Discernment in Practical MoralityNivel de curso: Básico

Al término satisfactorio del curso obtendrás 2.5 UEP's. Precione aquí para mayor información acerca de las UEP's.

Objetivos Generales del Curso

  • Gain an understanding of just what is “Christian morality”
  • Gain an appreciation for our response to the love of God in the moral life
  • Grow in understanding our role in the work of the reign of God
  • Learn what the reality of conscience is and the role it plays in that work
  • Grow in appreciation for living with resurrection faith and Christian hope in the process of conversion
  • Grow in our understanding of Christian moral responsibility

Materiales para el Curso

  • Libro Requerido: Connors, Russell B., Jr. Christian Morality: In the Breath of God Loyola Press, 2001 ISBN: 0829417222; ISBN-13: 978-0829417227; ASIN: B00375MNCS

Estructura y Contenidos del Curso

  • Semana 1: Christian Morality and the Love of God
    • Explore what living the Christian life essentially means
    • Gain an understanding of Christian moral life as a response to the love of God
    • Gain an understanding of what the Christian moral life as life in the Spirit means
    • Gain understanding and appreciation for Christian moral life as sacramental life, particularly in the sacraments of Baptism and the Eucharist
  • Semana 2: Christian Morality and the Reign of God
    • Consider Christian convictions about the reign of God
    • Consider Christian moral life as active participation in Christ’s work building the reign of God
    • Gain an appreciation for our life in the present world that we inhabit toward building the reign of God
  • Semana 3: Conscience as Process
    • Consider conscience as the capacity for doing the right and good
    • Consider conscience as a process
    • Gain an appreciation for conscience as judgment
    • Gain an appreciation for conscience as sacred
  • Semana 4: Christian Morality and the Dynamics of Sin and Conversion
    • Understand what original sin and actual sin are
    • Gain an appreciation for what conversion means and its dynamics
    • Gain Appreciation of what resurrection faith means
    • Gain understanding of the dynamics of Christian hope in the process of conversion
  • Semana 5: Christian Morality and Social Responsibility
    • Gain appreciation for human dignity and where it comes from
    • Explore what human rights are and where they originate
    • Explore the meaning of economic justice
    • Gain an appreciation for “preferential love for the poor”