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Catholic Studies Courses

These courses in the Faculty of Arts may be taken for credit by students at McGill University. They can be taken independently or as part of the Minor in Catholic Studies.

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Winter 2008

 

Cath 325: The Religious Sense

An inquiry into what constitutes the religious sense, from a Catholic perspective; the relationship between reason, moral certainty and the religious sense; reasonable and unreasonable positions and concrete strategies before the ultimate questions concerning existence; freedom and responsibility, using literature, music and film.

Instructor: Prof John Zucchi

 

Cath 340: Catholic Social Thought

Explores Catholic social and political thought from a comparative perspective. Topics may include the Church-State distinction, subsidiary, the common good, pluralism, the Catholic human rights revolution, natural law and the international order, Christian Democracy and the relationship between Catholicism, liberalism and communitarianism.

Instructor: Mr Nathan Gibbard

 

Cath 370: Topics in Catholic Studies

Jesus and the Origins of the Church

Instructor: Dr Christophe Potworowski

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