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Georgetown - Explorations in Catholic Culture

Credits: 3
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Georgetown - The Catholic Imagination

Credits: 3
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Georgetown - Catholicism and Society

This course will examine Roman Catholicism in America. While the course will survey the history and development of American Catholicism, the main focus will be a portrait of contemporary Catholicism, especially since Vatican II. It will study American Catholic relations with Rome, the changing composition of the American Catholic population, dispositions of American Catholics towards practices and beliefs, and challenges such as the decline in the number of clergy, women's roles, and ethical dilemmas the Church faces in the twenty-first century. This course satisfies one semester of the College Theology requirement. (Offered in 2005-06)
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Georgetown - Darkness and Light: Mystical Writers of the Spanish Golden Age in Translation

An in-depth study of the great Spanish mystics and near-mystics of the Counter-Reformation: St. Ignatius of Loyola, St. Teresa of Avila, St. John of the Cross, and Fray Luis de Leon. Students will analyze selected works with particular attention to the language of spirituality, questions of power and authority, the multiple dimensions of the "dark night of the soul," and the interplay of mystical traditions in Golden Age Spain. We will consider these texts as literary masterpieces, historical documents, and spiritual testimonials pertinent to modern readers. Class activities will include trips to a semi-cloistered convent and to a Carmelite monastery to meet present-day members of the order of St. Teresa and St. John of the Cross, visits to the library to see original letters of St. Ignatius and St. Franciso de Borja and first editions of St. Ignatius and St. Teresa, and lectures by guest speakers. This course satisfies one semester of the College Literature and Writing requirement. (Offered in 2005-06)
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Georgetown - Saints and the Medieval Imagination

The lives, miracles, relics, and patronage of the saints inspired a wealth of literature and artwork throughout the Middle Ages. Images of heroic piety--from spectacular portrayals of martyrdom to the depiction of aesthetic and visionary experiences--awed and captivated the imagination of medieval readers, writers, and listeners, making saints' lives one of the most widely transmitted and popular literary genres throughout the Middle Ages. They were also depicted in paintings, sculpture, and stained glass, known as the "books" of the unlettered. Modern readers have been similarly fascinated with the inspirational figures, great stories, and important historical information to be found in medieval saints' lives. This interdisciplinary course will introduce students to the medieval hagiographic corpus, explore the lives and legends of popular medieval saints, and will provide the historical contexts and theoretical tools for their analysis. Taking historicity, gender and sanctity, universal and local characteristics into account, class discussions and readings will address how medieval hagiographers and artists continually generated and revised saints' lives in order to meet the needs of their audiences. Student responsibilities will include active participation, two short response papers, and a final research project on an individual medieval saint. A semester-long course can only survey a small portion of the immense store of literary, visual, and historical material on medieval saints. During the semester, students will receive the Medieval Religion List-serve's "Saints of the day" in order to further appreciate the abundance and variety of medieval hagiography and to aid in the selection of a subject for their final projects. (Offered in 2005-06)
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Georgetown - Christians and The Holocaust (or Shoah)

This course addresses the reactions of European Christians to the Nazi persecution and killing of Jews. The course starts with an overview of the history of antisemitism throughout the centuries, and then moves to the core of the course: an exploration of the specific attitudes and actions of both Catholics and Protestants in the interwar and World War II period. In the section on Catholics and the Catholic Church, two to three weeks is spent examining the issue of the papacy and the Jews, concentrating especially on the controversy over Pius XII. Students will read some of the most important literature by the detractors and by the supporters of Pius XII so as to understand the chief arguments and the evidence offered by the two sides. Following that, the course considers the role of the Catholic clergy, the religious orders, and the laity, with particular attention to the efforts of a distinguished Georgetown professor, the late Dr. Jan Karski, sometimes known as "the man who tried to stop the Holocaust." The section on Protestants will survey the actions of the various denominations, certain key pastors, and rescue operations on the part of brave Protestant families or individuals. The course will conclude with a short survey of post-WW II efforts to clarify the historical record and improve Jewish-Christian relations. (Offered in 2005-06)
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Georgetown - Saints in Film

This course examines cinematic portrayals of Catholic sainthood. Topics include martyrdom, asceticism, evangelization, miracles, mystical experience, saints of the Holocaust, and the Virgin Mary. Films considered include Romero, Il Miraculo, Monsieur Vincent, Edith Stein, Francesco, Th?r?se, The Messenger, and others. This course satisfies one semester of the College Theology requirement. (Offered in 2005-06)
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Georgetown - Just Wars in Theory and Practice

The course presents the major principles of just war thinking and examines the problems of justification and application which arise when this tradition of moral thought is used to guide and criticize policy decisions in the contemporary world. Key issues are: noncombatant immunity, nuclear deterrence, humanitarian intervention, guerrilla warfare, terrorism. Students are expected to prepare reports on particular cases, which will also be addressed by visiting speakers. (Offered in 2005-06)
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Georgetown - Contemporary Marriage and Family

Credits: 3
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Georgetown - The Classics of Western Spirituality

This course studies some of the seminal texts that have shaped Christian spirituality from late antiquity to the twentieth century. It focuses on several of the great spiritual masters of the Catholic tradition: Augustine of Hippo, Bonaventure, Bernard of Clairvaux, Julian of Norwich, Ignatius Loyola, Meister Eckhart, Theresa of Avila, Francis de Sales and Jane de Chantal, John Henry Newman, and Thomas Merton. Using texts from the Paulist Press, Classics of Western Spirituality series, the course examines the historical, cultural, and theological developments in Christian spirituality over its long history. This course satisfies one semester of the College Theology requirement.
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Georgetown - Modern Christian Identity: The Question of Jesus and the Questions of Jesus

Two major searchlights are trained on the identity of the Christian today: the encounter with other religions with the ensuing search for the deeper nature of dialogue; and the rediscovery of the universal call to holiness through the emergence of a contemplative laity. Pope Paul VI is reported to have said that the successful implementation of the spirit of the Second Vatican Council would require a contemplative laity. The reclaiming of the contemplative dimension of the gospel and the practice of meditation from its Christian roots, in conjunction with other traditional forms of prayer, suggests the truth of this insight not just for the Catholic Church, but for Christian identity worldwide. This course will encourage students to look, objectively, at the person of Jesus in the Gospel and at his various images in Christian tradition in the light of these contemporary forces of renewal. More subjectively, they will be invited to look at their own lived response to some of the major perennial questions he raises for humanity (for example: "What do you want?" (Jn1:38), "Who do you say I am?" (Lk9:20), "Woman why are you weeping?" (Jn20:13), "Why are you so agitated?" (Lk24:38)). The power of the question and the contemplative connection between self-knowledge and the knowledge of God, as treated in my Jesus: The Teacher Within will be a running theme of the course. Fall 2003. This course satisfies one semester of the College Theology requirement. (Offered in 2005-06)
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Georgetown - Dying for God: Martyrdom in the West

Credits: 3
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Georgetown - Why Are You Angry? The Madness of Violence and the Craziness of Nonviolence

The level of violence globally is increasing even as the moral justification for it is lessening. The ancient cycle of violence is being deprived of its religious mystique and the ensuing crisis is therefore a spiritual as well as a social one. Never has it been more important that we demand total truthfulness, of ourselves and of our leaders, about the use of violence and its purpose. The course will look at the process that generates the seeds of violence in the human mind, particularly in the light of the biblical tradition but also with reference to other wisdom traditions. God's question to Cain, "Why are you angry?" will start the discussion. We will then explore the unambiguous non-violence of the teaching of Jesus and other great spiritual teachers of humanity. Is this utopian or, if not, in what way is it realizable? It is as clear that he taught non-violence, as that he was a teacher of contemplation. The course will explore the necessary but forgotten connection between these two fundamental aspects of human nature. This course satisfies one semester of the College Theology requirement. (Offered in 2005-06)
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Georgetown - Dialogue & Communion in Church Life

This course explores a vision of the Catholic Church in a pluralistic world that has roots from the beginning of Christianity, found expression in major documents and theologies of the Second Vatican Council, and is embodied in the lives of Catholics and other Christians fulfilling the mission of Christ in the contemporary world. Four perspectives on dialogue and communion constitute the major parts of the course: the nature of the church as dialogue and communion; ecumenical dialogue among Christians to end the scandal of division, restore unity and unite Christians in their mission and witness in the world; interreligious dialogue between Christians and peoples of other faiths; and the Christian community's dialogue with the world. Students will study how Christians live in relationship with all peoples and especially through the ecumenical movement and interreligious relations between Christians and peoples of other faiths. This course satisfies one semester of the College Theology requirement.
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