1999-2000 - The University of Scranton

T/RS 334 Dr. Shapiro
Jewish and Christian 3 credits
Approaches to Ethics
A survey of Jewish and Christian
approaches to ethics and ethical problems.
This course will examine the biblical and
religious foundations of both Jewish and
Christian ethics, ethics as a human construct
and ethical case studies. Students
who take T/RS 337 may not take T/RS
334.
T/RS 335 Staff
(P, W)Judaism in the 3 credits
Time of Jesus
A study of first-century Jewish religious
sects as well as the cultural, political, and
historical setting of the Roman Empire in
which Jesus lived and preached and where
monotheism continued to develop.
T/RS 336 Fr. Rousseau, S.J.
(P)Contemporary Case 3 credits
Studies in Theology
This course attempts to develop Christian
insights into a series of specific moral
dilemmas or cases through continued class
discussion.
T/RS 337 Dr. Shapiro
Jewish Approaches to Ethics 3 credits
A survey of Jewish approaches to ethics
and ethical problems with comparisons to
other religious traditions and the writings
of secular ethicists. Students who take
T/RS 334 may not take T/RS 337.
T/RS 338 Dr. Pinches
Jesus and the Moral Life 3 credits
A study of how the life of Jesus and the
theological claims Christians make about
his person relate to the moral life.
Historical resources of the first century
will be considered as well as contemporary
writings in Christian ethics.
T/RS 339 Fr. Rousseau, S.J.
(P) An Exploration of 3 credits
Catholic Identity
This course focuses on certain characteristic
features of the Catholic experience of
Christianity. It is ecumneically sensitive
to other Christian Churches and the common
core of beliefs shared by all while at
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the same time trying to examine what is
distinctive about being Catholic. It does
so by exploring a number of key themes in
Catholic tradition, history and life. It
should be of interest not merely to
Catholic students but to others who have
wanted to be better informed about their
Catholic friends and even the mission of
the University of Scranton, in an irenic,
non-polemical context.
T/RS 400 Dr. Frein
Introduction to Old Testament 3 credits
Exegesis
An introduction to the primary methods
and problems of Old Testament interpretation:
its historical background, the theological
analysis and synthesis of major
sections, as well as the use of source,
form, and redaction criticism and such
more recently developed approaches such
as social, scientific, literary, and feminist
criticism.
T/RS 439 Dr. Steele
Psychology and Spirituality 3 credits
(Prerequisites: T/RS 121-122, PSYC 110)
This course explores selected Christian
and Buddhist traditions of spirituality as
understood by their practitioners and from
the perspective of representative theorists
or schools of Western psychology. The
course concludes by assessing positive
and negative aspects of these psychological
approaches for understanding and
evaluating spiritual experience.
T/RS 490 Staff
Topics in Theological 3 credits
Investigation
A capstone seminar required for theology
majors, recommended for minors and
available to other qualified students with
permission of instructor. Topics will vary
from semester to semester depending on
student interest and faculty expertise. The
use of primary sources and research
appropriate to the specific topic will be
emphasized. Students may take more than
one semester of this course.