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This course examines the role of philosophy and reasoning to the Catholic Church's fulfillment of its own mission to express the truth about God, and follows the historical emergence of the synthesis of faith and reason. The course also considers how the Catholic intellectual life manifests itself in deference towards faith.
This course explores aspects of a broadly Catholic vision of the human person: understandings of the origin, journey, and end of the human person. We read a selection of ancient through contemporary thinkers in order to investigate three central areas of inquiry about the human person. Creation: What does it mean to be created? To be made in God’s image? What is grace? Sin and Redemption: What is sin? What is the role of Christ in the human journey? Sanctification and Salvation: What does the full flourishing of the human entail? What is the end for which we hope?
Special Topics courses include ad-hoc courses on various selected topics that are not part of the regular curriculum, however they may still fulfill certain curricular requirements. Special topics courses are offered at the discretion of each department and will be published as part of the semester course schedule - view available sections for more information. Questions about special topics classes can be directed to the instructor or department chair.