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Theology
is how broad assumptions about the nature of the text shape various theologies and how issues like
inspiration, myth and ethics are determined both from and for the reading of the Bible.
TH114 Religions of the Book 3 credits
The Christian Bible inspires faith for billions of persons worldwide and is a best-seller every year. In this
course the Bible is studied as an example of the world’s Scriptures. Comparisons and contrasts are drawn
between both the content and the use of Scripture in Jewish, Christian and Muslim denominations.
Attention can be given to some of the uses of Scripture in eastern world views, for example, Hinduism
and Buddhism.
TH115 The Mystery of Salvation 3 credits
The Christian Bible leads to Christ, the mystery of salvation. This course is divided into four parts
corresponding to the Catechism of the Catholic Church: professing our faith, celebrating our faith, living
our faith, and praying our faith. The primary sources are Sacred Scripture and the Catechism of the
Catholic Church. Offered fall semester. Prerequisite: IHM seminarians only.
TH209 Methods in Catholic Theology 3 credits
This course explores the tenets and practices of theology through the study of the interpretations of
Christian doctrines noted in the Nicene Creed and select catechetical texts. Issues of method, authority,
and the interface of faith with modern culture are highlighted. Prerequisite: one of the following: TH112,
TH113, TH114, or TH115 (may be concurrent).
TH210 Introduction to the Old Testament 3 credits
Students survey examples from the Pentateuch, Prophetic, Historical and Wisdom texts, their forms,
settings and theology. This survey incorporates an appreciation for some basic contemporary
interpretive methods. Methods encouraged by Vatican II’s Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation
are studied. Offered fall semester. Prerequisite: TH112, TH113, TH114, or TH115.
TH220 Introduction to the New Testament 3 credits
Students survey examples of texts from the Pauline, Catholic and Pastoral Epistles, the Gospels and Acts;
Hebrews and Revelation are also introduced. Working with the interpretive strategies gained in TH210
Introduction to Old Testament, students begin to assess the dynamics of interpretation through the
completion of an exegetical paper. Offered spring semester. Prerequisite: TH210.
TH250 Christian View of the Human Person 3 credits
This course explores the set of Catholic Christian doctrines and interpretation surrounding the
question “what does it mean to be a human person?”: for example, the creation to the image of God,
sin, redemption, sacramentality, and vocation. There is a focus on modern questions of the mind,
conscience, embodiment, gender, and sexuality. Prerequisite: TH112, TH113, TH114, or TH115.
TH260 Foundations in Catholic Theology 3 credits
This course is an introduction to Catholic theology that explores fundamental doctrines, e.g., the Triune
God, the creation of the cosmos and humanity, sin, grace, salvation, sanctification, and sacramental
imagination. Students attend to the development of these creedal doctrines building on their biblical
understanding of how these doctrines frame the human experience through a coherent system of
thought, which addresses the challenges that modernity and post-modernity pose to the Christian
world view. Students who have taken TH209 should not take this course. Prerequisite: TH112, TH113,
TH114, or TH115.
TH270 Christianity in a Global Context 3 credits
Through comparison and contrast, students define and articulate how the Christian, especially Roman
Catholic, world view relates to those of others. Prior to such comparisons students focus on being able
to articulate the basic world view of several mainstream religions: Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism,
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