This course examines the contributions of Christian faith to reflecting upon, understanding, and resolving issues and ethical questions raised by revolutionary developments in the life sciences, e.g. innovation birth technologies, genetic manipulation and control, human experimentation, the prolonging of life and allocation of scarce medical resources. Prerequisite: THEO 101 and one 200-level or 300-level THEO course and PHIL 115

This course examines the contributions of Christian faith to reflecting upon, understanding, and resolving issues and ethical questions raised by revolutionary developments in the life sciences, e.g. innovation birth technologies, genetic manipulation and control, human experimentation, the prolonging of life and allocation of scarce medical resources. Prerequisite: THEO 101 and one 200-level or 300-level THEO course and PHIL 115

This course is designed to acquaint students with the contents of the Bible and with Christian history, especially in the context of the Catholic tradition. Through careful reading of a core of common texts and a variety of written assignments, students are expected to attain a basic understanding of human experience in the light of major areas of theology, including revelation, God, creation, Jesus and the Church. Note: Students who take THEO 101 during academic year 2019-2020 and who choose to opt into the new curriculum will be allowed to count THEO 101 as the first course in theology in the new core curriculum.

This course is designed to acquaint students with the contents of the Bible and with Christian history, especially in the context of the Catholic tradition. Through careful reading of a core of common texts and a variety of written assignments, students are expected to attain a basic understanding of human experience in the light of major areas of theology, including revelation, God, creation, Jesus and the Church. Note: Students who take THEO 101 during academic year 2019-2020 and who choose to opt into the new curriculum will be allowed to count THEO 101 as the first course in theology in the new core curriculum.

In August, 410AD, the unthinkable happened. The ancient city of Rome, historic capital of the Roman empire, was sacked by barbarian troops. Many pagans blamed Christians for the catastrophe, on the grounds that the recently empowered Church encouraged the legal prohibition of public worship of the gods who traditionally had protected Rome from just such a disaster. In response to this charge, St. Augustine of Hippo took up his pen and, over a thirteen year time-span, composed what would become, after the Bible itself, one of the most important books in the history of the Christian theological tradition: The City of God Against the Pagans. By the time he finished writing, Augustine’s “great and arduous work” had grown into a comprehensive assault on the entirety of pagan Roman thought and culture, and a timeless work of Christian apologetics, masterfully interweaving Scripture and Platonic philosophy. This course will guide students through the entirety of this classic text, with special attention given to the historical, political, and theological questions that the City of God continues to provoke today, almost 1600 years after it was written.