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In addition to extensive service work through existing opportunities throughout the United States and Mexico in conjunction with Lasallian volunteers, students are challenged to consider a faith that does justice and upholds the dignity of every human person. Students explore the call to service in their own lives in conjunction with the path of De La Salle's response to his call. This course includes a required service component.

This course consists of three components: investigation of the Church liturgical year as a basis for communal prayer, the study of principles for communal prayer and prayer leadership, and practical experiences in which students will develop and lead prayer. Students will explore prayer forms and prayer styles in a variety of settings needed for effective pastoral leadership. In addition, students will study and create scriptural reflections which offer spiritual applications appropriate for communal prayer.

This course is designed for all students seeking to minister within the church in any of the numerous ministries (lay and ordained) and educational capacities. The biblical, theological, historical, and spiritual foundations for ministry will be explored. In addition, the major Vatican II and U.S. Bishops' documents will be incorporated into the course as a framework for ministry and a context for contemporary Church tradition. There will be an emphasis upon integration of course readings into the reality of the twenty-first century church including challenges and limitations. Integration of ministerial theology and spirituality into the personal lives of the students will be sought.

This course is an introduction to the study of fundamental moral theology. Emphasizing Catholic tradition in dialogue with other sources of wisdom, the course reflects on values and methods by which humans develop as moral persons.

Students consider the intellectual history of Christian theology, examining people and their ideas, from the birth of Jesus to the modern era.

A study of research methods and resources, this course teaches students the art of rhetoric as it pertains to research in the discipline of Theology. The topic of the course varies from year to year, focusing on a significant practice or idea, important figure, or significant movement or school of thought in the history of Christian Theology. Together with THEO 21700 and an upper-level Theology course with a research paper requirement (minimum 15 pages), this course fulfills the Advanced Writing requirement for Theology majors. This class is a prerequisite for the required upper-division course with a research paper component and may be taken prior to or simultaneously with such a course.

This course focuses on the lived, religious experience of women in the three major monotheistic religions of the world: Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. The course includes an exploration of fundamental questions about women shaping and being shaped by religious traditions.

This course allows students to focus on particular dimensions of theological study. Some workshops are devoted solely to service-learning. Topics will vary.

These courses are designed through the collaboration of a student and the Theology Department to address the needs of the student in his or her plan of study within the discipline.