CST - Catholic Studies Descriptions

CST 651 Catholic Culture and Thought II: Ancient and Medieval, 1-1500

Provides students with an overview of the intellectual culture of Catholicism from the birth of Christ to the eve of the Reformation. The primary objective of the course is to provide students with a chronological framework of cultural and intellectual development within which to situate particular pieces of knowledge. The students are given a big-picture plotline of the Christian experience.

CST 701 Catholic Culture and Thought III: Modern, 1500-1900

Provides students with an overview of the cultural and intellectual culture of Catholicism from the Reformation to the eve of the First World War. The primary objective of the course is to provide students with a chronological framework of cultural and intellectual development within which to situate particular pieces of knowledge. The students are given a big-picture plotline of the Christian experience.

3

Selected Issues in Philosophy & Theology CST 720

Students are introduced by experts in the field to issues or sub-fields within philosophy and/or theology that bear on Catholic faith or practice.  Examples include the philosophy of religion, philosophy of science, the Franciscan tradition of philosophy and theology, the Trinitarian theology of St. Thomas Aquinas, and the Communio theology of Pope Benedict XVI.

3

Notes

Rotating topics course

Notes:This course may be taken more than once on different topics.

CST 730 Selected Issues in the Natural & Social Sciences

Students are introduced by experts in the field to issues or sub-fields within the sciences that bear on Catholic faith or practice.  Examples include environmental science, child psychology, or economics as they relate to Catholic teaching and living out the faith in the modern world.

3

Notes

Rotating topics course

Notes:This course may be taken more than once on different topics.

CST 751 Catholic Culture and Thought IV: 1900-today

Provides students with an overview of the cultural and intellectual culture of Catholicism from the First World War to the current pontificate. Special attention is given to the Second Vatican Council and its aftermath. The primary objective of the course is to provide students with a chronological framework of cultural and intellectual development within which to situate particular pieces of knowledge. The students are given a big-picture plotline of the Christian experience. The course also discusses the contempory situation within the Catholic Church and Christian societies.

3

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CST 770 Selected Issues in Catholic Studies

This course examines an important topic, event, theme, or movement relevant to Catholic Studies.  Chosen issues may be covered from the perspective of literature, the arts, and other humanities.  Examples include Catholic social theory and practice, the crusades, and Renaissance art.

3

Notes

Rotating topics course

Notes:This course may be taken more than once on different topics.

CST 800 Important Catholic Authors

This course pursues an in-depth study of an important Catholic author, typically by way of an examination of a number of works from the author’s corpus.  The authors studied range from philosophers and theologians like St. John Henry Newman to writers of fiction like Flannery O’Connor.

3

Notes

Rotating topics course

Notes:This course may be taken more than once on different topics.

CST 801 History and Theory of Catholic Art

The course provides an overview of Catholic art history, including painting, sculpture, architecture, music, performing arts, and literature. This history is taught, however, as an accompaniment to an explication of philosophical and theological aesthetics. The objective of the course is for the students to both learn about major movements within art history and to understand the production and consumption of art as necessary aspects of what it means to be authentically human.

3

CST 810 Important Catholic Texts

Similar to CST 800, this course examines key Catholic works.  But rather than a focus on a particular author, the course focuses on an in-depth study of a single noteworthy text or series and sources related to that text/series.  Examples include St. Augustine’s City of God and Dante’s Divine Comedy.

3

Notes

Rotating topics course

Notes:This course may be taken more than once on different topics.