TRS 361 Vatican II: The Church in Council

Studies the 1962-65 ecumenical council as the Church's response to the challenges of modern culture; theology of the Church and Church's mission in the world; role of the laity; relation to other churches and to non-Christian religions. Post-conciliar tensions and developments. Prerequisites: Any TRS or HSTR 200-level course.

TRS 664A Theology of the Church

The nature, attributes, mission, and structure of the Church from a Roman Catholic perspective. Topics: history and method of ecclesiology, origins of the Church, local/universal Church, social mission, ecumenical concerns, papal and episcopal ministry, Mary and the Church. Lecture with some discussion.

TRS 760A Theological Foundations

An introduction to the practice of Christian theology as human performance. Key moments in the genesis of theology as a discipline; its foundations, tasks, and purpose. Faculty.

TRS 862D Method in Ecclesiology

TRS 868H La Nouvelle Theologie

A study of the theological and ecclesial renewal in France in the mid-1950s. Led by such figures as Henri de Lubac, Jean Daniélou, Henri Bouillard, M.-D. Chenu, Yves Congar, and Hans Urs von Balthasar, it was stigmatized as a "new theology" and was considered to have been censured by Pope Pius XII in the encyclical "Humani generis."

TRS 869A The theology of Joseph Ratzinger