Spring 2019 Course Schedule
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COMPREHENSIVE EXAMS | FIELD EDUCATION | LITURGY | LITURGICAL MUSIC
ONLINE COURSES
DOCTRINE
Introduction to Systematics: Creation, Revelation, and Epistemology
Ben Durheim | DOCT 468 | 3 credits
6:00-9:15 pm (T) Synchronous Course
This course provides an introduction to the methods and content of systematic theology, particularly as they play out in three of the discipline's subfields: Creation, Revelation, and Epistemology. The course will engage a number of classical sources (especially Augustine and Thomas Aquinas), and springing from those encounters, will focus heavily on transitions in systematic theology in the heaves from pre-modernity to modernity to late-/postmodernity. In this vein, the windfall of great 20th-century Christian systematicians will loom large, including Karl Barth, Hans Urs von Balthasar, and Karl Rahner.
SCRIPTURE
Pauline Letters
Charles Bobertz | SSNT 422 | 3 credits
Weekend- Fri 6:30-9:30 PM; Sat 8:00 AM-3:00 PM
January 25-26, February 15-16, March 22-23, April 5-6
A theological, historical and literary analysis of the Pauline letters, the topics studied may include the conversion and mission of Paul, the historical situation of the Pauline communities, the literary and rhetorical quality of the letters, and major theological themes.
New Testament Greek ll
Scott Richardson | SSNT 402 | 3 credits
11:30 AM-12:25 PM (MWF)
Continuation of SSNT 401, with particular focus on New Testament texts as primary translation sources.
Wisdom Tradition
Dale Launderville | SSOT 414 | 3 credits
8:00-11:10 am (W) Synchronous Course
This course focuses on Wisdom material of the Old Testament (especially Proverbs, Job, Qoheleth, Sirach, and Wisdom) and gives special attention to the exegesis of representative and difficult passages. The development of the Old Testament wisdom tradition in later writings including the New Testament, and the relevance of the wisdom tradition to the present is also addressed.
PASTORAL THEOLOGY
Evangelization and Catechetics
Cinzia Fallini/Jeff Kaster | PTHM 401 | 3 credits
6:00-9:15 pm (M) Synchronous Course
This course examines contemporary theologies and principles of evangelization and catechesis, theories of human and faith development, and various models and methods of evangelization and catechesis. Particular attention will be given to advancing catechetical leadership skills in assessment and strategic planning for program improvement.
Ministering in a Technological World
Noreen Herzfeld | PTHM 468 | 3 credits
2:00-5:00 pm (M)
This course will explore ethical questions raised by modern technologies and how to do ministry, particularly with youth, in a technologically saturated culture. We will consider technologies such as genetic engineering, AI, robotics, social media and video games, examining how these technologies alter our conception of what it means to be human and our relationships to each other, to the self, and to God.
Contemporary Spiritual Practice
Kathleen Calahan | SPIR 416 / PTHM 416 | 3 credits
Why is spiritual practice on the rise? What do contemplation and social justice have to do with each other? Can people from different religions borrow practices from others? Students in this course will examine spiritual practices and ways of thinking about them that have become prominent in recent decades. These movements include the retrieval and redefinition of ancient practices (e.g., lectio divina, centering prayer, and the Jesus Prayer); the intersection of spiritual practice and social issues (e.g., the influence of other religions; the environment; and social justice); and contemporary theological emphases (e.g., work, the body, art, science, and gender). Students will explore recent scholarship on the rise of spiritual practice, the theological foundations as well as the actions and disciplines that comprise these approaches. Cross Listed SPIR/PTHM 416.
Integration Seminar
Jeffrey Kaster | PTHM 465 | 3 credits
8:00-11:10 am (M)
This course marks the culmination of the student’s preparation for ministry. Students will demonstrate the ability to analyze and construct a response to pastoral situations utilizing biblical, theological, historical, and social scientific resources.
HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY
History of Christianity II
William Cahoy | HCHR 404 | 3 credits
1:15-4:25 pm (M) Synchronous Course
This course will examine the development of the Christian tradition, including the expression of seminal doctrines within the Christian church, from the twelfth century to the present day. The course will explore the main trends in the development of the institution and primary doctrines of the church within the larger philosophical, social, and political contexts of the second millennium, paying attention to the ways in which the lived experience of Christian peoples informs and shapes its thinking.
History of Biblical Interpretation
Charles Bobertz | HCHR 468 | 3 credits
6:00-9:15 pm (Th) Synchronous Course
From the formation of the Christian canon in the second century, this course will look at how the Bible has been interpreted by Christians down through the centuries. Beginning with allegorical, typological and literal interpretation in the ancient Church we will explore how the Bible played a key role in the development of early Christian theology. In the medieval period biblical manuscripts were written and annotated and the Reformation called upon the Bible as the unique authority for Christian life, sola Scriptura. Modern historical criticism, born in the 17th century Enlightenment, has caused the great divide between “Bible Churches” and mainline Protestant and Catholic interpretation of the Bible. We will pay particular attention to the modern history of Catholic biblical interpretation and to the ways in which the Bible is currently interpreted and understood in the life of the Church.
MORAL THEOLOGY
Christian Social Ethics
Bernie Evans | MORL 422 | 3 credits
1:15-4:25 pm (T)
Students explore the implications of Christian faith and theological reflection for contemporary society, including the social dimensions of biblical ethics and the social teachings of the Catholic Church.
Survey Moral Theology- Healthcare Ethics
Mary Ann Kish | MORL 428 | 3 credits
1:15-4:25 pm (W)
This course examines how the application of fundamental moral themes informs particular issues of Christian morality; this course will examine how the application of fundamental moral themes informs Christian health-care ethics (Bioethics). Using themes such as human dignity, theological anthropology, suffering, and virtue, this course will explore the ethics of various topics within the areas of end-of-life, beginning of life, genetic therapy, professional ethics, research, and others. Opportunities will be provided to examine particular cases in order to sharpen participants' skills in bioethical analysis and to develop a framework in which to consider new issues as they develop.
SPIRITUALITY and MONASTIC STUDIES
Discernment in Prayer
Becky Van Ness | SPIR 437 | 0-1 credit
An exploration of how our personal image of God evolves as we discern God's ways of being present to us in prayer and in life. By both studying and practicing discernment of spirits we can become sensitive to inner movements, understanding where they come from and where they lead us. The course includes an introduction to the practice of lectio divina applied to our lived experience.
Required: Access to computer with built-in camera OR attached web cam. Required: on-campus class meeting on Sunday, June 9, 2019--1:00-4:30 PM -- at Saint John’s. Grading is S/U only.
Contemporary Spiritual Practice
Kathleen Calahan | SPIR 416 / PTHM 416 | 3 credits
Why is spiritual practice on the rise? What do contemplation and social justice have to do with each other? Can people from different religions borrow practices from others? Students in this course will examine spiritual practices and ways of thinking about them that have become prominent in recent decades. These movements include the retrieval and redefinition of ancient practices (e.g., lectio divina, centering prayer, and the Jesus Prayer); the intersection of spiritual practice and social issues (e.g., the influence of other religions; the environment; and social justice); and contemporary theological emphases (e.g., work, the body, art, science, and gender). Students will explore recent scholarship on the rise of spiritual practice, the theological foundations as well as the actions and disciplines that comprise these approaches. Cross Listed SPIR/PTHM 416.
Who am I When I Pray? Anthropology and Spirituality
Luigi Gioia | SPIR 468 / MONS 468 | 3 credits
Course starts on-line January 21
On-Campus Meetings: March 15-16, March 29-30; April 12-13 | Friday 6:30-9:30 PM; Saturday 8:00 AM- 12:00 noon
Course finishes on-line by May 3
The course aims at fostering theological and critical awareness of those aspects of being human which are necessary for a healthy and authentic spiritual life. It has a practical orientation: to learn how to pray better with the whole of our humanity. Consciously or unconsciously, prayer involves some understanding of what ‘interiority’ is, of how we access it and of the relation between interiority and exteriority. Then prayer resorts to the notion of ‘experience’, but how is this true in relation to an invisible God? Finally, it uses the paradigm of ‘relation’: in prayer we commit to a relationship with someone who is other than ourselves and with an Other who is unique. Interiority, experience and relation will be explored especially with the help of some strands of recent French phenomenology. In these reflections we will integrate liturgical experience as involving relations with the body, the world, the earth, time and history in which we have some anticipation of eschatological identity and self-fulfilment. Cross Listed SPIR/MONS 468.
LITURGY
Initiation and Eucharist
Anthony Ruff, OSB | LTGY 405 | 3 credits
3:00-4:00 PM (T and TH)
Asynchronous Course option also available
The origins of rites of initiation and eucharist, East and West, and their historical development. Theological and doctrinal perspectives. Examination of the postconciliar Roman rite and its attendant documents, with some treatment of other Christian traditions. Issues in contemporary pastoral practice.
Liturgical Presiding
Johan Van Parys| LTGY 426 | 3 credits
Weekend course: Fri 6:30-9:30 PM; Sat 8:00 AM-3:00 PM
February 1-2: March 1-2: March 8-9; April 26-27; May 3-4
Training in all aspects of liturgical presiding for those will lead worship as priests and deacons, including the study of rubrics and directives in the relevant official documents. Use of gesture and voice to relate well to the assembly and to other liturgical ministers. Training in singing the ministerial chants in the liturgical books. For future priests, focus on celebrating Mass. For future deacons, focus on their role at Mass, as well as presiding at Sunday Celebrations in the Absence of a Priest and other rites such as baptism and marriage. For non-ordination candidates, Sunday Celebrations in Absence of a Priest, and other rites such as funeral vigils.
Liturgical Music Seminar
Anthony Ruff, OSB | LTGY 501 | 1 credit
8:15-9:30 am (Th)
1 credit of classroom study integrated with 1 credit of participation in Chapel Choir. Students in the Seminar do not register separately for Chapel Choir. Foundational study of the theology, history, and official documents on music in worship. Principles for the ministry of cantors, choirs, instrumentalists, and ensembles. Practical aspects of music ministry and the management of a parish music program. Practica in liturgical planning of worship services in Emmaus Chapel, including (for Liturgical Music students) lab conducting of the Chapel Choir. Repeatable; offered in a four-semester sequence. Cross listed with LMUS 501.
LITURGICAL MUSIC
Applied Piano
Robert Koopmann, OSB | LMUS 406 | 1 credit
Times TBA
Students will develop technical skills and knowledge of performance practices at the graduate level, including the ability to play a large variety of repertoire fluently and with understanding. Secondary organ students will develop sufficient techniques and familiarity with the instrument to play knowledgeably and/or coach others in parish settings. Open to Liturgical Music students.
Applied Organ
Kim Kasling | LMUS 407 | 1 credit
Times TBA
Students will develop technical skills and knowledge of performance practices at the graduate level, including the ability to play a large variety of repertoire fluently and with understanding. Major works of significant periods and schools of organ literature will be studied and performed. Secondary organ students will develop sufficient techniques and familiarity with the instrument to play knowledgeably and/or coach others in parish settings. Open to Liturgical Music Students.
Applied Voice
Carolyn Finley | LMUS 408 01A | 1 credit
Times TBA
This course covers the fundamentals of singing and vocal pedagogy (breathing, efficient use of voice, diction, etc.) and addresses differing musical styles and the need to interpret the music based on the performance practices of given periods in music history. Voice majors will study and perform significant bodies of solo repertoire. Majors and secondary voice students will emphasize technique and pedagogical skills appropriate to roles as choral directors. Open to Liturgical Music Students.
Applied Voice
Patricia Kent | LMUS 408 02A | 1 credit
Times TBA
This course covers the fundamentals of singing and vocal pedagogy (breathing, efficient use of voice, diction, etc.) and addresses differing musical styles and the need to interpret the music based on the performance practices of given periods in music history. Voice majors will study and perform significant bodies of solo repertoire. Majors and secondary voice students will emphasize technique and pedagogical skills appropriate to roles as choral directors. Open to Liturgical Music Students.
Applied Composition
Brian Campbell | LMUS 409 | 1 credit
Times TBA
Individualized coaching in advanced composition of sacred music and music appropriate for liturgical performance. Work in various forms and styles is possible, depending on the needs and interests of individual students. Students should normally have a bachelor's degree in music or equivalent training and have significant experience in music composition. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor and the liturgical music program director. Open to Liturgical Music Students.
Service Playing
Kim Kasling | LMUS 433 | 1 credit
Times TBA
This course seeks to develop the qualified church organist as leader and enabler of the assembly's singing. The course will require high proficiency levels of assembly leadership and accompanimental skills (hymns, masses, psalm forms) as well as vocal and choral accompaniment. Students will also develop abilities in sight-reading, modulation, transposing, and extemporization. Open to Liturgical Music Students.
Chapel Choir
Anthony Ruff, OSB & Andre Heywood | LMUS 412 | 0 credits or 1 credit
9:45-11:15 AM (Th)
A liturgical choir open to all graduate students which sings regularly for worship in Emmaus Chapel. One third Gregorian Chant (in Latin and English), two-thirds choral music in a wide variety of styles including contemporary and world music. Offered every semester. May be taken for 0 or 1 credit.
Gregorian Chant Workshop
Anthony Ruff, OSB | LMUS 468 | 1 credit
January 16-19, 2019
Wednesday, January 16
6:30-8:30 pm
Thursday, January 17
9:00-11:00 AM
2:30 – 4:30 PM
7:00 -8:30 PM
Friday, January 18
9:00-11:00 AM
2:30 – 4:30 PM
7:00 -8:30 PM
Saturday January 19
8:00-10:00 AM
Introduction to Gregorian Chant, with emphasis on singing it in the liturgy. Treatment of historical development, notation, modality, repertoire, rhythm, Latin pronunciation, English adaptations. Some knowledge of the basics of music theory is expected.
L iturgical Music Seminar
Anthony Ruff, OSB | LMUS 501 | 2 credits
8:15-9:30 am (Th)
1 credit of classroom study integrated with 1 credit of participation in Chapel Choir. Students in the Seminar do not register separately for Chapel Choir. Foundational study of the theology, history, and official documents on music in worship. Principles for the ministry of cantors, choirs, instrumentalists, and ensembles. Practical aspects of music ministry and the management of a parish music program. Practica in liturgical planning of worship services in Emmaus Chapel, including (for Liturgical Music students) lab conducting of the Chapel Choir. Repeatable; offered in a four-semester sequence. Cross listed with LTGY 501.
LANGUAGES
Reading Ecclesial Latin ll
Jason Schlude | LANG 402 | 3 credits
9:10 - 10:20 AM (MWF)
An overview of the grammatical structure of the language and practice in reading short works. The course is graded pass/fail.
Reading German ll
Charles Bobertz | 17092 LANG 406 | 3 credits
TBA--Instructor will arrange meetings with students.
An overview of the grammatical structure of the language and practice in reading short works. The course is graded pass/fail.
Biblical Hebrew II
David Calbro | SSOT 470 | 3 credits
TBA--Instructor will arrange meetings with students.
An overview of the grammatical structure of the language and practice in reading short works. The course is graded pass/fail.
FIELD EDUCATION and FORMATION
Field Education/Practicum
Barbara Sutton | PTHM 459 | variable 1-6 credits
Students work with an organization, project, or parish in the area of their ministerial interest. The supervised experience requires the students to integrate theological knowledge with pastoral practice in developing vocational identity as a public minister, exploring issues of leadership, power and authority; and gaining facility in articulating the Christian faith and in fostering the development of faith with others. Students will reflect on the practice of ministry in theological reflection groups. Students can choose from the following focus areas:
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- 01A General Parish
- 02A Religious Education
- 03A Social Ministry
- 04A Liturgy
- 05A Homiletics
- 06A Pastoral Care
- 07A Campus Ministry and Young Adult Ministry
- 09A Ministry on the Margins
- 10A Liturgical Music
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CPE (Clinal Pastoral Education)
Barbara Sutton | PTHM 412 | 3 credits
MDIV Students are required to participate in a basic unit of an accredited Clinical Pastoral Education program. MAM students may choose CPE as part of their field education practicum. Clinical pastoral education is conducted at an accredited CPE center.
MAM Ministry Portfolio
Barbara Sutton | PTHM 598 | 0 credit--registration required
Students preparing for ministerial leadership through the MAM degree are required to document and self-assess their readiness for ministry by developing a Ministry Learning Portfolio and presenting it first to a peer group, and second to faculty review group. The Ministry Learning Portfolios are developed over the duration of one’s degree preparation. MAM degree students are required to present their Ministry Learning Portfolio in their last semester. Offered for S/U grading only.
MDIV Ministry Portfolio
Barbara Sutton | PTHM 599| 0 credit--registration required
Students preparing for ministerial leadership through the MDIV degree are required to document and self-assess their readiness for ministry by developing a Ministry Learning Portfolio and presenting it first to a peer group, and second to faculty review group. The Ministry Learning Portfolios are developed over the duration of one’s degree preparation. MDIV LEM students present mid-degree (39-42 credits), MDIV seminarians (54-60 credits). Offered for S/U grading only.
MDIV Seminary Spiritual Formation
Michael Patella, OSB | SPIR 468 | 3 credits
Times TBA
THM THESIS
Thesis
Charles Bobertz | 12973 THY 580 | 6 credits
TBA--Director will arrange meeting with student.
The Thesis is the capstone project for the ThM degree.
COMPREHENSIVE EXAMS
Reading for Comprehensive Exams
TBA | THY 598 | 3 credits
Comprehensive Exams
TBA | THY 599 | 0 credit--registration only
ONLINE COURSES
Synchronous-- Offered for remote participation– as well as on campus (Distance students attend in real time, participating via video camera)
Introduction to Systematics: Creation, Revelation, and Epistemology
Ben Durheim | DOCT 468 | 3 credits
This course provides an introduction to the methods and content of systematic theology, particularly as they play out in three of the discipline's subfields: Creation, Revelation, and Epistemology. The course will engage a number of classical sources (especially Augustine and Thomas Aquinas), and springing from those encounters, will focus heavily on transitions in systematic theology in the heaves from pre-modernity to modernity to late-/postmodernity. In this vein, the windfall of great 20th-century Christian systematicians will loom large, including Karl Barth, Hans Urs von Balthasar, and Karl Rahner.
Wisdom Tradition
Dale Launderville | SSOT 414 | 3 credits
This course focuses on Wisdom material of the Old Testament (especially Proverbs, Job, Qoheleth, Sirach, and Wisdom) and gives special attention to the exegesis of representative and difficult passages. The development of the Old Testament wisdom tradition in later writings including the New Testament, and the relevance of the wisdom tradition to the present is also addressed.
Evangelization and Catechetics
Cinzia Fallini/Jeff Kaster | PTHM 401 | 3 credits
This course examines contemporary theologies and principles of evangelization and catechesis, theories of human and faith development, and various models and methods of evangelization and catechesis. Particular attention will be given to advancing catechetical leadership skills in assessment and strategic planning for program improvement.
History of Christianity II
William Cahoy | HCHR 404 | 3 credits
This course will examine the development of the Christian tradition, including the expression of seminal doctrines within the Christian church, from the twelfth century to the present day. The course will explore the main trends in the development of the institution and primary doctrines of the church within the larger philosophical, social, and political contexts of the second millennium, paying attention to the ways in which the lived experience of Christian peoples informs and shapes its thinking.
History of Biblical Interpretation
Charles Bobertz | HCHR 468 | 3 credits
From the formation of the Christian canon in the second century, this course will look at how the Bible has been interpreted by Christians down through the centuries. Beginning with allegorical, typological and literal interpretation in the ancient Church we will explore how the Bible played a key role in the development of early Christian theology. In the medieval period biblical manuscripts were written and annotated and the Reformation called upon the Bible as the unique authority for Christian life, sola Scriptura. Modern historical criticism, born in the 17th century Enlightenment, has caused the great divide between “Bible Churches” and mainline Protestant and Catholic interpretation of the Bible. We will pay particular attention to the modern history of Catholic biblical interpretation and to the ways in which the Bible is currently interpreted and understood in the life of the Church.
Who am I When I Pray? Anthropology and Spirituality
Luigi Gioia | SPIR 468 / MONS 468 | 3 credits
Course starts on-line January 21
On-Campus Meetings: March 15-16, March 29-30; April 12-13 | Friday 6:30-9:30 PM; Saturday 8:00 AM- 12:00 noon
Course finishes on-line by May 3
The course aims at fostering theological and critical awareness of those aspects of being human which are necessary for a healthy and authentic spiritual life. It has a practical orientation: to learn how to pray better with the whole of our humanity. Consciously or unconsciously, prayer involves some understanding of what ‘interiority’ is, of how we access it and of the relation between interiority and exteriority. Then prayer resorts to the notion of ‘experience’, but how is this true in relation to an invisible God? Finally, it uses the paradigm of ‘relation’: in prayer we commit to a relationship with someone who is other than ourselves and with an Other who is unique. Interiority, experience and relation will be explored especially with the help of some strands of recent French phenomenology. In these reflections we will integrate liturgical experience as involving relations with the body, the world, the earth, time and history in which we have some anticipation of eschatological identity and self-fulfilment. Cross Listed SPIR/MONS 468.
Asynchronous-- Students participate fully online through the CANVAS WEB Platform.
Discernment in Prayer
Becky Van Ness | SPIR 437 | 1 credit
An exploration of how our personal image of God evolves as we discern God's ways of being present to us in prayer and in life. By both studying and practicing discernment of spirits we can become sensitive to inner movements, understanding where they come from and where they lead us. The course includes an introduction to the practice of lectio divina applied to our lived experience.
Contemporary Spiritual Practice
Kathleen Calahan | SPIR 468 | 3 credits
Why is spiritual practice on the rise? What do contemplation and social justice have to do with each other? Can people from different religions borrow practices from others? Students in this course will examine spiritual practices and ways of thinking about them that have become prominent in recent decades. These movements include the retrieval and redefinition of ancient practices (e.g., lectio divina, centering prayer, and the Jesus Prayer); the intersection of spiritual practice and social issues (e.g., the influence of other religions; the environment; and social justice); and contemporary theological emphases (e.g., work, the body, art, science, and gender). Students will explore recent scholarship on the rise of spiritual practice, the theological foundations as well as the actions and disciplines that comprise these approaches.
Initiation and Eucharist
Anthony Ruff, OSB | LTGY 405 | 3 credits
3:00-4:25 PM (T and TH)
The origins of rites of initiation and eucharist, East and West, and their historical development. Theological and doctrinal perspectives. Examination of the postconciliar Roman rite and its attendant documents, with some treatment of other Christian traditions. Issues in contemporary pastoral practice.