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337B. Theology of St. Thomas Aquinas. Seminar on themes and problems in the thought
of Thomas Aquinas. Consent of instructor required. Also taught as Christian Theology 337.
Instructor: Huetter. 3 units.
338. Calvin and the Reformed Tradition. The theological development of John Calvin. A
comprehensive examination of his mature position with constant reference to the theology
of other reformers. Instructor: Steinmetz. 3 units.
339. The Radical Reformation. Protestant movements of dissent in the sixteenth century.
Special attention will be devoted to Müntzer, Carlstadt, Hubmaier, Schwenckfeld, Denck,
Marpeck, Socinus, and Menno Simons. Instructor: Steinmetz. 3 units.
340. Seminar in the New Testament. Research and discussion on a selected problem in the
biblical field. Fall only. Instructor: Staff. 3 units.
341. Seminar in the New Testament. Research and discussion on a selected problem in the
biblical field. Spring only. Instructor: Staff. 3 units.
345. Catholic Moral Theology: Its History and Contemporary Issues. The development
of Catholic social and moral theory from a historical and analytical perspective. Study of the
Catholic social encyclicals as well as the casuistrical tradition. Reading of works by Rahner,
Haering, Fuchs, Schuller, McCormick, and Curran. Instructor: Hauerwas. 3 units.
348. Seminar in Theological Ethics. Philosophical paradigms and the nature of the
Christian life. Instructor: Hauerwas. 3 units.
349. Interpretations of American Religion. An opportunity for advanced students in North
American religious studies to deepen their understanding of some of the major questions in
the field. Examination of how religious history is actually written—with special attention to
the imaginative and moral motivations that enter into that process. Instructor: Wacker. 3
units.
350. Old Testament Seminar. Research and discussion on selected problems in the Old
Testament and related fields. Fall only. Instructor: Staff. 3 units.
351. Old Testament Seminar. Research and discussion on selected problems in the Old
Testament and related fields. Spring only. Instructor: Staff. 3 units.
352. Seminar in Christian Theology. Research and discussion of a selected problem in the
systematic field. Instructor: Staff. 3 units.
354. Contemporary American Religion. A seminar dealing with trends in American
religion in the twentieth century; critical assessment of primary paradigms for interpreting
American religious change, and examination of major characteristics and issues facing
American religion. Instructor: Staff. 3 units.
357. Catholic Traditions in the United States. Historical exploration of the U.S. Catholic
traditions, including Roman Catholicism, independent Catholicism, and other religions’
engagements with Catholicism, both friendly and hostile, through primary and secondary
texts and other media. Course themes include historiography of American Catholicism,
theories of Catholic difference, the new "Catholic Studies," "Catholicizing" the field of U.S.
religious history, and professional development. Instructor: Byrne. 3 units.
358. Christian Theology/Western Metaphysics. Offers an explanation of the delicate,
albeit crucial function of metaphysics in relationship to Christian theology. Also taught as
XTIANTHE 385. Consent of Instructor required. Instructor: Huetter. 3 units.
360. Special Problems in Religion and Culture. Intensive investigation of the relations of
religion and modernity, using seminal contemporary texts. Topics announced each
semester. Consent of instructor required. Instructor: Staff. 3 units.
361. Modern Historical Study of the Prophets. With in the history of scholarship on
biblical prophecy, the late twentieth-century 'turn to the book' entailed the reevaluation of
a consensus established one hundred years earlier. By tracing the trajectory of modern
critical study of the Bible's prophetic literature, contemporary interpretive debates and
theories are contextualized and illuminated. Instructor: Chapman. 3 units.
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