Foundations of faith systems will be examined and discussed along with the Second Vatican Council's teaching on atheism and unbelief. The Church will be studied in an ecumenical context through discussion of some of the major crises which it faces today. The crises of identity, ministry, authority, ecumenism, credibility and liberation will be treated in their historical and contemporary contexts. These are the kinds of questions this course will address. This course studies the great modernists who have celebrated the power of literature to remake the self in terms of tradition.
Comparative literature is an introduction to the scholarly approach of the comparatist.
Metaphysics brings critical, rational judgment to bear on perennially significant questions. Alfred Hitchcock was second to none in his ability to express ideas, meanings, and emotions through the medium of cinematic images and sounds. We explore the consummate skill and artistry embodied in his techniques of film making, and will examine the personal artistic vision of the universe which animated them. An analysis of the social and political changes which have influenced the involvement of women in the American political process. The course examines the politics of women's movement and focuses on the current social status and political activity of women.