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- Requirements for the Music Major
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- The Music Minor
- Requirements for the Theatre & Film Major
- The Film Studies Minor (6 courses total)
- The Theatre Studies Minor (6 courses total)
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- Theology and Religious Studies in the GEP
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- Theology Major
- Theology Major Program of Study
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- Minor In Theology and Religious Studies
- Requirements For Departmental Honors
- Related Programs
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- Theology Courses
- THE 150 First Year Seminar (3 credits)
- THE 154 Faith, Justice and the Catholic Tradition (3 credits)
- THE/REL 211 Hebrew Bible (3 credits)
- THE/REL 221 Introduction to the New Testament (3 credits)
- THE 241 Introduction to Systematic Theology (3 credits)
- THE 261 Introduction to Christian Social Ethics (3 credits)
- THE 270 Special Topics in Theology (3 credits)
- THE/REL 323 Psalms (3 Credits)
- THE/REL 325 Synoptic Gospels (3 credits)
- THE/REL 326 Letters of Paul (3 credits)
- THE 331 Early Christian Thought (3 credits)
- THE 332 The New Testament and Christian Attitudes toward Jews and Judaism (3 credits)
- THE 333 Knowledge and Love of God in the Middle Ages (3 credits)
- THE 334 16th Century Protestant and Catholic Debates (3 credits)
- THE 335 Gender and Christian Spirituality (3 credits)
- THE 336 The Jewish and Christian Encounter (3 credits)
- THE 337 Jewish and Christian Interpretations of the Bible (3 credits)
- THE 338-339 The Abrahamic Peoples: Past, Present and Future (3 credits)
- THE 340 Images of Christ: Faith through Art (3 credits)
- THE 341 Jesus through the Centuries (3 credits)
- THE 342 The Uses and Abuses of Jesus in Modernity (3 credits)
- THE 343 Theology of Word and Sacrament (3 credits)
- THE 344 Theology of the Church (3 credits)
- THE 345 Evil as a Theological Problem (3 credits)
- THE 346 Theology of Salvation (3 credits)
- THE 347 Death and Rebirth (3 credits)
- THE 348 Theology and Science (3 credits)
- THE 349 The Authentic Self- Augustine, Kierkegaard and Heidegger (3 credits)
- THE 350 Rediscovering Mary (3 credits)
- THE 351 Ignatian Spirituality in the Jesuit Tradition (3 credits)
- THE 352 Recent Trends in Roman Catholicism (3 credits)
- THE 353 American Catholicism (3 credits)
- THE 354 Contemporary Religious Thought (3 credits)
- THE 355 American Religious Thought (3 credits)
- THE 356 Liberation and Political Theologies (3 credits)
- THE 357 Feminist Theologies (3 credits)
- THE 358 Faith, Justice and Jesuit Mission in Bolivia (3 credits)
- THE 359 Religion, Violence and Terrorism (3 credits)
- THE 361 Catholic Social Teaching (3 credits)
- THE 360 Religious Vision in Fiction and film (3 credits)
- THE 362 Faith and Justice: Scripture and Social Values (3 credits)
- THE 363 Ignatius and the City: Jesuit Urban Missiology (3 credits)
- THE 364 Sexuality and Catholic Morality (3 credits)
- THE 365 Christian Marriage Today: Sacred Reality or Just a Piece of Paper? (3 credits)
- THE 366 Christian Medical Ethics (3 credits)
- THE 367 Suffering and Death: Biblical, Systematic and Ethical Perspectives (3 credits)
- THE 368 Just Health Care in Developing Nations (3 credits)
- THE 369 Does God Exist? (3 credits)
- THE 370 Special Topics in Theology (3 credits)
- THE 371 Christianity and Media (3 credits)
- THE 372 Technology Ethics (3 credits)
- THE 373 Economic Ethics (3 credits)
- THE 374 War and Peace (3 credits)
- THE 378 Violence, Forgiveness and Reconciliation in Northern Ireland (3 credits)
- THE 379 Economics, Politics and the Ethics of Solidarity in Poland (3 credits)
- THE 380 Interreligious Dialogue (3 credits)
- THE 381 The Bible: Combat Zone or Common Treasure (3 credits)
- THE 384 Jews and Christians: Estranged Relatives or Total Strangers (3 credits)
- THE 385 New Ways of Thinking About the Jewish Jesus as Savior (3 credits)
- THE 392 Directed Readings in Theology (3 credits)
- THE 493-494 Independent Research Studies in Theology (3 credits)
- THE 495 Theories and Methods in the Study of Religion (3 credits)
- Religious Studies Courses
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- Directory
THE 353 American Catholicism (3 credits)
This course deals with the diverse dynamics within the life of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States with a main focus on the 19th and 20th centuries. It will study the theological development of this indigenous Catholic tradition and situate it within its broader historical and cultural context. Level 3.