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We offer courses in the Hebrew Scriptures, the New Testament, Early Christian Thought, the Major Doctrinal Themes of Christian tradition, Contemporary Philosophical and Ethical Concerns, and Religion and Culture. Whether a student chooses the Master's degree as a terminal degree or intends to pursue further academic work, we design our courses on a level commensurate with the challenges and rewards of the best academic institutions.
Please note that not all of the courses listed below will be available during
the current semester. Please check with the department as to the availability of
a particular class.
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: Summer 2009, Spring 2009, Fall 2008, Summer 2008
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 2009, Spring 2008, Spring 2007, Spring 2006
THL 7500 -
Christian Spiritualities
Description: Various Christian spiritualities; spirituality for various groups encountered in the ministry of the deacon. Intensive team-taught summer course. Restricted to Deacon Formation Programs.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
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THL 7520 -
Pastoral Care
Description: Specialized treatment of techniques and issues in the ministry of the deacon. Intensive team-taught summer course. Restricted to Deacon Formation Programs.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered:
THL 7600 -
Archaeology of the Bible
Description: A survey of archaeology, and the cultural context of people and places depicted in the Bible including plant and animal domestication and analysis, the rise of architecture and towns, interlocking economics systems, trade and industry. Lectures, field excursions and on-site orientations to applied problems. Course is offered as part of the summer biblical Archaeology Program in Israel. May be taken by graduate and qualified undergraduate students.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Summer 1999
THL 7610 -
Archaeological Techniques
Description: Daily, on-site instruction in the methods, techniques, principles, and problems of field archaeology, including excavation strategy, research plan development, excavation tactics, analytical techniques, hands-on experience in archaeological recording and surveying, plan and section drawing, the study of pottery, and analysis of finds. Course is offered as part of the summner Biblical Archaeology Program in Israel. May be taken by graduate and qualified undergraduate students.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Summer 1999
THL 7620 -
Advanced Technique
Description: Techniques of recording and analysis. Evaluation based on performance of advanced duties in the field. Course is offered as part of the summer Biblical Archaeology Program in Israel. May be taken by graduate and qualified undergraduate students.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
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THL 7630 -
Problems in Archaeology
Description: Directed research in the field of biblical archaeology, requiring a research paper on a current issue in biblical archaeology. Course is offered as part of the summer Biblical Archaeology Program in Israel. May be taken by graduate and qualified undergraduate students.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered:
THL 8000 -
Foundation Course
Description: An examination of the basic questions in the contemporary theological project: historical & hermeneutical consciousness, the question of God, religious experience, revelation & faith, the relationship between scripture & tradition, etc. Students will be introduced to contemporary theology by appropriating the various "turns" in recent thought: "the turn to the subject," "the socio-political turn," & "the symbolico-linguistic turn."
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2008, Fall 2007, Fall 2006, Fall 2005
THL 8090 -
Themes In Fundamental Theology
Description: Specialized treatment of a particular area in this field; see Department announcements.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered:
THL 8110 -
Pentateuch
Description: An examination of the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, with emphasis on the theology of Deuteronomy as the interpretive framework of the history of Israelite and Judean peoples. Relevant ancient near Eastern beliefs and customs which appear in the Pentateuchal tradition will also be considered.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2008, Fall 2005, Fall 2003, Fall 2001
THL 8120 -
Prophets
Description: The Hebrew Prophets' involvement in the political and ethical proglems of their day; their awareness of Divine Presence in history; the impact of the prophetic personality and its relevancy for our time.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2007, Fall 2006, Fall 2004, Fall 2002
THL 8130 -
Wisdom Literature
Description: An investigation of the Jewish Wisdom literature and the importance of its thought patterns for early and contemporary Christian theology.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 1995
THL 8140 -
Topics In Hebrew Bible
Description: Specialized treatment of a particular area in this field; see Department announcements.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2007
THL 8150 -
Johannine Literature
Description: The Gospel, Epistles and Apocalypse of John, and their main theological themes. Emphasis on the theology of the Word and the passion, death and resurrection accounts.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2009, Spring 2006, Spring 2003, Spring 2002
THL 8160 -
Pauline Literature
Description: The theological themes of the Pauline corpus: faith, Christology, Soteriology, Eschatology.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2008, Spring 2004, Summer 2000, Fall 1997
THL 8170 -
Synoptic Gospels
Description: The historical-critical and contemporary literary approaches to the Gospels; the theologies of Mark, Matthew and Luke.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2007, Spring 2005, Summer 2003, Spring 2003
THL 8190 -
Topics In New Testament
Description: Specialized treatment of a particular area in this field; see Department announcements.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Summer 2009, Summer 2008, Summer 2007, Summer 2006
THL 8200 -
Christology
Description: New Testament Christologies; concilar interpretations of Jesus and overview of subsequent theological tradition. Contemporary issues.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2008, Fall 2006, Fall 2004, Spring 2003
THL 8210 -
Ecclesiology
Description: The origins and development of the Ecclesia: discipleship, ministry, mission, teaching; developing a vision for the third millennium.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2008, Spring 2006, Spring 2002, Spring 2000
THL 8240 -
Sacrament in Life of Church
Description: Christian sacramentality as evident in the person of Jesus, the community of the Church, and an incarnational view of creation; the transformation of ecclesial rites under the impact of contemporary studies in symbol and ritual.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2009, Spring 2007, Fall 2002, Fall 1999
THL 8250 -
Christian Eschatology
Description: Biblical eschatology: prophetic and apocalyptic; Jesus and the symbol, Kingdom of God; later theologies of history; hope for history and hope for life eternal.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2009, Spring 2006, Fall 2001, Fall 1997
THL 8260 -
Christian Doctrine of God
Description: A critical corrective of the long hegemony of philosophical theology through the contemporary emphasis on God's Self-disclosure in the Hebrew Scriptures, and definitively, in Jesus of Nazareth; current responses to modern and contemporary critiques of theism; the contributions of transcendental Thomism, process theology, and political theology. Retrieval of the doctrine of the Trinity.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2007, Fall 2005, Fall 2003, Spring 2000
THL 8270 -
Christian Anthropology
Description: A systematic exploration of the Christian tradition on the structure of human existence: biblical images of the human; grace and salvation in Augustinian and Thomistic anthropologies; retrieval of the communal dimensions of personhood and salvation.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2007, Spring 2005, Spring 2003, Fall 2000
THL 8290 -
Themes in Theology
Description: Specialized treatment of a particular area in this field; see Department announcements.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Summer 2009, Fall 2008, Spring 2008, Spring 2005
THL 8310 -
Sources of Christ Theol Ethics
Description: Examination of classical and contemporary Roman Catholic and Protestant figures and approaches to theological ethics; interpreting and using sources such as scripture, tradition, secular disciplines of knowledge, and experience in moral reasoning and argument.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
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THL 8320 -
Catholic Theological Ethics
Description: Review and assessment of Catholic moral tradition; includes particular attention to post-Vatican II developments, currently contested moral questions, and pressing needs for future Catholic theological ethics.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
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THL 8350 -
Ethics Among The Disciplines
Description: Consideration of particular ethical issues with explicit attention to the intersections between Christian moral reflection and other disciplines of inquiry, which may include philosophy, literature, and the natural and social sciences.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
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THL 8360 -
Love and Moral Discernment
Description: The meaning of Christian love and the place of agape in Christian moral life; the inter-relations of love for God, neighbor, and self; the relation between agape and special bonds such as friendship, marriage, family, and civil/political affiliation.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
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THL 8370 -
Christ Ethics & 21st Century
Description: The meaning and implications of social justice for individuals, collectives, nations, and the environment. Issues considered include, among others: global poverty, globalization, war and peace, environmental ethics.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2009
THL 8380 -
Ethics In Liberation Context
Description: Critical and emancipatory approaches to Christian ethics in, e.g., liberation theologies, feminist ethics, and emergent contextual theologies among peoples and internationally.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
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THL 8390 -
Themes In Ethics
Description: Consideration of special ethical issues, debates, or thinkers which are not part of the regular graduate ethics curriculum.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2008, Spring 2008, Fall 2007, Fall 2006
THL 8400 -
Thought of Augustine
Description: Surveys Christian historical theology or church history. Study of key concepts in Augustine's thought.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2008, Fall 2006, Fall 2000, Spring 1999
THL 8410 -
Ancient Christianity
Description: Course in Christian historical theology or church history; focus is on particular issues, challenges or persons as illustrative of the time or area bracket.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
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THL 8420 -
Med & Early Mod Christianity
Description: Course in Christian historical theology or church history; focus is on particular issues, challenges or persons as illustrative of the time or area bracket.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
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THL 8430 -
Eastern Christianity
Description: Course in Christian historical theology or church history; focus is on particular issues, challenges or persons as illustrative of the time or area bracket.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
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THL 8440 -
Modern Christianity
Description: Course in Christian historical theology or church history; focus is on particular issues, challenges or persons as illustrative of the time or area bracket.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
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THL 8450 -
American Christianity
Description: Course in Christian historical theology or church history; focus is on particular issues, challenges or persons as illustrative of the time or area bracket.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2009
THL 8460 -
Augustinian Thought & Thinkers
Description: Course in Christian historical theology or church history; study of continuation and adaptation of Augustine's thought by his interpreters.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Summer 2009
THL 8470 -
History of Contemp Theology
Description: Course in Christian historical theology or church history; study of history of theological reflection.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
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THL 8495 -
Church in History
Description: Themes in Christian historical theology or church history; see Department announcements.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered:
THL 8510 -
Spiritualities in History
Description: Study of Christian spiritual traditions or themes (western or non-western) in ancient, medieval, early modern, modern, or contemporary times.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2009
THL 8600 -
Ecum & Interreligious Dialogue
Description: The ideal of ecumenism; factors in its realization; the emergence of religious dialogue in a pluralistic world.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 1995
THL 8700 -
Theology Among The Disciplines
Description: Intersections between theological studies and other disciplines of inquiry, for example, philosophy education, religious studies, and the natural and social sciences.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
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THL 9000 -
Directed Research
Description: In exceptional cases and for sufficient reason, a student may register for directed research, after consultation with the Director, who will decide the merits of the case.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Summer 2009, Spring 2009, Fall 2008, Summer 2008
THL 9031 -
Thesis Direction I
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Summer 2009, Spring 2009, Fall 2008, Summer 2008
THL 9032 -
Thesis Direction II
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2009, Fall 2008, Spring 2008, Fall 2007
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