Professor Phyllis Kaminski

Saint Mary's College

Religious Studies 315

"Grace: Free & Responsible"

This course explores the God-human relationship which the Christian tradition describes as grace. It begins with literary expressions of God's action in human life (poems, short stories, novel). In order to reflect theologically on the meaning of human freedom and responsibility, we explore classical texts and church teaching on the relationship of grace to sin and love in human history. We see how new voices and world problems raise additional questions about these themes. Requirements: discussion participation, four 2-page papers, final paper (5-8 pages).