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The Catholic Reformation Seminar
This course explores the chief developments in Catholicism during the early modern era (approx. 1450-1700), with a special focus on the notion of “reform” as it was used within Catholic contexts, distinct from (but sometimes related to) the rise o...
Course · January 23, 2026
History and Theology of Vocation
This course examines the concept of “vocation,” in both theory and practice. We will seek to understand what Christians through the ages thought about “being called” to a state of life (especially marriage, religious life, and Holy Orders); and ho...
Course · January 23, 2026
The Division of Christendom
In this course, we will explore the dynamics of western history in the later Middle Ages and the early modern era, which witnessed a profound centralization of power in individual European kingdoms, a corresponding decline in the political authori...
Course · January 23, 2026
Catholicism and the Anglican Patrimony
In 2009, Pope Benedict XVI began establishing ordinariates (special dioceses) for the purpose of receiving Anglicans into full communion with the Catholic Church, while corporately preserving “the Anglican patrimony,” including Anglican “liturgica...
Course · January 23, 2026
Church and World in the Modern Age
This course covers the late seventeenth through the twentieth centuries. It addresses the distinctive political, intellectual, and religious developments of the modern era. The particular focus of the course is on the steady secularization of West...
Course · January 23, 2026
Ancient Foundations of Western Culture
As the foundation of our core curriculum in history, this course introduces students to the study of history from the calling of the chosen people to the fall of the Western Roman Empire in AD 476. The first part of the class is dedicated to the H...
Course · January 23, 2026
Gender, Sexuality, and the Law
This course will provide students with a broad overview of the laws, policies, and politics surrounding gender and sexuality in the United States. We will focus on the legal and pragmatic implications of issues including, but not limited to: educa...
Course · January 22, 2026
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