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DOCT 406 01A Christology (3)
William Cahoy
Monday 1:00-4:15 P.M.
Students explore understandings of the person, presence and mission of Christ in Scripture, in doctrine and dogma, and in contemporary theology.
DOCT 411 01A Christian Anthropology (3)
Kristin Colberg
Wednesday 8:00-11:15 A.M.
This course is an investigation of the Christian doctrine of the human person: creation and fall, sin and grace, justification and sanctification, eschatological fulfillment.
DOCT 468 02A/HHTH 468 01A The Theology of Augustine, Aquinas, and Luther (3)
Shawn Colberg
Tuesday 8:00-11:15 A.M.
Few thinkers have exercised greater influence over the Christian theological tradition than Augustine of Hippo, Thomas Aquinas, and Martin Luther. This course will survey and examine the primary contributions of these authors including the way in which their thought has shaped the present state of Christian doctrine. With each author, the course will look familiarize the student with the thinker's context and biography; it will then explore the central theological debates and questions from which the thinker's writings emerged.
To establish points for comparison and interpretation, the course will focus on certain common topics among the three thinkers; these include (1) Christology, (2) salvation - including questions of nature and grace, (3) sacraments, and (4) Christian life. In doing so, the course intends not only to observe these thinkers as decisive influences for the Patristic, medieval, and Reformation periods but also to observe the historical development of Christian thought over time.
The structure of the course will focus on close readings of primary texts and in-class discussions of their meaning; in addition to reading certain seminal or classic texts, the course will make a variety of genres such as sermons, hymns, and letters. Long and short essays will be used to demonstrate mastery of the material and offer opportunities for meaningful comparisons and constructive evaluations of these theologians and their work. Cross Listed with HHTH 468.
HHTH 413 01A/MONS 402 01A Monastic History I (3)
Columba Stewart, OSB
Tuesday 1:00-4:15 P.M.
This course will examine the rise of monasticism within the early Church of East and West to the time of Benedict. Cross-listed with MONS 402.
HHTH 468 01A/MONS 468 01A Contemporary Monasticism (3)
Mary Forman, OSB
M/W 9:45-11:15 A.M.
Since Vatican II with its call to religious communities to return to the sources, the monastic world has witnessed a multiplicity of expressions of monastic life: from intentional communities to heritages, from traditional Benedictine and Cistercian communities to ecumenical, inter-faith and Protestant communities, from solely vowed religious to various forms of affiliation of lay membership. Some of the fastest growing communities appear to be in regions of the world other than Europe and North America. The rise of new expressions of monastic life has led to questions about what it means to be a monastic in the world. This course will explore some of the currents of the changing face of monasticism, along with the hopes, dreams, concerns and challenges for monasticism in the 21st century. Cross Listed with MONS 468.
HHTH 468 02A/DOCT 468 01A The Theology of Augustine, Aquinas, and Luther (3)
Shawn Colberg
Tuesday 8:00-11:15 A.M.
Few thinkers have exercised greater influence over the Christian theological tradition than Augustine of Hippo, Thomas Aquinas, and Martin Luther. This course will survey and examine the primary contributions of these authors including the way in which their thought has shaped the present state of Christian doctrine. With each author, the course will look familiarize the student with the thinker's context and biography; it will then explore the central theological debates and questions from which the thinker's writings emerged.
To establish points for comparison and interpretation, the course will focus on certain common topics among the three thinkers; these include (1) Christology, (2) salvation - including questions of nature and grace, (3) sacraments, and (4) Christian life. In doing so, the course intends not only to observe these thinkers as decisive influences for the Patristic, medieval, and Reformation periods but also to observe the historical development of Christian thought over time.
The structure of the course will focus on close readings of primary texts and in-class discussions of their meaning; in addition to reading certain seminal or classic texts, the course will make a variety of genres such as sermons, hymns, and letters. Long and short essays will be used to demonstrate mastery of the material and offer opportunities for meaningful comparisons and constructive evaluations of these theologians and their work. Cross listed with DOCT 468.
LANG 401 01A Reading Ecclesiastical Latin I (3)
Anthony Ruff, OSB
M/W/TH/F 2:45-3:45 P.M.
Study of the Latin language - grammar and vocabulary - to prepare the student to read ecclesiastical texts such as the Vulgate Bible, patristic sources, liturgical texts, canon law, and church documents.
LMUS 407 01A Applied Organ (1)
Kim Kasling
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.
LMUS 408 01A Applied Voice (1)
Carolyn Finley
TBA
LMUS 408 02A Applied Voice (1)
Patricia Kent
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,
LMUS 409 01A Applied Composition (1)
Brian Campbell
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.
LMUS 431 01A Advanced Choral Conducting (3)
Axel Theimer
M/W/F 10:20-11:15 A.M.
Students will review basic conducting techniques and will apply advanced vocal and conducting techniques through studies of standard choral literature representing various styles and forms. Special attention will be given to application of vocal techniques in the choral setting, gestures, and their effects on singing. The course will include score preparation, analysis of major choral works, and special rehearsal techniques.
LMUS 433 01A Service Playing (1)
Kim Kasling
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.
LMUS 435 01A Service Leadership (1)
Patricia Kent
TBA
This course examines the historic role of the cantor in Jewish and Christian liturgy. Students will learn how to teach antiphonal music to the assembly, appropriate directing skills, the cantor's ritual moments, and cantorial music resources. Students will study the role of congregational song leader as distinguished from that of cantor and choir director. Students will develop good song leading style, i.e., teaching new music to a congregation, learning appropriate directing techniques for congregational leadership. Developing vocal and musical styles for both ministries will be emphasized.
LMUS 439 01A Liturgical Music Practicum (1)
Kim Kasling/Anthony Ruff, OSB
TBA
Students will be directly involved in actual liturgical music planning, rehearsing, and implementing in a variety of liturgical forms. This is to be done in area churches and/or on campus with permission of and under supervision of the adviser and other faculty with the aim of developing skills and the ability to integrate practice with musical and liturgical knowledge.
LMUS 468 01A Gregorian Chant Schola (1)
Anthony Ruff, OSB
M/W/F 8:15-8:55 A.M.
Small ensemble which sings Gregorian chant according to informed scholarship and performs regularly at liturgies on campus.
LMUS 468 02A Final Project-Recital (1)
TBA
The final project is developed in consultation with a student's faculty adviser. The project might be a lecture-recital, a research paper and public defense, or a hymn festival.
LTGY 407 01A Liturgical Celebration (3)
Johan Van Parys
Tuesday 1:00-4:15 P.M.
Through a sustained reflection on the church's tradition of lex orandi, lex credendi, students will be introduced to the theory and practice of good liturgical celebration. Contemporary liturgical practice will be evaluated in its historical, cultural, and theological context. Students will learn how the historical development of Christian liturgy, its anthropological dimensions, and important church documents influence how we worship today.
LTGY 424 01A Liturgical Year (3)
Anthony Ruff, OSB
M/W 1:00-2:30 P.M.
This course reflects on the dynamics of time, story, and history in the liturgical shaping of time. Students will explore the theology of Sunday, and of festivals and seasons reflected in the evolution of the liturgical year and in the liturgical books and calendars of the churches today. Students will study the interplay of liturgical time and the rhythms of modern life.
MONS 402 01A/HHTH 413 01A Monastic History I (3)
Columba Stewart, OSB
Tuesday 1:00-4:15 P.M.
This course will examine the rise of monasticism within the early Church of East and West to the time of Benedict. Cross-listed with HHTH 413.
MONS 468 01A/HHTH 468 01A Contemporary Monasticism (3)
Mary Forman, OSB
M/W 9:45-11:15 A.M.
Since Vatican II with its call to religious communities to return to the sources, the monastic world has witnessed a multiplicity of expressions of monastic life: from intentional communities to heritages, from traditional Benedictine and Cistercian communities to ecumenical, inter-faith and Protestant communities, from solely vowed religious to various forms of affiliation of lay membership. Some of the fastest growing communities appear to be in regions of the world other than Europe and North America. The rise of new expressions of monastic life has led to questions about what it means to be a monastic in the world. This course will explore some of the currents of the changing face of monasticism, along with the hopes, dreams, concerns and challenges for monasticism in the 21st century. Cross listed with HHTH 468.
MONS 468 02A Reading the Bible with Benedict (3)
Irene Nowell, OSB
WEB CLASS-NO CAMPUS
Consideration of the significance of the Bible in the Rule of Benedict and the place of the Bible in monastic life, using lectio divina as the core method. Exploration of key scriptural themes in the Rule, especially in the areas of humility, obedience, silence, the community of goods, prayer, and good zeal.
MORL 456 01A/PTHM 456 01A Rural Social Issues (3)
Bernard Evans
Tuesday 6:00-9:15 P.M.
This course is an examination of major social issues affecting rural America, the social justice dimen¬sions of these issues, and their implications for ministry in the Church. Cross-listed with PTHM 456.
PTHM 401 01A Evangelization and Catechesis (3)
Jeffrey Kaster
Monday 8:00-11:15 A.M.
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.
PTHM 405 01A Introduction to Pastoral Ministry (3)
Barbara Sutton
Thursday 1:00-4:15 P.M.
This course introduces students to the theology of ministry, including historical and contemporary theologies of ordained and lay ministry. Students also explore basic methods in the practice of ministry.
PTHM 412 01A Clinical Pastoral Education (4)
Barbara Sutton
TBA
Students participate in a basic unit of an accredited Clinical Pastoral Education program.
PTHM 456 01A/MORL 456 01A Rural Social Issues (3)
Bernard Evans
Tuesday 6:00-9:15 P.M.
This course is an examination of major social issues affecting rural America, the social justice dimen¬sions of these issues, and their implications for ministry in the Church. Cross-listed with MORL 456.
PTHM 459 01A- 06A Practicum/Theological Reflection (1-6)
Barbara Sutton
Wednesday 6:00-9:15 P.M.
Students work with an organization, project, or parish in the area of their ministerial interest. The supervised experience requires students to integrate theological competence 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.
SPIR 431 01A Christian Prayer (3)
Helen Rolfson, OSF
WEB CLASS-Monastic Cohort Only
One Class session at Gethsemani: Sep 5-8, 2013
This course offers a study of the place of prayer in Christian life, with special emphasis on the Our Father, using various classical commentaries. Theological problems and considerations related to the doctrine of prayer are included, e.g. discernment in prayer, content of prayer, polarities in prayer (such as its apophatic and mystical, individual and communitarian, sacramental and liturgical aspects), and laws of the spiritual life emanating from teachings on prayer.
SPIR 468 01A Prayer Formation for Spiritual Direction (1)
Becky Van Ness
Monday 6:00-8:00 PM | September 9, 23; October 21; November 4, 18; December 2
Preparatory to listening to others' experiences of God we will explore how our own image of God evolves as we discern God's ways of being present to us in prayer and in life. The course will include an introduction to the practice of lectio divina applied to our lived experience.
SSNT 401 01A New Testament Greek I (3
Margaret Cook
M/W/F 3:00-3:35 P.M. - T/TH 2:20-3:40 P.M.
The instruction emphasizes reading comprehension of New Testament Greek with the aid of a dictionary. It includes the study of grammar with an eye toward its practical application.
SSNT 420 01A Gospels (3)
Susan Myers
Friday 6:30-9:30 P.M. - Saturday 8:00 A.M. - 3:00 P.M.
September 6-7; October 11-12, November 8-19; December 6-7
This study investigates the interrelated histories and theologies of the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke within an analysis of the Synoptic problem.
SSNT 424 01A and 02A Johannine Tradition (3)
Michael Patella, OSB
T/TH 9:45-11:15 A.M.
The Gospels and letters of John have been very influential in the shaping of Christian theology. A close reading of the texts will provide an examination of the Johannine corpus within its theological, social, and historical context.
SSOT 410 01A Pentateuch (3)
Dale Launderville, OSB
Monday 6:00-9:15 P.M.
The course introduces the student to the content, the traditions of interpretation, and the exegetical methods employed in the study of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. The themes of creating, liberating, and covenanting are emphasized
THY 402 01A Introduction to Christian Tradition (3)
Dale Launderville, OSB
T/TH 8:00-9:30 A.M.
This course is an introductory survey of theology, studying representative texts from the pre-Christian era to the Reformation (100 B.C. to 1650). Figures and issues will be situated within the philosophical and theological currents of their time.
THY 465 01A ThM Research Seminar (3)
Shawn Colberg
Tuesday 1:00-4:15 P.M.
The research seminar is designed to direct and guide students in advanced theological research in preparation for writing a thesis. Students may prepare the thesis proposal in the course, or if approved, can begin writing the thesis. Students will be engaged in dialogue and critique of each other's work in order to enhance understanding of theological research and writing. The proposal will contain: a persuasive and debatable thesis statement, a description of the project that maps the argument with a brief summary of the positions and the lines of argument to be developed; a tentative outline, a preliminary bibliography of primary and secondary sources from current scholarship as well as the history of research on the topic. The bibliography will also include sources in the ancient and/or modern language being utilized in the thesis.
THY 580 01A Thesis (6)
William Cahoy
TBA
THY 598 01A Reading for Comprehensive Exams (6)
William Cahoy
TBA
THY 599 01A/THY 599 02A Comprehensive Exams
William Cahoy
TBA
