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TH 604 The Practice of Ministry with Youth and Young Adults: Voice, Vision, and Vocation (Fall: 3) IREPM Course See course description under the Institute of Religious Education and Pastoral Ministry. The Department TH 609 Seminar in Latin Patrology (Spring: 3) Prerequisite: One year of classical or medieval Latin. Selections from St. Jerome read in the original Latin to illustrate his role as a biblical scholar, a translator, and a mediator between eastern and western theology. Margaret Schatkin TH 612 Seminar in Greek Patrology (Fall: 3) Prerequisite: Introduction to ancient Greek Graduate students only. John Chrysostoms De providentia Dei will be read in the original Greek with careful attention to patristic philology and theology. Margaret Schatkin TH 624 The Humanity of Jesus in the High Middle Ages (Spring: 3) A scholarly commonplace holds that interest in the humanity of Jesus surged markedly in medieval Europe around the turn of the twelfth century, inaugurating the uncompromisingly Christocentric period of Western civilization (Kantorowicz). Poets, preachers, artists, monks, and theologians gave varied expression to this widespread shift in religious feeling. This course will explore this medieval Christological achievement by examining twelfth- and thirteenth-century conceptions of Christs human nature emanating from monastic, scholastic, and mystical authors. Boyd Taylor Coolman TH 629 Fundamental Moral Theology (Spring: 3) This is a study of the Christian (though predominantly Roman Catholic) moral tradition as it unfolds thematically and historically. Starting with the Scriptures and the love of God, the course moves through the patristic concern for virtue and its understanding of both Jesus Christ and the human embodied person. It then studies the penitentials, scholasticism, casuistry, the Reformation, the moral manuals, and contemporary ethics. James F. Keenan TH 630 Development of Structure of Authority in Church (Fall: 3) During the first 1500 year of its history the Christian community developed many features of a modern state, most of which endure in the Roman Catholic church today: a hierarchy of officials under one head, the Pope; a coherent body of law; and an extensive court system. This course will examine the foundation and growth of the papacy, the episcopacy, church councils, canon law, and the role of the laity and religious orders in church governance. We will read primary sources from church history to document the ecclesiology and function of these institutions, as well as the opposition they encountered. Patricia DeLeeuw TH 634 Methods and Management for Religion Teachers (Spring: 3) IREPM Course This is the course that will help the educator look at successful pedagogy for catechesis by exploring the answers to: By what methods can I successfully engage my students in faith learning and the development of their own spirituality? How can I best manage my class and the resistant student? What might I need to know regarding boundaries, commmunication skills, and school law? How can I be intentional and creative in my lesson planning? What can I draw from in popculture to excite my students to discover the relevancy of their expressions in lived faith? Jane Ayer TH 644 Foundations of Theology: A Pastoral Perspective (Fall: 3) IREPM Course See course description under the Institute of Religious Education and Pastoral Ministry. Paul Ritt TH 647 Sacraments in the Life of the Church (Fall: 3) Offered Periodically IREPM Course See course description under the Institute of Religious Education and Pastoral Ministry. Jennifer Bader TH 656 Psychological Resources for Ministry (Fall: 3) IREPM Spring Weekend Course January 19 20, 2007 Fri 4:00-9:00 p.m., Sat 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Pass/Fail See course description under the Institute of Religious Education and Pastoral Ministry. John Allan Loftus, S.J. TH 661 The Church in Scripture and Creed (Fall: 3) The first part of this course will focus on the Church as witnessed in the New Testament. The second part will focus on the Church professed in the Creed as one, holy, catholic and apostolic. Here special attention will be given to the ecclesiology of the Second Vatican Council. Francis Sullivan, S.J. TH 664 On the One God (Spring: 3) We will concentrate on Denys Turners Faith, Reason, and the Existence of God, Thomas Aquinas Treatise on the One God, and Lonergans changing conceptions of the natural knowledge of God. Frederick Lawrence TH 668 Introduction to the Theology of Thomas Aquinas (Fall: 3) This course examines Thomas Aquinas life and works, and concentrates on some of his important teachings: the relationship of faith and reason, the nature of theology, his proofs for the existence of God, his discussions of creation, the relation of nature and grace. Stepehn F. Brown TH 676 Theological Aesthetics (Fall: 3) This course will explore the dramatic, aesthetic dimension of faith. In the light of Hans Urs von Balthasars Theo-Drama, students will examine the performative character of Christian faith as a locus theologicus, wherein are integrated contemplation and action, beauty and justice. Among the issues to be addressed are: popular Catholicism as liberating, aesthetic practices; the relationship between liberation theology and theological aesthetics; theology and the arts. Robert Goizueta TH 681 Thomas Aquinas Prima Secundae (Fall: 3) This course is a textual study of the entire Prima Secundae of Thomas Aquinas Summa Theologiae. Latin is not required. James Keenan ARTS AND SCIENCES The Boston College Catalog 2006-2007 271

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