Required Books

THEO 504 Christian Ethics (Summer 2012)
Shannon, Thomas A. and O'Brien, David J.  Catholic Social Thought: The Documentary Heritage. (Extended Edition is recommended but either edition will be acceptable). Orbis Books, 2010.
Clough, David L. and Stiltner, Brian. Faith and Force: A Christian Debate About War. Georgetown University Press, 2007.
Wadell, Paul.  Happiness and the Christian Moral Life. 2nd Edition. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2012.
Massingale, Bryan. Racial Justice and the Catholic Church. Orbis Books, 2010.
Ellsberg, Robert. The Saints' Guide to Happiness. Image, 2005.

First Assignment:  Read The Saint's Guide to Happiness book.

 

THEO 506 Nature and Mission of the Church (Summer 2012)
The Documents of Vatican Council II  (Instructor will use the edition edited by Austin Flannery. O.P.)
Dulles, Avery. Models of the Church (2002 expanded edition)
Hahnenberg, Edward P., Ministries: A Relational Approach
Kenneson, Phillip, Life on the Vine: Cultivating the Fruit of the Spirit in a Christian Community
Rausch, Thomas P., Towards A Truly Catholic Church: An Ecclesiology for the Third Millennium
Sanks, T. Howland, Salt, Leaven & Light:  The Community Called Church

Course Syllabus

 

THEO 578 Theologies of Ecumenical and Interreligous Dialogue (Summer 2012)
Hedges, Paul. Controversies in Interreligious Dialogue and the Theology of Religions (SCM, 2012).
Mannion, Gerard. Ecclesiology and Postmodernity: Questions for the Chruch in Our TIme (Michael Glazier, 2007)