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THEOLOGY (THEO)
Chair: Terrence Reynolds (202) 687-4610
Department of Theology website
PRE SESSION (May 19-June 13)
Religion in America
Steenhuisen
THEO-046-01
M-F 10:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
3 cr.
This course will examine religious motifs in American history and contemporary society, with an emphasis on: the faiths of the founders, conceptions of America as "the kingdom of God," biblical themes, theocracies, "social gospel," and religious freedom and its constitutional constraints. While "mainline" Protestantism has provided the theological foundation for much of American religious life, our examination of Native American religions and indigenous sectarian movements will deepen our understanding of the vibrancy of Religion in America.
FIRST SESSION (June 2-July 3)
The Problem of God
Sanders
THEO-001-10
MTWR 1:30-3:30 p.m.
3 cr.
This course examines the religious dimension of human experience. It focuses especially on questions about the existence and nature of God, but also on such issues as the problem of evil and the challenge of religious pluralism. Careful reading and writing are stressed.
Religion and Autobiography
Ruf
THEO-127-10
MTWR 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
3 cr.
A description of one's life is also a creation of that life and, in addition, provides a model through which readers can imagine their own lives. According to this theory, then, autobiographies are religious per se by offering, as Lynda Sexson says, ways of imagining ourselves. This course will examine a variety of autobiographies in order to see more clearly the principles of selection (what is presented as the "life"?), the forms the lives are given (narrative? poetic? dramatic?), and the consequences of the choices made. Attention will also be paid to how the class members conceive of their own autobiographies--the shapes of their own lives.
SECOND SESSION (July 7-August 8)
Introduction to Biblical Literature
Pilch
THEO-011-20
MTWR 1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
3 cr.
This course introduces biblical literature in the variety of its forms and functions. The method followed in the survey of biblical books is primarily socio-historical, with attention to literary questions. The first half of the course will be devoted to the study of the Old Testament as seen in relation to the history, culture, and religion of the ancient Near East. The second half of the course will look at the New Testament in its Greco-Roman milieu. Such a general introduction to biblical literature requires that the texts studied be selected and, therefore, not all biblical books can be included. Nevertheless, a representative sampling of biblical literature will be studied.
Students will be guided in reading the Bible as the word of God in human words. The hand-outs (on the on-line syllabus) and required books lead the reader through specific passages of the Old and New Testaments (the Bible) and introduce the Middle-Eastern cultural world and values that are reflected in the Bible (Pilch's books). Videos and occasional handouts bring this ancient Middle-Eastern world to life so that contemporary (especially western) students can meet and learn to understand these culturally different people. Cross-cultural strategies for interpreting the Bible help the reader draw from it inspiration and guidance for life in the modern world.
Portraits of Jesus in the New Testament
Mitchell
THEO-159-20
MTWR 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
3 cr.
While the New Testament, in general, affirms that "there is one Lord," its writers have left us several different pictures of Jesus. This course will consider the ways various New Testament authors have nuanced their images of Jesus to present him as the Christ to Christian communities of their day. Time will be devoted to studying the Jesus of the Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, and the Letters of Paul. The course also examines the recent renewed interest in the historical Jesus.
God and Gender
Lamm
THEO-161-20
MTWR 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
3 cr.
THIS COURSE HAS BEEN CANCELLED
SPECIAL SESSION (June 16-June 20)
The 45th Annual Institute on Sacred Scripture
Director: Alan C. Mitchell (202) 687-5756
MTTh 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
WF 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
The 45th Annual Institute on Sacred Scripture will convene on the
Lectures will include:
The Book of Ezekiel and The Man Ezekiel
Prof. Lawrence Boadt,
Prof. Margaret Y. MacDonald
We Have Such A High Priest: Hebrews
Prof. Alan C. Mitchell
For more information, please visit:
The Institute on Sacred Scripture
For the Brochure and Special Application Form, please email:
Roshni Abedin at rea7@georgetown.edu
Or write to:
Georgetown University
School of Continuing Studies
Special Programs
Or call/fax:
Phone: 202-687-8700
Fax: 202-687-8954
