Theology Courses

Additional Courses for Fall 2008:

TH210 Ethical Issues in Business and Economics
Why should we care if Steve Jobs back-dated stock options grants for Apple executives, or if hedge fund managers take home billion-dollar bonuses? Is there anything wrong with outsourcing jobs to India or Mexico? Are corporations responsible for reducing environmental waste or ending discrimination (whether based on race, sex, or religion)? Is it really a “dog-eat-dog world out there” in the business world? We’ll ask these questions (and a lot more) this fall as we study ethical issues in business and economics at the individual, corporate and systemic levels from the perspective of various theological and philosophical traditions.
Professor Erik Owens

TH371 Turning Points in Jewish History
Jewish history stretches from creation to today. This course will focus on the major turning points which shape today's Jewish world, focusing on major intellectual and theological trends, figures, and events from the development of rabbinic Judaism to the twentieth century. Through this, students will come to have a basic understanding of the outlines of Jewish religious and intellectual history, of the nature of the Jewish experience as a minority culture in the Christian and Muslim worlds, and of the shapes of contemporary Judaism.
Professor Ruth Langer

TH402 Jesus Christ: History, Tradition and Interpretation
This course will lead participants in a theological investigation of the person and work of Jesus Christ. It begins by 1) tracing in broad strokes the development of the early Jesus movement; 2) reviews post-biblical controversies and the development of christological doctrine from Arius to Chalcedon; and 3) explores the challenges posed to christology by contemporary realities, such as historical consciousness, social injustice, and cultural/religious pluralism. Students will have the opportunity to examine and critique implicit christologies in art, film, and literature.
Professor Mary Ann Hinsdale, IHM

TH510 Women Theologians of the Medieval Church
Through careful reading of primary texts in English translation, this course will explore the diverse and profound theological writings of a wide range of women in Middle Ages. The course will focus on such figures as Hildegard of Bingen, Mechthild of Magdeburg, Catherine of Siena, Julian of Norwich, and others.
Professor Boyd Taylor Coolman