Archived Courses
In addition to the Catholic Studies courses (CATH) listed on prior web pages, the Catholic Studies Program also has offered courses cross-listed with the Art History, English, French, German, Government, History, International Affairs, Italian, Japanese, Jewish Civilization, Music, Philosophy, Sociology, Spanish, and Theology Departments.
Art History
ARTH 101: Ancient to Medieval Art (Tilney)
ARTH 102: Renaissance to Modern Art (Tilney)
ARTH 358: Art and Power in Africa (pending)
ARTH 417: Spectacle Latin America (Huezo)
ARTH 1760 GU Art and Architecture (Rufino)
ARTH 2241 Medieval Sicily (Hunt)
ARTH 4650 Race and Color in Latin America (Huezo)
Classics
CLSS 1020 Roman Art and Architecture (Pickel)
English
ENGL 274: Italian Cinema (Fallani). The course includes investigation into Christian values as expressed in Italian Cinema. N.B.: This course is offered at Villa la Balza in Fiesole.
ENGL 392: The Literature of Toni Morrison (Mitchell)
ENGL 2022 Imaging American Slavery (Mitchell)
ENGL 4120 Modern Irish Novel (Parsons)
French
FREN 380: Quebec Cinema (Santoro)
FREN 4771 Women and Gender in Medieval France (Johnson)
German
GERM 043: Witches (McCarron)
Government
GOVT 313: Religious, Ethical, and World Affairs (Hollenbach)
GOVT 460: Ethical Issues in International Relations (McMorrow)
GOVT 461: Catholic Social Thought (McMorrow)
GOVT 4891 Morals and Markets (Boyd)
GOVT 4450 Politics and of East and Central Europe (Smith)
History
HIST 183: US Latinx History (Amezcua)
HIST 231: Middle Ages I: Millennium-Black Death (Moran Cruz)
HIST 331: Jesuits from Ignatius to Francis (Collins)
HIST 332: Topics: Mary through the Ages (Corcoran)
HIST 333: Religion and the State (Moran)
HIST 431: Outer Space from Plato to Pluto (Collins)
HIST 485: Latinx Social Movements (Loza)
HIST 2105 Medieval Iberia (Ray)
HIST 2417 The Reformations in Europe (Leonard)
HIST 2421 Ireland (Gannon)
HIST 4403 Sex and Power (Cruz)
HIST 2424 Renaissance (Astarita)
HIST 3412 Art and Power (Astarita)
HIST 4405 Fascism (Shedel)
HIST 4804 Social Movements in the US (Kazin)
International Affairs
INAF 027: Vatican Archives and the Holocaust (Brown-Fleming). A one-credit course that meets on February 2, 8, 16, and 23, and March 2, 2021. Course also listed as JCIV027.
INAF 109: Unraveling the Web: A Primer on Why the Middle East is a Mess (Soltes). The course includes examination of Middle Eastern Christianity, its origins and historical development to the present day, also in conjunction with Islam and Judaism.
INAF 188: Human Rights (Forman). An examination of antisemitism, its origins and historical development, including in its Christian dimension. Likewise, an examination of opposition to antisemitism, including in its Christian dimension.
INAF 233: Racialization of Religion (Sonn). Associated with SFS’s Global Anti-Racism Initiative, the course considers the intersections of racism and Christianity at key historical moments, beginning with the politicization of Christianity in the fourth century, reflecting on Christian sanctioned racism in the age of European colonization, and concluding with the Church’s current efforts to address past atrocities and condemn racism as an “affront to human dignity”.
INAF 1579 Untangle ME Relig/Polit/Ethnic (Soltes)
INAF 1030 The Vatican and Nazi War Criminals (Brown-Fleming)
Italian
ITAL 1032 Italian Through Art – Renaissance (Musti)
ITAL 4388 Medici: A Dynasty (Cicali)
Japanese
JAPN 349: Catholicism in Japan (Doak). Mainly in the modern period. All readings are in English; no Japanese language is required. Likely to be offered in Spring 2022
Jewish Civilization
JCIV 013: Dynamic Dialogue: Talmudic Takes on Interfaith Engagement (Gartner/Skorka). A one-credit course that meets for five 150-minutes periods in March and early April. Interreligious encounters included those with early Christianity.
JCIV 027 – see INAF 027.
JCIV 109 – see INAF 109
JCIV 188 – see INAF 188
JCIV 1030 The Vatican & Nazi War Criminals (Brown-Fleming)
Music
MUSC 328: Special Topics: Sacred Music (Weismann)
Philosophy
PHIL 120: Moral Agency (Pratt)
PHIL 160: Christian Creeds (Murphy)
Spanish
SPAN 360: Don Quixote (Francomano)
SPAN 450: (De)colonizing the Indigenous Imaginary (Borowitz). This course will examine the nature and processes of subject formation in Spanish America during the 16th and 17th centuries. We will read Spanish-authored texts of several genres (evangelical and confessional manuals, utopian plans, legislative proposals, autos sacramentales and loas) that attempt to shape Amerindian individuals’ worldviews and self-perception as subjects of the Spanish Crown, alongside Indigenous-authored texts (lawsuits, codices, histories, plays, testimony) that resist those efforts.
SPAN 3268 Latin American Film (Santos)
Theology
THEO 023: Christian Initiation (Koester)
THEO 043: Augustine’s Confessions (Toom)
THEO 055: Christian-Muslim Relations (Heck). This course includes Catholic engagements with Islam, from Crusades to Vatican II.
THEO 060: Justice & Consumer Society (Danner)
THEO 064: Theology of Pilgrimage: Rome (Bosco)
THEO 085: Francis, Catholic Social Thought, Public Life (Daniels)
THEO 128: Divine Revelation (Folan)
THEO 129: Jesuits: Mission and Values (Crowley-Buck)
THEO 131: Faith Seeking Understanding (Lamm)
THEO 174: Eros and Caritas (O’Connell)
THEO 177: CBL: Courage, Hope, Justice (Danner)
THEO 184: Shi’ites, Sunnis, and Christians (Gertz)
THEO 192: Theo-Humanism (Heck). The course touches on the Catholic literary imagination.
THEO 2210 The Betrayal of the Church (Folan)
THEO 2242 Finding God (Prevot)
THEO 2291 Korean Christianity (Cho)
THEO 2610 Christianities in Africa (Butticci)
THEO 2835 Justice & Consumer Culture (Danner-McDonalds)
THEO 2918 Shiites, Sunnis, Christians (Gertz)
THEO 3212 Eros et Caritas (O’Connell)
THEO 3252 Augustine (Bonnette)
THEO 3258 Newman (Fields)
THEO 3260 Medieval England (Lamm)
THEO 3272 Truth/Relativism/Nature (Fields)
THEO 3825 Courage, Hope and Justice (Danner)
THEO 4008 Religious Liberty (Heck)
Courses by Semester
Spring 2024
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Fall 2022
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Spring 2022
ARTH 358: Art and Power in Africa (pending)
ARTH 417: Spectacle Latin America (Huezo)
ENGL 274: Italian Cinema (Fallani)
ENGL 392: The Literature of Toni Morrison (Mitchell)
FREN 380: Quebec Cinema (Santoro)
GERM 043: Witches (McCarron
GOVT 313: Religious, Ethical, and World Affairs (Hollenbach)
GOVT 313: Religious, Ethical, and World Affairs (Hollenbach)
GOVT 461: Catholic Social Thought (McMorrow)
HIST 183: US Latinx History (Amezcua)
HIST 231: Middle Ages I: Millennium-Black Death (Moran Cruz)
HIST 331: Jesuits from Ignatius to Francis (Collins)
HIST 332: Topics: Mary through the Ages (Corcoran)
HIST 333: Religion and the State (Moran)
HIST 485: Latinx Social Movements (Loza)
HIST 431: Outer Space from Plato to Pluto (Collins)
JAPN 349: Catholicism in Japan (Doak)
JCIV 013: Dynamic Dialogue: Talmudic Takes on Interfaith Engagement (Gartner/Skorka)
JCIV 027 – see INAF 027
JCIV 109 – see INAF 109
JCIV 188 – see INAF 188
MUSC 328: Special Topics: Sacred Music (Weismann)
PHIL 120: Moral Agency (Pratt)
PHIL 160: Christian Creeds (Murphy)
SPAN 360: Don Quixote (Francomano)
SPAN 450: (De)colonizing the Indigenous Imaginary (Borowitz)
THEO 023: Christian Initiation (Koester)
THEO 043: Augustine’s Confessions (Toom)
THEO 055: Christian-Muslim Relations (Heck)
THEO 060: Justice & Consumer Society (Danner)
THEO 064: Theology of Pilgrimage: Rome (Bosco)
THEO 128: Divine Revelation (Folan)
THEO 129: Jesuits: Mission and Values (Crowley-Buck)
THEO 131: Faith Seeking Understanding (Lamm)
THEO 177: CBL: Courage, Hope, Justice (Danner)
THEO 184: Shi’ites, Sunnis, and Christians (Gertz)
THEO 192: Theo-Humanism (Heck)
Fall 2021
CATH 113: Agitators, Pastors, and Organizers — Prof Drew Christiansen
CATH 346: Just War, Nonviolence, and Peacebuilding — Prof Drew Christiansen
ARTH 101: Ancient to Medieval Art – Prof Barrett W Tilney
ARTH 102: Renaissance to Modern Art — Prof Susan Nalezyty
ENGL 108: Chaucer and the 14th Century — Prof John C Hirsh
GERM 043: Witches — Prof Samantha Clara Grayck
GOVT 313: Religion, Ethics, and World Affairs — Prof Shaun CaseyHIST 230: Europe after Rome — Prof Timothy Paul Albert Newfield
HIST 240: The Reformations in Europe — Prof Amy E Leonard
MUSC 114: Music Culture: European Traditions — Prof Anthony R Del Donna
SOCI 136: Religion and Society — Prof Becky Hsu
THEO 001: The Problem of God — Prof Stephen Fields
THEO 001: The Problem of God — Prof Min-Ah Cho
THEO 001: The Problem of God — Prof Becky Hsu
THEO 077: Christian Mysticism — Prof Tarmo Toom
THEO 085: Francis, Catholic Social Thought and Public Life — Prof John Carr
Spring 2021
ARTH 101: Ancient to Medieval Art – Prof Barrett Tilney
ARTH 102: Renaissance to Modern Art — Prof Susan Nalezyty
GERM 043: Witches — Prof Astrid M. Weigert
GOVT 313: Religion, Ethics, and World Affairs — Prof David Hollenbach
HIST 231: Middle Ages: Millennium-BI Death — Prof Jo Ann H Moran Cruz
HIST 332: Madonna — Prof Vanessa Corcoran
INAF 166: Seven Popes and the Jews — Prof Dennis McManus
INAF 224: Symbols of Faith — Prof Ori Z Soltes
ITAL 460: Dante — Prof Gianni Cicali
JCIV 166: Seven Popes and the Jews — Pope Dennis McManus
JCIV 224: Symbols of Faith — Prof Ori Z Soltes
MGMT 278: Courage and Moral Leadership — Prof Robert J Bies
PHIL 160: Christian Creeds — Prof Mark C Murphy
THEO 023: Christian Initiation — Prof Anne Koester
THEO 043: Augustine’s Confessions — Prof Tarmo Toom
THEO 085: Francis, Catholic Social Thought and Public Life — Prof Kim Daniels
THEO 129: Jesuits: Mission and Values — Prof John Crowley-Buck
THEO 173: The Betrayal of the Church — Prof Peter Folan
THEOR 174: Eros and Caritas — Prof Luke P OConnell
THEO 177: Courage, Hope, and Justice — Prof Kerry Blair Danner-McDonald
Fall 2020
ARTH 101: Ancient to Medieval Art – Prof Barrett Tilney
ARTH 102: Renaissance to Modern Art — Prof Barrett Tilney
ENGL 108: Chaucer and the 14th Century — Prof John Hirsh
GERM 043: Witches — Prof Ekaterina Andreyevna Soloveva
GOVT 313: Religion, Ethics, and World Affairs — Prof Drew Christiansen
GOVT 461: Catholic Social Thought — Prof Marilyn McMorrow
HIST 230: Europe after Rome — Prof Timothy Paul Albert Newfield
JAPN 406: Endo Shusaku — Prof Kevin Doak
JCIV 237: Troubled Rivalry: History of Jewish/Catholic Religions — Prof Dennis McManus
MUSC 114: Music Culture: European Traditions — Prof Anthony Del Donna
SOCI 136: Religion and Society — Prof Jose Casanova
THEO 001: The Problem of God — Prof Stephen Fields
THEO 001: The Problem of God — Prof Min-Ah Cho
THEO 001: The Problem of God — Prof Luke OConnell
THEO 022: Intro to Roman Catholic Theology — Prof Otto Hentz
THEO 073: Religion and Society — Prof Jose Casanova
THEO 077: Christian Mysticism — Prof Tarmo Toom
THEO 085: Francis, Catholic Social Thought and Public Life — Prof John Carr
THEO 164: Truth/Relativism/Natural Law — Prof Stephen Fields
THEO 193: Japanese Christian Literature: Endo — Prof Kevin Doak
Spring 2020
ARTH 101: Ancient to Medieval Art – Prof Barrett Tilney
ARTH 102: Renaissance to Modern Art – Prof Barrett Tilney
CLSL 109: Medieval Latin – Prof Dennis McManus
GERM 043: Witches – Prof Astrid Weigert
GOVT 313: Religion, Ethics, and World Affairs – Prof Drew Christiansen
GOVT 406: Political Violence in the Name of God – Prof Jocelyne Cesari
HIST 140: Charlemagne to Napoleon – Prof Amy Leonard
HIST 143: Spain/Portugal and their Empires – Prof Tommaso Astarita
HIST 232: History-Legend in Medieval Britain – Prof Jo Ann Cruz
HIST 339: Eternal City: A History of Rome – Prof Tommaso Astarita
INAF 166: Saints and Society – Prof Dennis McManus
INAF 255: Debates over Religious Freedom – Prof Mark Chopko and Prof David Saperstein
INAF 458: Fiction, Faith, and Violence – Prof Paul Elie
ITAL 460: Dante – Prof Francesco Ciabattoni
JAPN 349: Catholicism in Japan – Prof Kevin Doak
JCIV 166: Seven Popes and the Jews – Prof Dennis McManus
JCIV 213: Debates Over Religious Freedom – Prof Mark Chopko and Prof Saperstein
MGMT 278: Courage and Moral Leadership – Prof Robert Bies
PHIL 160: Christian Creeds – Prof Mark Murphy
THEO 001: The Problem of God – Prof Matthew Anderson
THEO 023: Christian Initiation – Prof Anne Koester
THEO 043: Augustine’s Confessions – Prof Tarmo Toom
THEO 064: Theology of Pilgrimage: Rome – Prof Mark Bosco
THEO 077: Christian Mysticism – Prof Stephan Fields
THEO 085: Francis, Catholic Social Thought and Public Life – Prof Kim Daniels
THEO 129: Jesuits: Mission and Values – Prof John Crowley-Buck
THEO 136: Women Mystics – Prof Julia Lamm
THEO 173: The Betrayal of the Church – Prof Peter Folan
THEO 174: Eros and Caritas – Prof Stephan Fields
THEO 177: Courage, Hope, and Justice – Prof Kerry Danner-McDonald
THEO 236: The Vatican and Ireland – Prof TBA
THEO 367: Two Councils: Trent/Vatican II – Prof John O’Malley
Fall 2019
ARTH 101: Ancient to Medieval Art – Prof Barrett W Tilney
ARTH 102: Renaissance to Modern Art – Prof Susan Nalezyty
ENGL 108: Chaucer & the 14th Century – Prof John C Hirsh
ENGL 273: Catholic Literary Modernism – Prof Mark Bosco
GERM 043: Witches – Prof John Forrest Finch
GERM 230: Catholic-Protestant Conflict – Prof Mary Helen Dupree
GOVT 313: Religion, Ethics, World Affairs – Prof Michael J Kessler
GOVT 461: Department Seminar: Catholic Social Thought – Prof Marilyn McMorrow
HIST 230: Europe After Rome – Prof Timothy Paul Albert Newfield
ITAL 375: Boccaccio: Invention of Storytelling – Prof Francesco Ciabattoni
JCIV 237: Troubled Rivalry: History of Jewish and Catholic Relations – Prof Dennis D McManus
MUSC 114: Music Culture: European Traditions – Prof Anthony R Del Donna
PHIL 280: History of Ancient Medieval Philosophy – Prof Neil T Lewis and Prof Katherine A Withy
SOCI 136: Religion and Society – Prof Jose J Casanova
SPAN 407: Medieval Cinema – Prof Emily C Francomano
THEO 001: The Problem of God – Prof Kevin Doak
THEO 001: The Problem of God – Prof Stephen M Fields
THEO 001: The Problem of God – Prof Min-Ah Cho
THEO 001: The Problem of God – Prof Luke P O’Connell
THEO 022: Intro to Roman Catholic Theology – Prof Otto H Hentz
THEO 073: Religion and Society – Prof Jose J. Casanova
THEO 077: Christian Mysticism – Prof Tarmo Toom
THEO 085: Francis, Catholic Social Thought & Public Life – Prof John Carr
Spring 2019
ARTH 101: Ancient to Medieval Art – Prof Barrett Tilney
ARTH 102: Renaissance to Modern Art – Prof Barrett Tilney
ARTH 228: Northern Renaissance Art – Prof Al Acres
ARTH 330: Baroque Art & Architecture – Prof Susan Nalezyty
CLSL 109: Medieval Latin – Prof Dennis McManus
ENGL 313: Tolkien and Medieval Roots – Prof Kelley Wickham-Crowley
FREN 364: Love & War in Medieval France – Prof Joseph Johnson
GERM 043: Witches – Prof Noelle Rettig
GOVT 313: Religion, Ethics, and World Affairs – Prof Drew Christiansen
GOVT 406: Political Violence in the Name of God – Prof Jocelyne Cesari
HIST 231: Middle Ages: Millennium-Bl Death – Prof Jo Ann Cruz
HIST 240: The Reformations in Europe – Prof Amy Leonard
HIST 434: Sex and Celibacy: Early Modern Europe – Prof Amy Leonard
INAF 255: Debates over Religious Freedom – Prof David Saperstein and Prof Mark Chopko
INAF 458: Fiction, Faith, and Violence – Prof Paul Elie
ITAL 460: Dante – Prof Francesco Ciabattoni
JAPN 406: Japanese Christian Literature – Prof Kevin Doak
MGMT 278: Courage and Moral Leadership – Prof Robert Bies
PHIL 160: Christian Creeds – Prof Mark Murphy
PHIL 276: Dante and Christian Imagination – Prof Francis Ambrosio
PHIL 280: History of Ancient/Medieval Philosophy – Prof Neil Lewis and Prof Katherine Withy
THEO 001: The Problem of God – Prof Erik Versendaal
THEO 023: Christian Initiation – Prof Anne Koester
THEO 034: The Thought of Aquinas – Prof Stephen Fields
THEO 043: Augustine’s Confessions – Prof Tarmo Toom
THEO 045: Theology and Literature – Prof Michael Higgins
THEO 064: Theology of Pilgrimage: Rome – Prof Mark Bosco
THEO 119: Paradise, Sacrifice, Festivity – Prof Erik Versendaal
THEO 129: Jesuits: History/Spirit – Prof Charles Gonzalez, Prof Brian McDermott, and Prof John O’Malley
THEO 177: Courage, Hope, and Justice – Prof Kerry Danner-McDonald
THEO 193: Japanese Christian Literature – Prof Kevin Doak
THEO 367: Two Councils: Trent / Vatican II – Prof John O’Malley
Fall 2018
ENGL 245: Exploring Catholic Culture – Prof John Pfordresher and Prof Anthony Tambasco
ENGL 269: Religion and Literature – Prof Mark Bosco
GERM 230: Catholic-Protestant Conflict – Prof Mary Dupree
GOVT 461: Department Seminar: Catholic Social Thought – Prof Marilyn McMorrow
JUPS 123: Intro to Justice and Peace – Prof Elham Atashi
JUPS 123: Intro to Justice and Peace – Prof Randall Amster
THEO 011: Intro to Biblical Literature – Prof Angela Rasmussen
THEO 011: Intro to Biblical Literature – Prof Alan Mitchell
THEO 011: Intro to Biblical Literature – Prof Stephen Wilson
THEO 011: Intro to Biblical Literature – Prof Joseph Wimmer
THEO 022: Intro to Roman Catholic Theology – Prof Otto Hentz
THEO 121: Catholic Ritual, Spirituality, and Justice – Prof Anne Koester
THEO 122: The Church and the Poor – Prof Raymond Kemp
WGST 200: Feminist Thought I – Prof Elizabeth Velez
Spring 2018
ENGL 244: Flannery O’Conner – Prof Mark Bosco
INAF 458: Fiction, Faith, and Violence – Prof Paul Elle
MGMT 278: Courage and Moral Leadership – Prof Robert Bies
THOE 018: Religion and Irish Revolution – Prof Gerard Mannion
THEO 085: Francis: Catholic Social Thought and Public Life – Prof John Carr
Fall 2017
GERM 024: Germanic / Christian Hero – Prof G. Ronald Murphy
INAF 434: The Catholic Peace Tradition – Prof Drew Christiansen
JUPS 123: Intro to Justice and Peace – Prof Elham Atashi
JUPS 123: Intro to Justice and Peace – Prof Randall Amster
THEO 011: Intro to Biblical Literature – Prof Tod Linafelt
THEO 011: Intro to Biblical Literature – Prof Angela Rasmussen
THEO 011: Intro to Biblical Literature – Prof Adam Rasmussen
THEO 011: Intro to Biblical Literature – Prof Joseph Wimmer
TEHO 022: Intro to Roman Catholic Theology – Prof Otto Hentz
THEO 121: Catholic Ritual, Spirituality, and Justice – Prof Anne Koester
THEO 122: The Church and the Poor – Prof Raymond Kemp
WGST 200: Feminist Thought I – Prof Elizabeth Velez
Spring 2017
GOVT 461: Department Seminar: Catholic Social Thought – Prof Marilyn McMorrow
INAF 458: Fiction, Faith, and Violence – Prof Paul Elie
MGMT 278: Courage and Moral Leadership – Prof Robert Bies