TH 325 Perspectives on Church
This course will introduce students to a theological, historical, and ecumenical understanding of the Christian Church with a Catholic emphasis. It explores selected patristic, medieval, reformation and contemporary texts (Catholic, Protestant, and Orthodox) to uncover what ecclesiae has meant and means for Christian theology and diverse Christians today. Course content relies primarily upon primary texts, close reading and interpretation. Students will study ecclesiology as seen by individual theologians and conciliar documents. Church self-understanding, organization, and doctrine leading up to the Second Vatican Council and beyond will be explored.
Prerequisite
One course in theology
Offered
As needed
Notes
Area of Investigation Fulfilled:
Theology