 -
Christian Classics II
Description: Christian history from seventeenth century to present: hermeneutics and relation between Christian commitment and Culture; texts from diverse theological works of Kierkegaard Rahner, Teilhard, Barth, etc. Required for Majors. Restricted to majors and minors or permission of instructor.
Prerequisites: THL 1050 or HON 1825 or HON 1003 or HON 1053 or THL 1051 or HON 1827 or THL 1051
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2001, Spring 1999, Spring 1996
THL 2750 -
St. Augustine: Life & Message
Description: Historical context for the life and message of Augustine; significant theological issues, controversies and events, elements of influence.
Prerequisites: THL 1050 or HON 1825 or HON 1003 or HON 1053 or THL 1051 or HON 1827 or THL 1051
Corequisites:
Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2010, Fall 2009, Spring 2009, Spring 2008
THL 2790 -
Themes in Patristic Studies
Description: Courses of varying content in patristics offered on occasional basis.
Prerequisites: THL 1050 or HON 1825 or HON 1003 or HON 1053 or THL 1051 or HON 1827 or HON 1827
Corequisites:
Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2010, Fall 2009, Spring 2009, Fall 2008
THL 2900 -
Catholicism in U.S.
Description: The history and development of Catholicism in the United States; emphasis on understanding the present and investigating the future from the perspective of the past.
Prerequisites: THL 1050 or HON 1825 or HON 1003 or HON 1053 or THL 1051 or HON 1827 or HON 1827
Corequisites:
Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2010, Fall 2009, Fall 2008, Fall 2007
THL 2993 -
Internship
Description: Supervised experience in an approved context (e.g., social service, teaching, etc.)
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2010, Fall 2009, Spring 2009, Fall 2008
THL 3100 -
Christian Anthropology
Description: The relationship between God and the human person from a variety of view points: human origins; the purpose of life; the problem of evil and the human condition; salvation as divinization - insights and approaches of recent writers.
Prerequisites: THL 1050 or HON 1825 or HON 1003 or HON 1053 or THL 1051 or HON 1827 or HON 1827
Corequisites:
Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2010, Fall 2009, Spring 2009, Fall 2008
THL 3200 -
Understanding Jesus
Description: The historical Jesus and questions of method; christologies of the early Christian sources and councils; the later tradition of Christological reflection; comtemporary trajectories.
Prerequisites: THL 1050 or HON 1825 or HON 1003 or HON 1053 or THL 1051 or HON 1827 or THL 1051
Corequisites:
Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2009, Fall 2008, Spring 2008, Fall 2007
THL 3300 -
Church: Unity & Diversity
Description: The origins of church as community and its relation to Jesus; development of the church within history; the ministry of the bapitized and the ordained; teaching, leadership, service functions; the role of women; the church's relation to public discourse and practice.
Prerequisites: THL 1050 or HON 1825 or HON 1003 or HON 1053 or THL 1051 or HON 1827
Corequisites:
Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2007, Spring 1998
THL 3325 -
Authentic Life in Church
Description: Ecclesiological and pastoral issues in contemporary Christian community; authority and shared ministry; obstacles and future possibilities from perspective of scripture, tradition and phenomanology.
Prerequisites: THL 1050 or HON 1825 or HON 1003 or HON 1053 or THL 1051 or HON 1827 or THL 1051
Corequisites:
Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered:
THL 3350 -
Cath Cult & Cath Creed
Description: Consideration of the relationship between Catholic belief and practice as updated and applied in the light of past and present church doctrine.
Prerequisites: THL 1050 or HON 1825 or HON 1003 or HON 1053 or THL 1051 or HON 1827 or THL 1051
Corequisites:
Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 1996
THL 3400 -
Sacraments
Description: History of Christian sacraments; sacraments as celebrations of life in God; theology of worship as fulfillment of being human; present and future shapes of Christian liturgy; applications to particular sacraments, e.g., baptism, reconciliation, eucharist.
Prerequisites: THL 1050 or HON 1825 or HON 1003 or HON 1053 or THL 1051 or HON 1827 or HON 1827
Corequisites:
Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2009, Summer 2009, Fall 2008, Spring 2008
THL 3500 -
God and History's Future
Description: The process of history as a cooperative venture of divine and human activity; creation and incarnation-God's initiatives within a future-oriented process; human suffering, the cross, resurrection; human freedom and redeemed optimism; Christians critical participants in society.
Prerequisites: THL 1050 or HON 1825 or HON 1003 or HON 1053 or THL 1051 or HON 1827 or THL 1051
Corequisites:
Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2009, Spring 2001, Summer 1999, Spring 1999
THL 3550 -
Presence and Absence of God
Description: Thesism and the atheistic critiques of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; the problem of God in western culture; comtemporary retrieval of the doctrine of God as Trinity.
Prerequisites: THL 1050 or HON 1003 or HON 1053 or THL 1051 or HON 1827 or HON 1825 or HON 1825
Corequisites:
Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2009, Spring 2009, Fall 2008, Spring 2007
THL 3600 -
Christians at Prayer
Description: What Christians do or say at prayer; prayer as the dynamic of the Christian community; Jewish roots; liturgy as prayer; prayer as the ground of theology.
Prerequisites: THL 1050 or HON 1825 or HON 1003 or HON 1053 or THL 1051 or HON 1827 or THL 1051
Corequisites:
Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2008, Fall 2006, Summer 2001, Spring 2001
THL 3700 -
Catechism of the Cath Church
Description: Theological analysis of the most recent official statement (Cathechism of the Catholic Church, 1992, ET 1994) of the practices and beliefs of Roman Catholicism.
Prerequisites: THL 1050 or HON 1825 or HON 1003 or HON 1053 or THL 1051 or HON 1827 or THL 1051
Corequisites:
Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2004, Fall 2003, Fall 1997, Fall 1996
THL 3710 -
Roman Catholic Identity
Description: A critical exploration of the Roman Catholic tradition in the light of the student's personal experience; identity issues and church membership of young adults. Restricted to seniors or juniors or permission of instructor.
Prerequisites: THL 1050 or HON 1825 or HON 1003 or HON 1053 or THL 1051 or HON 1827 or HON 1827
Corequisites:
Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2010, Fall 2009, Spring 2009, Fall 2008
THL 3720 -
Apocalypse Then and Now
Description: The end of the world in present-day imagination; Christian hope/anxiety through the centuries; biblical apocalyptic; endtime views in the early church; significant figures and movements; beyond the millennium.
Prerequisites: THL 1050 or HON 1825 or HON 1003 or HON 1053 or THL 1051 or HON 1827 or THL 1051
Corequisites:
Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered:
THL 3730 -
Feminist Theology
Description: Examination of feminist theological methods and goals; theological reconstructions of Christian understandings of nature, humanity, God, sin and salvation, the church and its mission from the perspective of women's experiences.
Prerequisites: THL 1050 or HON 1825 or HON 1003 or HON 1053 or THL 1051 or HON 1827 or THL 1051
Corequisites:
Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2007, Spring 2005, Spring 2003, Spring 2002
THL 3740 -
Liberation Theologies
Description: Theologies emerging from specific struggles for liberation in Latin American, Africa, Asia, and North America; their context, content, and critique.
Prerequisites: or THL 1050 or HON 1003 or HON 1053 or HON 1825 or HON 1827
Corequisites:
Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Summer 2008, Fall 2006, Fall 2005, Spring 2005
THL 3750 -
Art and Religious Imagination
Description: Art as orchestration of transcendence; critiques of traditional images of God; role of religious imagination in society, spirituality, and sacramentality.
Prerequisites: THL 1050 or HON 1825 or HON 1003 or HON 1053 or THL 1051 or HON 1827 or THL 1051
Corequisites:
Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered:
THL 3790 -
Themes in Doctrinal Studies
Description: Current themes in the development of doctrine.
Prerequisites: THL 1050 or HON 1825 or HON 1003 or HON 1053 or THL 1051 or HON 1827 or THL 1051
Corequisites:
Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2010, Spring 2009, Fall 2008, Spring 2008
THL 3795 -
Themes in Roman Cath Studies
Description: Themes of current importance in Catholic theology or practice.
Prerequisites: THL 1050 or THL 1051 or HON 1825 or HON 1003 or HON 1053 or HON 1827 or THL 1051
Corequisites:
Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2010, Summer 2009, Fall 2008, Spring 2008
THL 3800 -
The Church in Italy
Description: Italian Catholicism; medieval and modern; doctrine, workship, spirituality, ecclesiology, pastoral care, and popular piety. Course is offered as part of the Villanova summer program in Siena, Italy.
Prerequisites: (THL 1050 or HON 1825 or HON 1003 or HON 1053 or THL 1051 or HON 1827)
Corequisites:
Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Summer 2009
THL 4100 -
Christian Ethics
Description: Christian moral commitment; current moral problems facing the Catholic; the nature of the human person; Jesus as the model and source of moral life; the development of teachings in morality and the role of the authority of the Church.
Prerequisites: THL 1050 or HON 1825 or HON 1003 or HON 1053 or THL 1051 or HON 1827 or THL 1051
Corequisites:
Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2007, Spring 2005, Spring 2002, Fall 2001
THL 4200 -
Ethics of Life and Death
Description: Explorations of selected issues in biomedical ethics (e.g., abortion, euthanasia).
Prerequisites: THL 1050 or HON 1825 or HON 1003 or HON 1053 or THL 1051 or HON 1827 or HON 1827
Corequisites:
Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2010, Fall 2009, Spring 2009, Fall 2008
THL 4300 -
Ethical Issues in Peace & Just
Description: Intensive study of one or two timely issues or problems in moral theology: Christian teaching on war, conscientious objection, pacifism, poverty, social justice.
Prerequisites: THL 1050 or HON 1825 or HON 1003 or HON 1053 or THL 1051 or HON 1827 or HON 1827
Corequisites:
Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2006, Summer 2004, Summer 2003, Summer 2002
THL 4310 -
War and Morality
Description: Just war, pacifism, and feminist critique--three Christian traditions of relfection on ethics and warfare; conflice and overlap across these traditions; close examination of historical illustrations of the conduct of war.
Prerequisites: THL 1050 or HON 1825 or HON 1003 or HON 1053 or THL 1051 or HON 1827 or HON 1827
Corequisites:
Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2008, Summer 2008, Fall 2007, Fall 2006
THL 4320 -
Christ. Social Teachings
Description: Historical and systematic examination of major modern Christian movements in social ethics, e.g., the Social Gospel, Christian realism, Catholic social thought; the relevance of these schools to current reflection on war and peace, justice and injustice.
Prerequisites: THL 1050 or HON 1825 or HON 1003 or HON 1053 or THL 1051 or HON 1827 or THL 1051
Corequisites:
Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2000
THL 4330 -
Christian Environmental Ethics
Description: Examine foundational theological issues and major christian thinkers on the environment; in-depth study of synthetic chemical, agriculture, and treatment of animals; and weekly class discussions on various practical topics in environmental ethics.
Prerequisites: THL 1050 or THL 1051 or HON 1003 or HON 1053 or HON 1825 or THL 1827 or HON 1827
Corequisites:
Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2009, Summer 2009, Fall 2008, Spring 2008
THL 4340 -
Ethics, Justice and the Family
Description: Interdisciplinary investigation of the moral and theological importance of the family in Christian ethics; traditional and revisionist approaches to sexuality and marriage; the family as a school for justice and virtue.
Prerequisites: THL 1050 or HON 1825 or HON 1003 or HON 1053 or THL 1051 or HON 1827 or THL 1051
Corequisites:
Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2005, Spring 2003, Fall 2001, Fall 1999
THL 4350 -
Serv Learng Charity/Solidarity
Description: The integration of action and critical reflection; U.S. proverty, hunger, and homelessness: its victims, roots, and remedies; the Christian moral imperative to love the neighbor; service, advocacy and solidarity (15 hours of service required) Permission of instructor
Prerequisites: THL 1050 or HON 1825 or HON 1003 or HON 1053 or THL 1051 or HON 1827
Corequisites:
Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2005, Fall 2004, Spring 2004, Fall 2003
THL 4400 -
Christian Marriage
Description: Christian marriage in the 20th century; scriptural, historical, legal, and moral issues; preparations for the wedding liturgy and Christian married life.
Prerequisites: THL 1050 or HON 1825 or HON 1003 or HON 1053 or THL 1051 or THL 1827 or HON 1827
Corequisites:
Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2010, Fall 2009, Spring 2009, Fall 2008
THL 4500 -
Christian Spirituality
Description: The Christian spiritual experience through the centuries.
Prerequisites: THL 1050 or HON 1825 or HON 1003 or HON 1053 or THL 1051 or HON 1827 or THL 1051
Corequisites:
Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2009, Spring 2006, Spring 2004, Summer 2003
THL 4600 -
Global Poverty & Justice
Description: Promoting equitable, sustainable development: Challenges and choices; Colonialism, trade, aid, investment, population, consumption, militarism, race and gender equality, ecology.
Prerequisites: THL 1050 or THL 1051 or HON 1003 or HON 1053 or HON 1825 or HON 1827
Corequisites:
Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2009, Fall 2008, Spring 2007, Fall 2006
THL 4650 -
Service Learning Practicum
Description: Service or immersion experiences as an integral part of certain Theology/Religious studies courses. The practicum integrates the participation requirements for the field experience with the academic requirements (readings, research paper, project, etc) set by the instructor. Permission of the instructor.
Prerequisites: THL 1050 or THL 1051 or HON 1003 or HON 1053 or HON 1825 or HON 1827
Corequisites:
Credit Hours: 1.0
Last Offered: Fall 2009, Spring 2009, Fall 2008, Spring 2008
THL 4690 -
Themes: Christian Living
Description: Selected topics in christian living.
Prerequisites: THL 1050 or HON 1825 or HON 1003 or HON 1053 or THL 1051 or HON 1827 or THL 1051
Corequisites:
Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2010, Fall 2009, Spring 2009, Fall 2008
THL 5100 -
Heritage of Judaism
Description: Development of the religious tradition of the Jewish people; the Torah, the Talmud and other commentaries; Jewish ideals in ethnic literature.
Prerequisites: THL 1050 or HON 1825 or HON 1003 or HON 1053 or THL 1051 or HON 1827 or HON 1827
Corequisites:
Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2010, Fall 2009, Spring 2009, Fall 2008
THL 5150 -
Introduction to Islam
Description: Islam: history and development; beliefs and rituals; sects and intellectual movement. Diversity, Africana Studies, concentration or minor in Arab/Islamic Studies
Prerequisites: THL 1050 or HON 1825 or HON 1003 or HON 1053 or THL 1051 or HON 1827
Corequisites:
Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2010, Fall 2009, Spring 2009, Spring 2008
THL 5160 -
Islamic Mysticism
Description: Islamic Mysticism: sources; development and principles; contribution and influence; cross list with Philosophy. Diversity, concentration or minor in Arab/Islamic Studies.
Prerequisites: THL 1050 or HON 1825 or HON 1003 or HON 1053 or THL 1051 or HON 1827 or THL 1051
Corequisites:
Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2007, Spring 2005, Fall 2003, Spring 2000
THL 5170 -
Islamic Philosophy & Theology
Description: Islamic relationalism and the crisis of moderate and con- servative Muslim theologians; the dialectical struggle between Islamic philosophy and theology. Cross listed with Philosophy. Diversity, concentration or minor in Arab/ Islamic Studies.
Prerequisites: THL 1050 or HON 1825 or HON 1003 or HON 1053 or THL 1051 or HON 1827
Corequisites:
Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2010, Spring 2009, Spring 2008, Fall 2004
THL 5180 -
Islamic Political Thought
Description: Integration of Islamic philosophy, religion, political science and history; the state in pre-Islamic Arabia, the Qur'anic concept of the state, the crisis of succession, Muslim theorists, revival and reform. Cross listed with Philosophy. Diversity, concentration or minor in Arab/ Islamic Studies.
Prerequisites: THL 1050 or HON 1825 or HON 1003 or HON 1053 or THL 1051 or HON 1827 or THL 1051
Corequisites:
Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2009, Fall 2006, Spring 2003, Fall 2000
THL 5190 -
Problem of Evil
Description: Formulations of the problem and historical attempts to solve it. Diversity, medieval Philosophy, concentration or minor in Arab/Islamic Studies.
Prerequisites: THL 1050 or HON 1825 or HON 1003 or HON 1053 or THL 1051 or HON 1827 or THL 1051
Corequisites:
Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2007, Fall 2005, Spring 2001, Spring 1999
THL 5260 -
Mysticism: East & West
Description: A comparison of non-institutional forms of religion through the mystical texts from the Indian, Chinese, Buddhist and Christian traditions.
Prerequisites: THL 1050 or HON 1825 or HON 1003 or HON 1053 or THL 1051 or HON 1827 or THL 1051
Corequisites:
Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2010, Spring 2008, Spring 2006, Fall 2002
THL 5270 -
Rel in India & S E Asia
Description: The doctrinal and social history of the religious traditions of India and Southeast Asia: Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Islam and Sikhism; the role of these religious in con- temporary Indian and Southeast Asian societies.
Prerequisites: HON 1825 or THL 1050 or HON 1003 or HON 1053 or THL 1051 or HON 1827 or THL 1051
Corequisites:
Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2009, Spring 2007, Fall 2005, Fall 2003
THL 5280 -
Rel in China & Japan
Description: The doctrinal and social history of the religious traditions of East Asia: Confucianism, Taoism, Shinto, Buddhism; popular religion and state cults; the role of these religions in contemporary Asian societies.
Prerequisites: HON 1825 or THL 1050 or HON 1003 or HON 1053 or THL 1051 or HON 1827 or HON 1827
Corequisites:
Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2010, Fall 2008, Fall 2006, Fall 2004
THL 5285 -
Buddhist Tradition
Description: The doctrinal and social history of Buddhism: its origins in India, its current forms in Central, East and Southeast Asia; the role of Buddhism in contemporary Asian societies.
Prerequisites: THL 1050 or HON 1825 or HON 1003 or HON 1053 or THL 1051 or HON 1827 or THL 1051
Corequisites:
Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2009, Fall 2007, Spring 2006, Spring 2004
THL 5300 -
East Christian Life & Thought
Description: The historical and theological developments of the Eastern Christian tradition, relationship with other contemporary religious traditions.
Prerequisites: THL 1050 or HON 1825 or HON 1003 or HON 1053 or THL 1051 or HON 1827 or THL 1051
Corequisites:
Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered:
THL 5400 -
Science & Religion
Description: The interaction of science and religion from Galileo to the contemporary period. Theological implications of recent developments in the natural sciences.
Prerequisites: THL 1050 or HON 1825 or HON 1003 or HON 1053 or THL 1051 or HON 1827
Corequisites:
Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2009, Spring 2007, Fall 2002, Spring 2001
THL 5500 -
One Church, Many Churches
Description: The issues that divided Christians in the past; developments in the major traditions since the divisions; factors which may aid in the reunion of Christians; confront issues at this time.
Prerequisites: THL 1050 or THL 1051 or HON 1003 or HON 1053 or HON 1825 or HON 1827 or THL 5100
Corequisites:
Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2009, Spring 2008
THL 5510 -
Religion in Russia
Description: The history, mind, spirit and life of Russia Orthodoxy; its influence in its adherents in the modern, complex and pluralistic world. (3 cr) Diversity; Russian Concentration.
Prerequisites: THL 1050 or HON 1825 or HON 1003 or HON 1053 or THL 1051 or HON 1827 or THL 1051
Corequisites:
Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2009, Spring 2009, Fall 2008, Fall 2007
THL 5700 -
Black Religious Experience
Description: Black religious experience and heritage; African and Afro-American perspectives.
Prerequisites: THL 1050 or HON 1825 or HON 1003 or HON 1053 or THL 1051 or HON 1827 or THL 1051
Corequisites:
Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2007
THL 5800 -
Religion and Literature
Description: Religious attitudes and experience in contemporary literature.
Prerequisites: THL 1050 or HON 1825 or HON 1003 or HON 1053 or THL 1051 or HON 1827 or THL 1051
Corequisites:
Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2010, Fall 2009, Fall 2008, Summer 2008
THL 5820 -
Rel & Ed in America
Description: The role of religion and education in the formation of American culture; historical perspectives on Catholic and Protestant strategies in the education of the public; contemporary issues of religious pluralism and the search for the common good; religion and education in a culture of disbelief. (3 cr)
Prerequisites: THL 1050 or HON 1825 or HON 1003 or HON 1053 or THL 1051 or HON 1827 or THL 1051
Corequisites:
Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered:
THL 5840 -
Feminist Ethics
Description: Theories of moral development and the cultural construction of identity; impact of women's says of being and knowing on ethical decision making. (3 cr) Diversity; Women Studies.
Prerequisites: THL 1050 or HON 1825 or HON 1003 or HON 1053 or THL 1050 or HON 1827 or THL 1051
Corequisites:
Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered:
THL 5850 -
Women in Rel & Society
Description: Examination of women's experiences in religious traditions with special emphasis on Christianity. Diversity, Women's Studies.
Prerequisites: THL 1050 or HON 1825 or HON 1003 or HON 1053 or THL 1051 or HON 1827 or HON 1827
Corequisites:
Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2009, Spring 2009, Spring 2008, Fall 2007
THL 5900 -
Religion & Psychology
Description: Attempts of James, Freud, Jung, Fromm, Allport, Maslow, Erikson and others to relate religion and psychology.
Prerequisites: THL 1050 or HON 1825 or HON 1003 or HON 1053 or THL 1051 or HON 1827
Corequisites:
Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 1999, Fall 1998, Spring 1997, Summer 1996
THL 5950 -
Death and Dying
Description: Psychological, philosophical, and theological contributions to the search for meaning regarding dying, death, and belief in afterlife; practical issues; biblical perspectives; the views of other religions; contemporary Christian theological reflections.
Prerequisites: THL 1050 or HON 1825 or HON 1003 or HON 1053 or THL 1051 or HON 1827
Corequisites:
Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2009, Spring 2009, Summer 2008, Summer 2007
THL 5990 -
Ecumen & Cultural Studies
Description: Courses of varying content of ecumenical and cultural studies offered on an occasional basis.
Prerequisites: THL 1050 or HON 1825 or HON 1003 or HON 1053 or THL 1051 or HON 1827 or HON 1827
Corequisites:
Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2010, Fall 2009, Spring 2009, Fall 2008
THL 6400 -
Independent Study
Description: Permission of chairperson required.
Prerequisites: THL 1050 or HON 1825 or HON 1003 or HON 1053 or THL 1051 or HON 1827 or HON 1827
Corequisites:
Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2010, Fall 2009, Summer 2009, Spring 2009
THL 6500 -
Advanced Seminar
Description: Special topic in theology that includes a research paper that critically integrates the student's study of the discipline of theology. Course is open to Theology Majors and Minors and Graduate students with the approval of the Director of Graduate Studies in Theology.
Prerequisites: THL 1050 or THL 1051 or HON 1053 or HON 1825 or HON 1827 or HON 1003 or HON 1003
Corequisites:
Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2010, Spring 2009, Spring 2008, Spring 2007
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