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Junior Theology Faith

Schedule and Tentative Course Outline

St. Louis U. High Summer 2005
This is a work in progress and will change!

Tentative grading plan | Extra Credit



Due each Friday Both should be on your web site by Friday morning.
A hard copy of each should be handed in with the weekly test.


Jesus: Model of Faith preview

Fifth Week: Jesus: Model of the Fullness of Humanity


MONDAY, July 4 No class.

TUESDAY, July 5
CLASS
1st part: A Model of faith/Faith? Inside the Mind of an Iraqi Suicide Bomber Time, July 4, 2005
2nd part: Jesus Sermon on the Mount
HOMEWORK R/M/S Hellwig's "Finding God in All Things." Continue to work on Model of Faith Assignment

WEDNESDAY, July 6
CLASS
1st part: Tetlow's Praying with Scriptures Contemplating the Parable of the Prodigal Son.
2nd part: Image of Jesus laptop work... sharing these in class.
3rd part: Jesus' Parable of the Good Samaritan.
HOMEWORK Study for tomorrow's test. Due Friday: weekly assignment and journal, course evaluation and sacramental.

THURSDAY, July 7
CLASS
1st part: Jesus test.
2nd part: Work on web site; prepare for exam.
HOMEWORK
Finish weekly assignment and journal, due by tomorrow. Sacramental due tomorrow. Exam.

FRIDAY, July 8
CLASS 9:20: The Matrix/Would you choose to take the red pill or the blue pill?
9:30-11: Exam.
11: Lunch



Challenges to Faith preview

Fourth Week: Challenges to Faith


Please try Speaking of Faith from NPR
MONDAY, June 28
CLASS
Thomas Merton's Prayer
1st part: Review test and third week.
2nd part: 2nd part of Kavanaugh video.
3rd part: Work on assigned readings and web site.
HOMEWORKR/M/S 100-111. Expect a quiz.

TUESDAY, June 29
CLASS
1st part: Video Merchants of Cool
2nd part: R/M/S RB 112- 126. "The Challenge of Science."
HOMEWORK Finish assigned reading. Expect a quiz .

WEDNESDAY, June 30
CLASS
1st part: Discussion of consumerism/Kavanaugh and the Merchants of Cool.
2nd part: Small groups study of key ideas of the week.
3rd part: R/M/S RB 124-130. "The Power of Dehumanization"
HOMEWORK Study for tomorrow's test. Weekly assignment and journal due by Friday.

THURSDAY, June 31
CLASS
1st part: Weekly test
2nd part: Three things about faith: my LTD convertable, thinking outside the box and excerpt from Second Hand Lions.,
3rd part: Small group work: each groupp develops a handout: key teachings of Jesus, key events in Jesus's life, essentials to being a Christian.
HOMEWORK
Finish weekly assignment and journal, due tomorrow.
FRIDAY, July 1
CLASS
1st part: Three posems: ee cummings thank you god for most this amazing day, Gerard Manley Hopkins Pied Beauty and Desiderata"
2nd part: Read the Gospel of Mark. Reading quiz/self-corrected.
3rd part: R/M/S O'Malley's "Understanding Jesus"
HOMEWORK R/M/S O'Malleys' "The Moral Pracrtice of Jesus." Please continue to think about the Gospel of Mark.

What is Faith? Preview

Third Week: What is Faith?

MONDAY, June 20
CLASS
Prayer Likrat Shabbat
1st part: . Small group work. Great heroes in movies, literature and history.
2nd part: Review test and second week.
3rd part: Discuss small group work and faith/Faith. Video excerpt Bethany McLean from C-Span's Q and A.
HOMEWORKR/M/S RB 131-141 "The Secular and Catholic Definition of Faith." Expect a quiz.

TUESDAY, June 22
CLASS
1st part: Movie The Mission
HOMEWORK R/M/S RB 141-146 "Faith: The Golden Way." Expect a quiz .

WEDNESDAY, June 23
CLASS

1st part: Discussion of The Mission in light of readings and class discussion.
2nd part: Small group work. Great heroines in movies, literature and history.

Suggestions from some English teachers: The Greatest Heroines in Literature

3rd part:
HOMEWORK Study for tomorrow's test. Expect a quiz.

THURSDAY, June 24
CLASS

1st part: Small group study.
2nd part: Weekly Test.
3rd part: Begin Challenges to Faith.
HOMEWORK Finish jolurnal and weekly assignment. R/M/S RB 89-99 "Attack from Atheism: Nietzsche" due Monday. Expect a quiz.

FRIDAY, June 25
CLASS

1st part: faith/what do do about my Camry --> Faith in God?
2nd part: John Kavanaugh video, first part and discussion.
3rd part: My faith/Faith chart
HOMEWORK Weekly assignment and journal due. Finish Nietzsche. If you want work on extra credit.
Likrat Shabbatby Jack Riemer
We cannot merely pray to you, O God, to end war;
For we know that You have made the world in a way
That man must find his own path to peace
Within himself and with his neighbor.
We cannot merely pray to you, O God, to end starvation;
For you have already given us the resources
With which to feed the entire world
If we would only use them wisely.
We cannot merely pray to you, O God,
To root out prejudice,
For you have already given us eyes
With which to see the good in all men
If we would only use them rightly.
We cannot merely pray to you, O God, to end despair,
For you have already given us the power
To clear away slums and to give hope
If we would only use our power justly.
We cannot merely pray to you, O God, to end disease,
For you have already given us great minds with which
To search out cures and healing,
If we would only use them constructively.
Therefore we pray to You instead, O God,
For strength, determination, and willpower,
To do instead of just to pray,
To become instead of merely to wish.

Second Week: Reason


MONDAY, June 13
CLASS
Prayer Ignatius' Prayer for Generosity.
1st part: Review test and first week.
2nd part: Small group work.
3rd part: R/M/S RB pages 45-59 begun in class.
HOMEWORK R/M/S RB 75-82 "The Process of Knowing." Expect a quiz from the first set of readings.

TUESDAY, June 14
CLASS
Prayer and reading quiz.
1st part: Jury Experience.
2nd part: How the mind works.
3rd part: Work on laptops, if time.
HOMEWORK R/M/S RB Five Common Thinking Errors" pages 63-68 begun. Expect a quiz.

WEDNESAY, June 15
CLASS
Prayer and reading quiz.
1st part: Five Common Thinking Errors. 2nd part: Video What the Blank Do We Know
HOMEWORK R/M/S RB pgs. 69-75 "Five Steps to Critical Thinking" pages.

Great sites to find anything that has to do with philosophy

Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia | The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy | The Catholic Encyclopedia | Ethics Update

THURSDAY, June 16
CLASS
Prayer and reading quiz.
1st part: Review of models of how the brain works: smal group, humanistic psychology, quantom physics, Freudian.
2nd part: Brief intro to Aristotle's ideas about living a good life.
3rd part: George Carlin's Euphemisms.
Optional handout on tomorrow's test. Work on your journal and assignments.
HOMEWORK Study for test. Complete your journal and web assignment.

FRIDAY, June 17
CLASS
Prayer
1st part: Small group test prep.
2nd part: Weekly test.
3rd part:
HOMEWORK Review week. Preview next week. Do some extra credit.


First Week: The Human Condition


MONDAY, June 6
CLASS
1st part: Introductory questionairre and discussion of Holden Caulfield. Small group on "Was Holden a person of faith?" Group reports.
2nd part: Morality worsheet and discussion of faith. Intro to course.
3rd part: Work on personal web pages.
HOMEWORK
Reading homework: R/M/S "What is the Human Condition?" RB pgs 10-17 and be ready for a quiz.
Bring letter home and give it to your parents. Show them our web site and bookmark it for them.

TUESDAY, June 7
CLASS
1st part: Plato's "allegory of the cave" . Small group digram of allegory. .
2nd part: Video excerpt The Greeks"
3rd part: Work on personal web pages.
HOMEWORK
Reading homework: R/M/S "The Problem of Evil" RB pgs. 2-9. R/M/S M. Scott Peck's "Choosing a Map for Life." Be able to answer questions at the beginning of the article. Be ready for a quiz.

WEDNESDAY, June 8
CLASS
1st part: Review of prior key ideas.
2nd part: Short videos: modern examples of the human condition: Deion Sanders and Eric Clapton, which ilustrate key ideas about the Human Condition.
3rd part: Work on journal and weekly assignment on your web site.
HOMEWORK
R/M/S Thomas Jefferson's Letter to Peter Carr. Be able to answer questions at the beginning of the article. work on your web site.

THURSDAY, June 9
CLASS
1st part of class: Reivew key ideas and past quizzes. 2nd part: Small group work. Teachingon of three key ideas. Small group presentations. 3rd part: Five Foundational Lesson. 4th part: Work on web sites and study for test. nd part of class: HOMEWORK Finish your web assignment. Work on your journal question.

FRIDAY, June 10
CLASS
1st part: Small group reivew for test.
2nd part: Weekly test
3rd part: Check web sites and share ideas about god websites for this class: NPRs' Speaking of Faith and PBS's Frontline. HOMEWORK
Review past week, preview coming week and consider working on extra credit.


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