Faculty members in our theology department at the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University are committed to helping students understand religion as a fundamental part of human experience. Exploring how faith and reason combine to form life-orienting perspectives, our faculty join students in grappling with major questions about God, the world, and human existence. This is done in a variety of ways, especially through the critical examination of the sacred texts and values of the Catholic tradition, other Christian traditions, and other religions.

• Theology is a vital part of a liberal arts education at CSB/SJU.  Our department’s courses foster analytical skills, critical and creative thinking, and the pursuit of wisdom while helping students understand the major role of religious faith in human history and civilizations. 
• Focusing primarily on Catholic theology, especially as it is rooted in the Benedictine heritage, our department promotes ecumenical and interfaith learning, thereby promoting the cross-cultural understanding that is desperately needed in our pluralistic society and world.
• Our department offers a wide array of courses on Sacred Scripture and varieties of Christian theology, as well as courses on Judaism, Islam, and other religions.
• Our courses help students explore questions of ultimate concern and the many responses to these questions found in the Christian tradition and other religious traditions.
• We give special attention in our courses to the theological dimensions of contemporary questions and issues.