REL 333 - Studies in Roman Catholic Theology: Contemporary Catholic Theology

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Alternate years. A sympathetic study of Roman Catholic theology, with particular attention to developments since the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965). Topics include scripture and tradition, grace and justification, church, liturgy, and sacraments, ethics and the church in the modern world, death and the afterlife, Marian devotion, ecumenism, ecclesiastical authority and papal infallibility, and the pontificate of John Paul II. Prerequisite: REL 131 or an intermediate theological studies course. Not offered 2018-2019.