The Big Questions in Theology

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This course introduces students to the 'big questions' from the perspective of religious faith, including the theological perspectives that ground the Catholic, Jesuit tradition. Theistic religions – as traditionally understood – are not merely forms of personal piety but communal efforts that aim at understanding a people’s place in the larger cosmos, a cosmos created by a personal God. Theology is that discipline that addresses these questions from the perspective of religious faith. As a result, the religious quest – as a theological practice – engages significant questions of meaning, truth, suffering, and goodness.