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THEO 230 CHURCH AFTER VATICAN II

SPRING SEMESTER 2011
THEO 230-01 Mon, Wed & Fri 12:30-1:20 p.m. (Alter 217)
THEO 230-02 Mon, Wed & Fri 9:30-10:20 a.m. (Alter 217)

http://www.jonathantan.org/230/

PDF THEO 230 Church After Vatican II Syllabus

REQUIRED TEXTBOOKS:
(1) Giuseppe Alberigo, A Brief History of Vatican II (Orbis, 2006)
(2) Peter Phan & Diana Hayes, eds., Many Faces, One Church: Cultural Diversity and the American Catholic Experience (Rowman & Littlefield, 2005)
(3) M. Shawn Copeland, ed., Uncommon Faithfulness: The Black Catholic Experience (Orbis, 2009)
(4) Thomas Fox, Pentecost in Asia: A New Way of Being Church (Orbis, 2003)
(5) Carmen Nanko-Fernandez, Theologizing En Espanglish: Context, Community, and Ministry (Orbis, 2010)


  • Jan 10: Welcome & introduction to the course

    No assigned readings for today's class.



  • Jan 12: Historical Background

    REQUIRED READINGS:
    (1) pdf Joseph A. Komonchak, Remembering Good Pope John (Commonweal, 11 Aug 2000)
    (2) pdf Joseph A. Komonchak, Convening Vatican II (Commonweal, 12 Feb 1999)
    (3) Alberigo, ix-xiv



  • Jan 14: Proclamation of the Council

    REQUIRED READINGS:
    (1) Alberigo, 1-20
    (2) pdf Joseph A. Komonchak, What They Said Before the Council: How the U.S. Bishops Envisage Vatican II (Commonweal, 7 Dec 1990)



  • Jan 17: NO CLASS -- Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday



  • Jan 19: Toward a Conciliar Consciousness

    REQUIRED READING: Alberigo, 21-42



  • Jan 21: The Council Matures

    REQUIRED READING: Alberigo, 43-61



  • Jan 24: The Church is a Communion

    REQUIRED READING: Alberigo, 63-91



  • Jan 26: NO CLASS



  • Jan 28: The Faith Lives Within History. For the Renewal of Christianity

    REQUIRED READING: Alberigo, 93-118, 119-130



  • Jan 31: Vatican II's Impact: Paradigm Shift From European to World Church

    REQUIRED READING: pdf Karl Rahner, Towards a Fundamental Theological Interpretation of Vatican II



  • Feb 2: The New Faces of the American Catholic Church

    REQUIRED READING: Phan & Hayes, 1-11



  • Feb 4: A New Ecclesial Reality and a New Way of Doing Theology

    REQUIRED READING: Phan & Hayes, 13-26



  • Feb 7: The Gift of Cultural Diversity

    REQUIRED READING: Phan & Hayes, 27-47



  • Feb 9: Black Catholics, I

    REQUIRED READING: Phan & Hayes, 49-68



  • Feb 11: Black Catholics, II

    REQUIRED READING: Copeland, 1-25, 26-46



  • Feb 14: Black Catholics, III

    REQUIRED READING: Copeland, 47-62, 63-77



  • Feb 16: Black Catholics, IV

    REQUIRED READING: Copeland, 78-93, 97-107



  • Feb 18: Black Catholics, V

    REQUIRED READING: Copeland, 108-114, 115-128



  • Feb 21: Black Catholics, VI

    REQUIRED READING: Copeland, 129-146, 147-166



  • Feb 23: Black Catholics, VII

    REQUIRED READING: Copeland, 169-180, 181-194






  • Feb 25: No Class - Instructor away at Conference



  • Feb 28: Black Catholics, VIII

    REQUIRED READING: Copeland, 195-204, 205-221



  • Mar 2: Latino/a Catholics, I

    REQUIRED READING: Phan & Hayes, 69-82, 83-97

    REMINDER: Please e-mail your Book Report #1 (on Uncommon Faithfulness) to ProfessorJTan@gmail.com by 5:00 p.m. today, 2 March 2011.



  • Mar 4: Latino/a Catholics, II

    REQUIRED READINGS:
    (1) Spanglish Lessons: Diversity and theology: An Interview with Carmen Nanko-Fernandez (U.S. Catholic, 16 February 2011)
    (2) Nanko-Fernandez, ix-xi, xv-xx, 1-20



  • Mar 7-11: NO CLASS -- Spring Break



  • Mar 14: Latino/a Catholics, III

    REQUIRED READING: Nanko-Fernandez, 21-37, 38-50

    U.S. CATHOLIC INTERVIEW WITH DR. CARMEN NANKO-FERNANDEZ
    Please watch this YouTube clip of the U.S. Catholic interview with Dr. Carmen Nanko-Fernandez:




  • Mar 16: Latino/a Catholics, IV

    REQUIRED READINGS: Nanko-Fernandez, 51-60, 61-76



  • Mar 18: Latino/a Catholics, V

    REQUIRED READINGS: Nanko-Fernandez, 77-86, 87-109



  • Mar 21: Latino/a Catholics, VI

    REQUIRED READINGS: Nanko-Fernandez, 110-119



  • Mar 23: Latino/a Catholics, VII

    REQUIRED READINGS: Nanko-Fernandez, 120-152



  • Mar 25: NO CLASS

    REMINDER: Please e-mail your Book Report #2 (on Theologizing en Espanglish) to ProfessorJTan@gmail.com by 5:00 p.m. today, 25 March 2011.



  • Mar 28: Asian American Catholics

    REQUIRED READINGS: Phan & Hayes, 99-116



  • Mar 30: Asian Catholics, I

    REQUIRED READINGS: Fox, xi-xvi, 1-21



  • Apr 1: Asian Catholics, II

    REQUIRED READINGS: Fox, 22-37



  • Apr 4: Asian Catholics, III

    REQUIRED READINGS: Fox, 38-53, 54-68



  • Apr 6: NO CLASS



  • Apr 8: Asian Catholics, IV

    REQUIRED READINGS: Fox, 69-77, 78-92



  • Apr 11: Asian Catholics, V

    REQUIRED READINGS: Fox, 95-114



  • Apr 13: Asian Catholics, VI

    REQUIRED READINGS: Fox, 115-122, 125-135



  • Apr 15: Asian Catholics, VII

    REQUIRED READINGS: Fox, 136-148, 149-169



  • Apr 18: Asian Catholics, VIII

    REQUIRED READINGS: Fox, 170-184, 185-197



  • Apr 20: Asian Catholics, IX

    REQUIRED READINGS: Fox, 198-211



  • Apr 22 & 25: NO CLASS -- Easter Break



  • Apr 27: Conclusion: Review & Student Feedback



  • Apr 29: Please e-mail your Book Report #3 (on Pentecost in Asia) to ProfessorJTan@gmail.com by 5:00 p.m. today, 29 April 2011.



  • Humorous student evaluations at a foreign (non-U.S.) university... Enjoy!!!



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