Advanced seminar in Christian religious education, including topics such as theology, theological education, gender, social change, or ethnicity. Prereq: 500-level CE course and by permission for Master's students

This class, fully shared by AIC and LSTC, will investigate a series of theological loci - from Creation to Last Things - to explore commonalities and differences between Islamic and Christian teachings, mutual influences, historical controversies, and areas for ongoing exploration and dialogue. Christian students will learn about Islamic teachings, and Muslim students about Christian teachings, but also, through the comparative exercise, we shall all have an opportunity to learn in fresh ways about - and perhaps grow in appreciation for - our own faiths.

This course will treat theological notions about the origin and destining of the universe and humanity. Encompassing the major themes of creation, sin, grace and eschatology, we will examine topics such as the image of God, free will and Original Sin, justification, death, judgment, heaven, hell and purgatory.

Today many Christians have little or no understanding of how the New Testament experience became translated into Christian doctrine; many have little or no insight into how Christian theology today understands the dynamics of sin and grace, the notion of salvation, the role of Jesus Christ as understood by Christian faith. This course is an overview of fundamental Christian theology, focused on the core doctrines of grace, Christ, and Trinity. Students will pursue an understanding of the experiential foundations of core Christian doctrine and see the evolution of interpretation from early centuries to the present. Much of the course will explore contemporary, pastoral understandings of Christian doctrine. We will move between experience and doctrine and back to experience, helping students gain insight into both as they come to understand the dynamic process that leads from experience to doctrine -and, in theology, back again to experience and to ministry. What theologians refer to as "soteriology" -theology of salvation-is the heart of this course.

Today many Christians have little or no understanding of how the New Testament experience became translated into Christian doctrine; many have little or no insight into how Christian theology today understands the dynamics of sin and grace, the notion of salvation, the role of Jesus Christ as understood by Christian faith. This course is an overview of fundamental Christian theology, focused on the core doctrines of grace, Christ, and Trinity. Students will pursue an understanding of the experiential foundations of core Christian doctrine and see the evolution of interpretation from early centuries to the present. Much of the course will explore contemporary, pastoral understandings of Christian doctrine. We will move between experience and doctrine and back to experience, helping students gain insight into both as they come to understand the dynamic process that leads from experience to doctrine-and, in theology, back again to experience and to ministry. What theologians refer to as "soteriology"-theology of salvation-is the heart of this course.

This course explores Christian ethics, its methodology, theology, and moral principles, paying due attention to the Anglican moral tradition. We will use ethical theories examining morality as a consequence, act, intention, and character to critically reflect on selected contemporary moral issues.

This course offers a survey of Christian history and theology from the apostolic times through the early Reformation. Course material pays balanced attention to Christianity's intellectual and social history, with sustained consideration of the church's evolving relationship to political and social structures and the contested category of orthodoxy.

This course offers a survey of Christian history and theology from the apostolic times through the early Reformation. Course material pays balanced attention to Christianity's intellectual and social history, with sustained consideration of the church's evolving relationship to political and social structures and the contested category of orthodoxy.