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Loyola Marymount University Bulletin 2017-2018 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions

 

Theological Studies (THST)
  

  • THST 1040 Christian Liturgy, Prayer, Sacrament

    4 semester hours

    This course explores how Christian liturgy, prayer, and sacraments reveal what Christians believe and how they understand and relate to God by closely examining select ritual practices. The course will provide an overview of liturgy, personal and communal prayer, and sacramental celebrations.

    University Core fulfilled: Foundations: Theological Inquiry.
  

  • THST 1050 In Search of a Way: Spirituality, Faith, and Culture

    4 semester hours

    This course will introduce students to the meaning and significance of spiritual practice in its distinctively Christian expressions and expressions associated with other traditions. The focus of the course is on “lived religion”–the embodied, eclectic and often improvisational character of spiritual experience, both collective and individual. It also seeks to understand the critical role of practice in shaping spiritual meaning and identity.

    University Core fulfilled: Foundations: Theological Inquiry.
  

  • THST 1060 God and the Good: An Introduction to Christian Ethics

    4 semester hours

    This course provides a broad survey of foundational texts and ideas that have contributed–and continue to contribute–to the vast, diverse, and living body of moral thinking that constitutes “Christian Ethics.”

    University Core fulfilled: Foundations: Theological Inquiry.
  

  • THST 1080 Comparative Theology

    4 semester hours

    This course takes a comparative approach to theological inquiry, examining fundamental religious questions in relation to two or three religious traditions (one of them being Christianity). The course emphasizes comparative analysis of primary religious sources and focuses on how diverse religious approaches to questions of ultimate concern might be mutually illuminative. The course also includes interactive encounters with practitioners of the religious under consideration.

    University Core fulfilled: Foundations: Theological Inquiry.
  

  • THST 1500 World Religions of Los Angeles

    4 semester hours

    This course is an introduction to the academic study of religion and of world religions, and to the religious traditions of Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, and other current religious trends. Special emphasis is placed upon how these religious traditions have emerged within the context of Los Angeles, how they have changed, grown, and adapted to their new surroundings.

    University Core fulfilled: Foundations: Studies in American Diversity.
  

  • THST 1501 Queering Race, Religion, and Ethnicity

    4 semester hours

    This course will explore the intersections of race, religion, and ethnicity from perspectives evolving from the field of Queer Theory and grounded in the experiences of LGBT persons/communities. The course examines historical, political, social, and religious dimensions associated with the emergence of LGBT realities.

    University Core fulfilled: Foundations: Studies in American Diversity.
  

  • THST 1502 Christianity and Native America

    4 semester hours

    Christianity has been at the root of incredible suffering of indigenous peoples in the Americas, but it is also the source of great inspiration and resistance to oppression for many Native Christians as well. In this course, which involves an actual train journey from Los Angeles to Albuquerque and back (making important stops along the way), we will explore the centuries of Christian contact with Native peoples–the bad and the good. Two weeks of class on campus, and then a one-week train journey (no extra charges–costs of train trip included in tuition). Summer only.

    University Core fulfilled: Foundations: Studies in American Diversity.
  

  • THST 1998 Special Studies

    1 TO 4 semester hours

  

  • THST 1999 Independent Studies

    1 TO 4 semester hours

  

  • THST 2998 Special Studies

    1 TO 4 semester hours

  

  • THST 2999 Independent Studies

    1 TO 4 semester hours

  

  • THST 3020 Late Antique and Medieval Western Christianity

    4 semester hours

    This course provides an introduction to aspects of Christian thought and practice from the first centuries through the late Middle Ages. We study the emergence of Christianity in the Roman empire, the rise of Christianity in late antiquity as well as early- and late-medieval expressions of Western Christianity.

    University Core fulfilled: Explorations: Historical Analysis and Perspectives.
  

  • THST 3021 The History of Christianity from the Middle Ages to the Present

    4 semester hours

    This course traces central themes and developments within Christian thought and practice from the Middle Ages to the present. With a special emphasis on Western Christianity, the course examines major themes, which may include: church and empire; power and authority; monasticism; asceticism, and the concept of sanctity; the development of Christian theologies and tensions between heresy and orthodoxy; religious order; mysticism; reform and reformation; councils; feminist and liberation theologies.

    University Core fulfilled: Explorations: Historical Analysis and Perspectives.
  

  • THST 3022 Women in Christian History

    4 semester hours

    This course examines the changing roles and perceptions of women in Christian history from its incipience to the 21st century. It highlights the impact of women’s voices on the development of Christian thought and practice. This course puts into dialogue historical sources about and by women with contemporary readings and critiques.

    University Core fulfilled: Explorations: Historical Analysis and Perspectives.
  

  • THST 3100 Judaism: Religion, History, Culture

    4 semester hours

    This course will explore central aspects of Judaism from ancient to modern times (up to the beginning of the 20th century). It will focus on select texts and works of art, which mark significant moments in Jewish thought and practice. By examining Jewish text and art, students will learn how Judaism developed through negotiations with the traditions of the past as well as with the changing conditions of the present.

    University Core fulfilled: Explorations: Historical Analysis and Perspectives.
  

  • THST 3200 Prophecy and Bible in New Zealand

    4 semester hours

    New Zealand is not only one of the most beautiful countries in the world–but one of the most fascinating. In this course, students will be introduced to the Prophets of the Old Testament but then explore how the Maori (the indigenous people of New Zealand) uniquely engaged the Prophetic tradition of the Bible as they embraced Christianity. Maori Prophets arose in the 19th Century, modeled heavily on the Biblical Prophets, and these Prophets led fascinating and inspiring movements that continue to inspire the Maori (and those of us who learn about them) to this day. Summer Only–New Zealand Study Abroad course.

    University Core fulfilled: Integrations: Faith and Reason.
  

  • THST 3210 Apostle Paul: Then and Now

    4 semester hours

    An examination of the life and letters of Paul, with attention to the social, historical, literary, and theological contexts in which he lived and worked. The course also addresses contemporary issues in the interpretation of Paul’s letters.

    University Core fulfilled: Integrations: Faith and Reason.
  

  • THST 3211 Jesus in Gospel and Film

    4 semester hours

    An exploration of various portraits of Jesus in the Gospels, the identity of the historical Jesus, and contemporary interpretations of Jesus in various films.

    University Core fulfilled: Integrations: Faith and Reason.
  

  • THST 3212 Theology after Crisis

    4 semester hours

    This course engages significant questions surrounding crisis and tragedy in the modern world. This course surveys how trauma at the international, communal, and personal levels of experiences are explained through the lens of faith in biblical traditions.

    University Core fulfilled: Integrations: Faith and Reason.
  

  • THST 3220 Eastern Christian Traditions

    4 semester hours

    This course surveys Eastern Christian theological traditions by studying the history, theology, and practices of Oriental Orthodoxy, the Eastern Orthodox Church, and Eastern Catholic churches. Topics of more intense study will include the emergence of monasticism and its contribution to spirituality, Eastern liturgical and iconographic practices, surveys of ancient and contemporary hagiography, the Eastern views on Christology, the Church (ecclesiology), and the laity (marriage and moral theology), the ecumenical relationships among the Eastern churches, and between Eastern churches and the Roman Catholic Church.

    University Core fulfilled: Integrations: Faith and Reason; Flags: Engaged Learning, Writing.
  

  • THST 3221 Greek Orthodox Tradition

    4 semester hours

    This course approaches the study of the Greek Orthodox Church, also known as the Orthodox Church or Byzantine Christianity, from the theological, historical, cultural, and artistic perspectives. Students will study the Greek Orthodox Tradition in the context of the history of Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman Empires and the political and cultural changes in those years.

    University Core fulfilled: Integrations: Faith and Reason.
  

  • THST 3222 European Christianity: Schism, Reform, and Ecumenical Dialogue

    4 semester hours

    This course focuses on the theological, historical, cultural, and political factors that have shaped the European Christian communities. The course addresses theological questions in light of divergent perspectives about the authority and interpretation of Scripture, the authority of tradition and the Church, the meaning of individual and communal religious experience, and the prospects for ecumenical dialogue.

    University Core fulfilled: Integrations: Faith and Reason.
  

  • THST 3223 Mystics and Heretics

    4 semester hours

    This course explores the construction of otherness as it is related to divergent visions of authentic imitation of Christ and experiences of the presence of God. Spanning from late antiquity to the present, the course studies, among others, Augustine, Francis and Clare of Assisi, the Waldensians, the Humiliati, Meister Eckhart, Julian of Norwich, Thomas Merton, Leonardo Boff, Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker movement, and the IHM sisters.

    University Core fulfilled: Integrations: Faith and Reason; Flags: Engaged Learning, Writing.
  

  • THST 3224 Heretics, Monsters, and Poets

    4 semester hours

    This course examines the constructions of otherness and estrangement in theological and literary texts spanning from antiquity to the present. The course aims to shed light on the persistent redefinitions of and tensions regarding orthodoxy, heresy, and otherness in the Christian traditions.

    University Core fulfilled: Integrations: Faith and Reason; Flag: Writing.
  

  • THST 3230 Jesus, Kingdom, Church

    4 semester hours

    The course will focus on Christology from two perspectives, the Jesus of history, recovered through critical, historical investigation, and the Christ of faith as the person and work of Jesus is understood in light of Christian faith. The contemporary optic considers salvation, mission, and Church.

    University Core fulfilled: Integrations: Faith and Reason; Flag: Information Literacy.
  

  • THST 3231 Catholicism after Vatican II

    4 semester hours

    The course will study Catholicism in terms of the Council documents, at the same time looking at contemporary Catholicism, including young adult Catholics, the Catholic sacramental imagination, and the current questions over liturgy, sexuality, evangelization, and contemporary divisions in the Church.

    University Core fulfilled: Integrations: Faith and Reason.
  

  • THST 3232 U.S. Latin@ Theology

    4 semester hours

    Rooted in the experiences of contemporary Latin@ communities living in the United States, this course explores the unique contributions and challenges presented by the embodiment of Christian theology with a Latin@ flavor.

    University Core fulfilled: Integrations: Faith and Reason; Flag: Engaged Learning.
  

  • THST 3233 Merton and Day

    4 semester hours

    A seminar on two outstanding twentieth century Catholics, both converts: Trappist monk Merton popularized an engaged contemplation, Dorothy Day co-founded the Catholic Worker Movement and is responsible for the development of modern Catholic social radicalism.

    University Core fulfilled: Integrations: Faith and Reason.
  

  • THST 3234 The Last Things

    4 semester hours

    This course engages a variety of perspectives on “The Last Things” or, Eschatology. Readings engage biblical, global, feminist, philosophical, and cultural issues in eschatology. In particular, we will examine why the 20th century has been called “the century of eschatology.”

    University Core fulfilled: Integrations: Faith and Reason.
  

  • THST 3235 Atheism

    4 semester hours

    Theology, as it relates to modern atheism, asks the following central questions: Is atheism a negative and nihilistic belief? Is it characterized by a rejection of values? Is it a thorough rejection of religion? Is atheism solely a modern phenomenon of a scientific mindset? What is its case against theism? Can a moral case be made for atheism? What kind of philosophical arguments does atheism employ? Is it only present in Christian contexts? What are some Christian responses to atheism?

    University Core fulfilled: Integrations: Faith and Reason.
  

  • THST 3236 God and the Human Experience

    4 semester hours

    This course examines the modes of discourse, levels of reflection, and diverse experiences of individuals and communities in the search for God.

    University Core fulfilled: Integrations: Faith and Reason.
  

  • THST 3237 Sex and the City of God

    4 semester hours

    This course examines discourse on body and sexuality in different religious traditions with a special emphasis on Christianity. Employing a variety of theological methods, the course probes gender theories, theologies of the body, and perspectives on sexuality in pertinent primary and secondary sources.

    University Core fulfilled: Integrations: Faith and Reason; Flag: Writing.
  

  • THST 3238 Theology and Science

    4 semester hours

    This course engages the meaning, methods, and implications of sustained dialogue between theology and science. Exploring the development of the scientific method and its challenges for traditional theological discourse and religious symbols, the course compares and contrasts four views of science and religious: Conflict; Independence; Dialogue; Integration.

    University Core fulfilled: Integrations: Faith and Reason.
  

  • THST 3239 Christian Holiness: Being Human, Becoming God

    4 semester hours

    This class will study Christian notions of sanctity in the Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant traditions. The concept of “the communion of saints” will be explored both in formal academic theological reflection but also by means of reference to the genres of hagiography and to the writings of canonized saints and other exemplary figures.

    University Core fulfilled: Integrations: Faith and Reason.
  

  • THST 3240 Water, Word, and Wine

    4 semester hours

    This course will explore how Christian sacraments reveal what Christians believe and how they understand and relate to God by closely examining select ritual practices. We will explore rituals such as Baptism and Eucharist, and attempt to articulate their meaning by defining symbols such as water, food, oil, and the role of the body in worship. We will consider how ritual participation reveals a Christian’s relationship with God and the human community, and how worship shapes daily Christian life and identity.

    University Core fulfilled: Integrations: Faith and Reason; Flags: Engaged Learning, Writing.
  

  • THST 3241 Meeting Christ in Faith and Art

    4 semester hours

    A study of the ways Christianity has formed and explored the figure of Jesus Christ interlaced with creative expressions in multiple art forms.

    University Core fulfilled: Integrations: Faith and Reason.
  

  • THST 3242 Faith and the Management Profession

    4 semester hours

    This course immerses students into a critical theological reflection on the business profession as a vocation serving the global and local communities. The tripartite structure consists of studying the theology of the priesthood of the people, examining Catholic magisterial teaching on faith and business, and reflecting on how the Christian vocation of management applies to daily work dynamics.

    University Core fulfilled: Integrations: Faith and Reason.
  

  • THST 3243 African American Religious Traditions

    4 semester hours

    This course follows the struggles and triumphs of African Americans through various theological developments and contributions of selected African American religious leaders and intellectuals. We will explore the ways in which religious thought, practices, and experiences become critical modes of resistance and liberation when confronting oppressive cultural, economic, and socio-political structures.

    University Core fulfilled: Integrations: Interdisciplinary Connections.
  

  • THST 3250 Psychology, Spirituality, Transformation

    4 semester hours

    This course will explore two related questions: 1) What constitutes optimal human growth and development from the perspectives of both psychology and Christian spirituality? and 2) What constitutes a holistic Christian spirituality that integrates wholeness and holiness?

    University Core fulfilled: Integrations: Faith and Reason.
  

  • THST 3251 Practice of Everyday Life

    4 semester hours

    A critical examination of ordinary practices of everyday life as a source for spiritual knowledge and social-political transformation.

    University Core fulfilled: Integrations: Faith and Reason; Flag: Engaged Learning.
  

  • THST 3252 Orthodox Christian Spirituality

    4 semester hours

    This course will introduce students to the rich spiritual tradition of Eastern Orthodox Christianity. Students will examine principles of spiritual development and various dimensions of spirituality from the time of the desert fathers and ancient monastic traditions to the present.

    University Core fulfilled: Integrations: Faith and Reason.
  

  • THST 3260 Thinking Well, Doing Right

    4 semester hours

    This course will examine how different theories of knowledge influence and determine what constitutes and motivates “right action.” The course will seek to go beyond current competing ideas of justice (e.g., the primacy of equality vs. the primacy of freedom) to identify and analyze the epistemological presuppositions underlying those conceptions.

    University Core fulfilled: Integrations: Faith and Reason.
  

  • THST 3261 Voluntary and Involuntary Poverty

    4 semester hours

    This course will explore the phenomenon of “being poor” in different religious and non-religious contexts with the goal of understanding how poverty can both undermine and advance the human good. The course will examine what human good(s) poverty violates and what justifies those goods as “goods,” especially in light of the claim–present in many religious traditions, and, especially, the Catholic monastic tradition–that poverty, properly understood, can constitute a good itself.

    University Core fulfilled: Integrations: Faith and Reason.
  

  • THST 3262 Visioning the Troubles: Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland

    4 semester hours

    This course is designed to introduce students to that moment in history known as the Troubles of Northern Ireland (ca. 1968-1998) through the lens of art, film, propaganda pamphlets, and scholarly production. Students will be challenged to consider the relationship between faith traditions versus cultural and national identity in Northern Ireland (and as by-product, the world in which they exist).

    University Core fulfilled: Integrations: Faith and Reason.
  

  • THST 3270 Local Faith Communities in U.S. Society

    4 semester hours

    This course, which includes a writing flag, critically examines the role of local faith communities in the United States through a combination of social scientific study and theological reflection. The course will emphasize Roman Catholic parishes but will also look at mainline Protestant, Evangelical, and Pentecostal communities with some comparison to Jewish and Muslim congregations as well.

    University Core fulfilled: Integrations: Faith and Reason; Flag: Writing.
  

  • THST 3271 Ministry and Pastoral Leadership

    4 semester hours

    This course–which includes both an oral presentation and engaged learning flag–invites students into the examination and the practice of Christian (especially Roman Catholic) pastoral ministry and leadership, including exploration of the relationship between ministry and personal transformation, human suffering, the secularization of society, social justice, and intercultural and interreligious relationships. All students will be required to engage in 24 hours of service in a faith community of their choice throughout the semester.

    University Core fulfilled: Integrations: Faith and Reason; Flags: Engaged Learning, Oral Skills.
  

  • THST 3280 Pop Hinduism

    4 semester hours

    This course brings together critical theory and Hindu theology in order to examine the representation of Hinduism in American popular culture and assess how American popular culture has portrayed Hinduism in creative and sometimes problematic ways. Students analyze the relationship between theology and culture, employ the academic disciplines of theology and popular culture studies, examine the diverse theological traditions of Hinduism, evaluate popular representations of Hinduism, and appreciate the extent to which Hinduism has become a part of American popular culture.

    University Core fulfilled: Integrations: Faith and Reason; Flags: Information Literacy, Writing.
  

  • THST 3281 Islam in America

    4 semester hours

    This course provides an introduction to Islam and a detailed understanding of Islam in the American context. It examines the history of American Islam that goes back to the transatlantic slave trade and discusses how American Muslims have helped in the construction of what it means to be “American.”

    University Core fulfilled: Integrations: Faith and Reason; Flags: Oral Skills, Writing.
  

  • THST 3282 Buddhism

    4 semester hours

    This course will investigate the historical origins and theological developments of Theravada, Mahayana, and Vajrayana Buddhism, and also explore Buddhism in America.

    University Core fulfilled: Integrations: Faith and Reason; Flags: Engaged Learning, Writing.
  

  • THST 3283 Hinduism, Jainism, Yoga

    4 semester hours

    This course will examine key ideas from the Vedas and Upanisads, the ethics of Jainism, and the spiritual practices of Yoga.

    University Core fulfilled: Integrations: Faith and Reason; Flags: Engaged Learning, Writing.
  

  • THST 3284 Sikhism

    4 semester hours

    This course will investigate the emergence of Sikhism, the fifth largest religion of the world, through a study of its ten gurus and its key theological tenets.

    University Core fulfilled: Integrations: Faith and Reason; Flags: Engaged Learning, Writing.
  

  • THST 3285 Women and Religion

    4 semester hours

    This course utilizes feminist theory and theology to analyze the religions of the world as they affect and are affected by women. Students connect major religious beliefs and practices to the oppression and liberation of women, employ feminist theory to analyze those beliefs and practices, and appreciate the roles that women play in shaping and re-shaping their religious traditions.

    University Core fulfilled: Integrations: Faith and Reason; Flags: Information Literacy, Oral Skills.
  

  • THST 3286 Religion and (Non) Violence

    4 semester hours

    This course draws on theology and peace and conflict studies in order to understand the relationship between religion and violence. Students examine theories of religious violence, analyze how religions have understood and enacted either violence or nonviolence, and assess the role of religion in peacebuilding.

    University Core fulfilled: Integrations: Faith and Reason.
  

  • THST 3287 Sacred, Sinister, Strange

    4 semester hours

    This course examines the ways in which religious traditions and speculative sources reflect on the mysteries of self, other, evil, and the divine through stories of terrifying creatures, otherworldly visitors, tricksters, and bloodthirsty deities. The class interrelated theology, philosophy, and critical theory in order to assess the significance of the monstrous and alien.

    University Core fulfilled: Integrations: Faith and Reason; Flags: Information Literacy, Oral Skills.
  

  • THST 3560 Punishment and Mercy

    4 semester hours

    Engaging theological, philosophical, and legal thinkers, this course will explore the many theoretical and practical difficulties which arise in attempting to reconcile an effective and just system of social punishment with the virtue of mercy.

    University Core fulfilled: Integrations: Ethics and Justice; Flags: Information Literacy, Oral Skills.
  

  • THST 3561 Christian Marriage and Sexuality

    4 semester hours

    This course explores theological perspectives on love, marriage, sexuality, and family. It constructively engages issues such as artificial birth control, divorce, cohabitation, same-sex marriage, and IVF and places diverse theological positions in conversation with other disciplines and contemporary contexts.

    University Core fulfilled: Integrations: Ethics and Justice; Flag: Writing.
  

  • THST 3562 God and the Political Order

    4 semester hours

    This course examines the relationship between beliefs about the nature of God and the human good and the justifications for, and character of, different kinds of political orders.

    University Core fulfilled: Integrations: Ethics and Justice; Flag: Writing.
  

  • THST 3563 Love and Justice

    4 semester hours

    This course explores central themes, thinkers, methodologies, and topics in Christian ethics principally around the themes of justice and love. The course engages in a critical analysis of love and justice with respect to theories about justice and basic goods and with respect to case studies such as bioethics, sexual ethics, ethics and politics, war and peace, and ethics, race, and culture.

    University Core fulfilled: Integrations: Ethics and Justice; Flag: Writing.
  

  • THST 3564 Ethics and Justice in Dante’s Inferno

    4 semester hours

    This is a semester-long, close reading of the Inferno, the first part of Dante’s three-part Divine Comedy. We examine Dante’s understanding of divine justice as manifested in hell’s punishments and its structure. We focus especially on Dante’s understanding of justice as moral virtue and cull form the Inferno his theoretical framework of ethical analysis.

    University Core fulfilled: Integrations: Ethics and Justice.
  

  • THST 3740 The Lord’s Supper: Historical, Theological, and Ethical Perspectives

    4 semester hours

    This course will critically engage the historical, theological, and ethical dimensions of the Eucharist. The historical overview and ensuring theological exploration will focus on particular Eucharistic issues that have implications for virtue and justice, power and privilege, and cultural conditions.

    University Core fulfilled: Integrations: Interdisciplinary Connections.
  

  • THST 3741 Religion and Film

    4 semester hours

    This course is as much about the use of film to study religion as it is about the use of religion to study film. In other words, we will use different films to facilitate discussion about various dimensions of and issues in religion, and we will use images, metaphors, and teachings found in religion to discuss the layers and elements portrayed on screen.

    University Core fulfilled: Integrations: Interdisciplinary Connections; Flag: Writing.
  

  • THST 3750 Into the Desert

    4 semester hours

    An exploration of the desert as a root metaphor for deep spiritual experience and place of social, political struggle.

    University Core fulfilled: Integrations: Interdisciplinary Connections; Flag: Engaged Learning.
  

  • THST 3751 Sacred Place

    4 semester hours

    An examination of the significance of place and place-making in the development of personal, cultural, and spiritual identity.

    University Core fulfilled: Integrations: Interdisciplinary Connections.
  

  • THST 3752 Contemplatives in Action: Psychology, Spirituality, and Liberation

    4 semester hours

    An exploration of how contemplative practice can deepen and give meaning to ordinary human existence.

    University Core fulfilled: Integrations: Interdisciplinary Connections.
  

  • THST 3780 World Religions and Ecology

    4 semester hours

    This interdisciplinary service learning course will explore how religious ideas and practices can respond to the contemporary environmental crisis.

    University Core fulfilled: Integrations: Interdisciplinary Connections; Flag: Engaged Learning.
  

  • THST 3781 Death and Dying in the World’s Religions

    4 semester hours

    This course is a cross-cultural look at death and dying in several different religious traditions (Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and Primal [Native] traditions). We will also examine common themes in these different traditions, and how they help us to understand the lives and deaths of women, children, and men.

    University Core fulfilled: Integrations: Interdisciplinary Connections; Flag: Writing.
  

  • THST 3782 The Architecture of Politics and Religion: Theories of Civic and Sacred Space

    4 semester hours

    This course examines architecture as an important factor in the formation of social and political order. It explores the rich interface between the built environment and its civic and religious orders from an interdisciplinary perspective, engaging with theories of politics, religion, and architecture.

    University Core fulfilled: Integrations: Interdisciplinary Connections.
  

  • THST 3998 Special Studies

    1 TO 4 semester hours

  

  • THST 3999 Independent Studies

    1 TO 4 semester hours

  

  • THST 4010 Gospel of Mark

    4 semester hours

    A comprehensive verse by verse exegesis of the Gospel of Mark. Students will situate the Gospel of Mark within the Early Christian genre of gospel and place it in conversation with the other Synoptic Gospels.

    THST majors/minors only.
  

  • THST 4011 New Testament Theology

    4 semester hours

    An examination of various historical, literary, theological, and ethical issues in the interpretation of the New Testament, especially the Gospels and the Pauline epistles.

    THST majors/minors only.
  

  • THST 4020 Early Christian Theology

    4 semester hours

    A study of the development of Christian theology from the Apostolic Fathers through the period of the Cappadocians to the era of Jerome and Augustine.

    THST majors/minors only.
  

  • THST 4021 Medieval Religious Thought and Practice

    4 semester hours

    An introduction to Christian thought and practice in the late Middle Ages through a detailed consideration of select topics: God; Saints; Mary; Demons, Body and Soul; Rituals (especially the eucharist); Death and the Afterlife.

    THST majors/minors only.
  

  • THST 4022 Heresy and Mysticism

    4 semester hours

    An examination of medieval heretics’ and mystics’ contribution to the richness of their traditions. This class emphasizes issues of gender, authority, class, and culture, tracing developments of heresy and mysticism from late antiquity through the Middle Ages.

    THST majors/minors only.
  

  • THST 4023 Medieval Theology

    4 semester hours

    Selected topics on medieval theology such as the development of a specifically Christian culture, the tensions between religion and empire and between popular and institutional forms of religious expression, and monastic and scholastic theological methods.

    THST majors/minors only.
  

  • THST 4030 Theology and History of Vatican II

    4 semester hours

    This course explores Roman Catholic theology by reading the major Conciliar documents and analyzing the social and historical context, with emphasis on ecumenism, historical understanding, and the recovery of the biblical tradition.

    THST majors/minors only.
  

  • THST 4031 Christology

    4 semester hours

    An investigation of the Christology of the New Testament, the early councils, and contemporary issues in Christology.

    THST majors/minors only.
  

  • THST 4032 Rahner

    4 semester hours

    A study of the life, context, and theology of Karl Rahner.

    THST majors/minors only.
  

  • THST 4033 Theotokos

    4 semester hours

    This course examines the theology of the Mother of God, from its biblical foundations, through the patristic and medieval periods, into the modern appropriations of Mariology by Protestant and feminist scholars.

    THST majors/minors only.
  

  • THST 4034 Theology of Liberation

    4 semester hours

    A study of recent Latin American theology as a Christian response to current political, social, and economic injustice in Latin American countries.

    THST majors/minors only.
  

  • THST 4035 Dante’s Divine Comedy

    4 semester hours

    An exploration of Dante’s vision of hell, purgatory, heaven and humanity in Dante’s Divine Comedy through a close reading of the text in translation. We highlight the theological significance of Dante’s work and its literary and political aspects.

    THST majors/minors only.
  

  • THST 4040 Eucharistic Theology

    4 semester hours

    An in-depth study of the theology of the Eucharist from an ecumenical perspective, highlighting the teaching of the Roman Catholic Church.

    THST majors/minors only.
  

  • THST 4041 The Art and Theology of the Icon

    4 semester hours

    The course traces the origins of Christian iconography, examining the theological controversies which shaped the icon tradition, leading students to read the subtle and rich theological messages encoded in these mysterious images.

    THST majors/minors only.
  

  • THST 4050 Topics in Christian Spirituality

    4 semester hours

    A survey of key persons and movements in the history of Western Christian spirituality.

    THST majors/minors only.
  

  • THST 4051 Ignatian Spirituality

    4 semester hours

    A study of the spirituality of Ignatius of Loyola based on a close reading of his Spiritual Exercises and contemporary writings on Ignatian themes.

    THST majors/minors only.
  

  • THST 4060 Christian Ethics and Social Responsibility

    4 semester hours

    This course critically examines biblical, theological, and ethical texts related to social responsibility in light of contemporary issues.

    THST majors/minors only.
  

  • THST 4061 Christian Ethics and HIV/AIDS

    4 semester hours

    This course analyzes how distinct approaches and sources in Christian ethics, including elements of scripture, tradition, sexual ethics, virtue ethics, and social ethics interact as they relate to confronting the AIDS crisis.

    THST majors/minors only.
  

  • THST 4062 Topics in Theological Ethics

    4 semester hours

    An exploration of the history and methods of theological ethics with analysis of contemporary moral issues.

    THST majors/minors only.
  

  • THST 4070 Ministry to Youth and Young Adults

    4 semester hours

    The course examines the theory and practice of ministry with and for youth and young adults, with emphasis on faith development, community building, justice and service education, advocacy, and guidance of youth and young adults.

    THST majors/minors only.
  

  • THST 4080 Topics in Comparative Theology

    4 semester hours

    Multiple religious perspectives will be utilized in this course to explore one or more topics of theological concern, such as violence and nonviolence, myth and symbol, modes of spirituality, images of God, and/or multicultural religious presence in Los Angeles.

    THST majors/minors only.
  

  • THST 4081 Islam in the Modern World

    4 semester hours

    An introduction to the contemporary Islamic religious tradition, including Muslim approaches to modernity, major reformers of Islam in the modern world, Muslim feminism, and the role of Islam in North America.

    THST majors/minors only.
  

  • THST 4082 Hindu and Jaina Theology

    4 semester hours

    In this course we study in depth primary sources of these two traditions, including the Rig Veda, the Upanisads, the Yoga Sutra, and the Tattvarthasutra.

    THST majors/minors only.
  

  • THST 4090 Major Theological and Religious Thinker

    4 semester hours

    An examination of the theological work of one major thinker, studying the work both as an integrated theological statement and as a part of continuing theological dialogue.

    This course may be repeated for credit.

    THST majors/minors only.
  

  • THST 4091 Major Theological and Religious Theme

    4 semester hours

    The course stresses the integration of the various dimensions and methods of Theological Studies.

    Senior standing required.

    THST majors and minors only.
  

  • THST 4998 Special Studies

    1 TO 4 semester hours

  

  • THST 4999 Independent Studies

    1 TO 4 semester hours

  

  • THST 6000 Foundations of Old Testament Theology

    3 semester hours

    This course examines central issues in the interpretation of the Hebrew Bible, with attention to sociological, historical, literary, and theological dimensions of the Hebrew Bible, as well as the methodology of interpretation.
  

  • THST 6010 Foundations of New Testament Theology

    3 semester hours

    This course presents critical issues in current biblical interpretation of the New Testament. In particular, attention is given to the significance of historical, literary, social, and theological aspects of the New Testament writings, as well as to contemporary interpretive methodologies and the pastoral dimensions of interpretation.
  

  • THST 6011 Gospel of Matthew

    3 semester hours

    This course examines the historical, literary, and theological contexts of the Gospel of Matthew, in conversation with modern theological issues and method.
  

  • THST 6012 Gospel of Mark

    3 semester hours

    This course examines the historical, literary, and theological contexts of the Gospel of Mark, in conversation with modern theological issues and method.
 

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