2002-2003 - The University of Scranton

T/RS 331 Drs. Benestad, Pinches,
(P)Christian Ethics Bader-Saye
3 credits
This course will discuss the practice of the
Christian moral life in contemporary society.
The Christian virtues will be distinguished
and related to selected problems
arising in our lives as private individuals,
as members of families, as professionals,
and as citizens. Other topics to be treated
include: evil, sin, Christian liberty, Christian
perfection, relativism and humanism.
T/RS 332 Dr. Pinches
Christian Ethics in America 3 credits
An exploration of the discussion of
American theologians, since 1900, of the
moral, social, and political implications of
Christianity, including such concerns as
the relation between the Christian Church
and the nation-state and the status of
America as a Christian nation.
T/RS 333 Dr. Shapiro
(P, D,W)The Jewish Way of Life 3 credits
As a global introduction to Judaism this
course will examine: essential beliefs, holidays
and life ceremonies, Jewish history
and modern Judaism, especially the
Holocaust, the State of Israel and the
Coming to America.
T/RS 334 Dr. Shapiro
(P)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 Dr. Shapiro
(P, D,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.
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T/RS 336 Staff
(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
(P, D,W)Jewish Approaches 3 credits
to Ethics
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 Staff
(P)An Exploration of 3 credits
Catholic Identity
This course focuses on certain characteristic
features of the Catholic experience of
Christianity. It is ecumenically sensitive
to other Christian Churches and the common
core of beliefs shared by all while at
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.