Catholic 2.0: Faith and Practice

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Opening with a discussion of the Triune God, and highlighting questions of social justice (gender, race, and class), this course offers a scholarly approach to key issues shaping the lives of adult Catholics. An in-depth study of the liturgy (and its inculturation) theologically grounds the entire course, enhanced by a consideration both Roman and Orthodox Catholic traditions. Students will use this foundation to examine the dynamism of faith, reason and contemporary science, the sacraments and rites surrounding marriage and the end of life, and the changing institutional role of the "site" of most adult catholic practice: the local parish.