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Th. 670: Augustine and the Dawn of Christian Europe“You have made us for Yourself, oh Lord, and our heart is restless until it rests in You”-St. Augustine of Hippo Stuart Squires, Ph.D.ssquires@uhcno.eduSpring 2018January 22nd to May 12thMondays 4:30-7:00 CSTPURPOSE AND LEARNING OBJECTIVES:Augustine of Hippo (354-430), the Doctor of Grace, is one of the most important—if not the most important—non-canonical thinker in the history of the Christian tradition, and, in fact, in the history of western thought in general. His influence has extended into every area of ecclesial life including theology, ecclesiology, sacramentality, anthropology, exegesis, homiletics, and political thought, just to name a few. By the end of the semester, students will be well acquainted with Augustine’s thought and spiritual tradition that he inspired that helped shaped western civilization for the next 1600 years. FORMAT OF THE CLASS:The class will meet virtually each Monday. One student will begin class with a prayer. The class will end with a prayer from the teacherThe class will be comprised of a short lecture, discussion, and student preaching/catechetical lesson.A ten-minute break will be had in the middle of the session.REQUIRED TEXTS:Augustine. Confessions. Translated by Henry Chadwick. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009. ISBN: 0199537828.Harmless, William. Augustine in His Own Words. Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 2010. ISBN: 0813217431.Lancel, Serge. St. Augustine. Translated by Antonia Nevill. London: SCM Press, 2002. ISBN: 0334028663.Martin, Thomas. Our Restless Heart: The Augustinian Tradition Traditions of Christian Spirituality Series. Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 2003. ISBN: 1570754748SUGGESTED TEXT:Allan D. Fitzgerald, ed. Augustine Through the Ages: An Encyclopedia. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1999. ISBN: 0802864791.REQUIREMENTS:Each week, students will submit a 500-750-word reflection essay based on the reading for the week.Preaching/Catechetical LessonEach student will offer a 15-minute homily or catechetical lesson at the end of one of our Monday sessions. This will be based on an Augustinian theme (of the student’s choosing) that we will discuss throughout the semester. At the end of the lesson, the other students and teacher will offer constructive feedback. Two “take-home” examsPaper: 8-10 pages Option 1: you may do a standard research project that should consist of you making an argument. In other words, don’t just give a summary; have a thesis. Your topic must be approved by the teacher by Week 10. You must use 10-15 sources (only one encyclopedia; Wikipedia is never a valid source; only one dictionary; you may only have a maximum of two websites; you must have a minimum of 8 books or scholarly journal articles).Option 2: Augustine is considered to be one of the most important (if not the most important) non-biblical Christian authors. However, he lived 1500 years ago, and addressed many theological issues that are not of interest to most people in the 21st century (few people, for example, get upset these days over Trinitarian debates). How may Augustine be applied to today’s challenges? Write an essay that applies an Augustinian theme to one of the “canon of issues” (an umbrella term coined by Joseph Ratzinger that includes the hot topics of today including the female priests, contraception, homosexual marriage, etc.).Option 3: Students may do a project—paper or other— that is not listed here and employs the particular skill sets of the student. If this option is chosen, students must get the project approved by the instructor by week 10.Grade Distribution: Reflections: 120 ptsPreaching/Catechetical Lesson: 50 ptsExam #1: 100 ptsExam #2: 100 ptsPaper: 100 ptsGrading Scale:GradeMeaningEquivalentAExcellent100-92A-91-90B+89-87BGood86-82B-81-80C+79-77CSatisfactory76-72C-71-70DLowest Passing69-60FFailing59-0Style: The student will use: Times New Roman; 12-point font; double spacing; 1-inch margins. Students may use their preferred style (MLA, APA, Chicago Manual of Style), but they must choose one and apply it correctly. Do not just make it up. POLICIES AND EXPECTATIONS:Students may submit assignments before the deadline. If any student is aware that he/she will miss a deadline of any type of assignment because of a scheduled event, that student MUST submit the work BEFORE the deadline, or else the student will not receive any credit for the assignment. If a student misses a deadline due to an unexpected event, the student may submit the work after the deadline with a 20% penalty. The sole exception to this policy is if the teacher hears from the Dean of Students due to a case of extreme emergency.Students must do all of the reading for the week and bring all of the texts that are assigned for the week to class.Students must regularly check their Holy Cross email account as I will be emailing important information to it. STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES POLICY: Reasonable accommodations are available for students with a documented disability. If you have a documented disability and need accommodations to participate fully in this course, please contact the university at the beginning of the semester.ACADEMIC INTEGRITY STATEMENT POLICY: There is to be absolutely no plagiarism in this class. If a student is caught, he or she will be reported to the university.Plagiarism policy found on p. 34 of the Holy Cross’ Overview of Student Handbook: Plagiarism is the unacknowledged inclusion of someone else’s words, ideas, or data as one’s own in work submitted for credit. When a student submits work for credit that includes the words, ideas, or data of others, the source of this information must be acknowledged through complete, accurate, and specific footnotes, appropriate citations, and, in the case of verbatim statements, quotation marks. Failure to identify any source used, whether published or unpublished, copyrighted or noncopyrighted, constitutes plagiarism. Examples: 1. Undocumented use of any author’s main idea. 2. Undocumented paraphrase of an author’s actual words. 3. Undocumented, verbatim use of an author’s actual words.Schedule for the SemesterJanuary 29th: Confessions (I)Primary: Augustine’s Confessions (Chadwick Translation): Books 1 through 4Secondary: Lancel: Introduction, 1 through 6, and 20February 5th: Confessions (II)Primary: Augustine’s Confessions (Chadwick Translation): Books through 5 through 8Secondary: Lancel: 7 through 12February 12th: No Class (I also recommend you begin preparing your Preaching/Catechetical Lesson)February 19th: Confessions (III)Primary: Augustine’s Confessions (Chadwick Translation): Books 9 through 13Secondary: Lancel: 13, 14 February 26th: Augustine the PhilosopherPrimary: Harmless: 2Secondary: Lancel 15, 18, 19March 5th: Augustine the BishopPrimary: Harmless: 3Secondary: Lancel: 21, 22, 23March 12th: Augustine the ExegetePrimary: Harmless: 5Secondary: Lancel: 24March 19th: The ManicheesPrimary: Harmless: 6Secondary: Lancel: 16March 26th: No Class *Exam #1*(I also recommend you start writing your paper, if you have not done so already)April 2nd: The DonatistsPrimary: Harmless: 7Secondary: Lancel: 17, 25, 26Preaching/Catechetical Lesson #1April 9th: The TrinityPrimary: Harmless: 8Secondary: Lancel: 30Preaching/Catechetical Lesson #2April 16th: The City of GodPrimary: Harmless: 9Secondary: Lancel: 27, 31Preaching/Catechetical Lesson #3April 23rd: The PelagiansPrimary: Harmless: 10Secondary: Lancel: 28, 29, 32-34 Preaching/Catechetical Lesson #4April 30th: The Augustinian Tradition*Paper Due*Primary: Harmless: EpilogueSecondary: Martin, Thomas. Our Restless Heart: The Augustinian TraditionPreaching/Catechetical Lesson #5Final Exam Week:May 7th: *Exam #2* ................
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