Trumpets of the Spirit' An Introduction to the Church Fathers

Through primary and secondary source readings, lectures, discussions and presentations based on individual research, students will be introduced to the post-Biblical literature of the early Church (sub-apostolic period to mid-eighth century), both East and West. The broad goals of the course include the following:
? Developing an appreciation for the historical and cultural circumstances in which Christian thought originally developed
? Coming to understand the essential form and content of the Christian faith as it obtained in its formative centuries
? Learning how to compare and contrast various examples and exemplars of "Tradition," evaluating in turn the (dis)continuity between past and present in the life of the Church
? Considering how academic theology may be incorporated into pastoral care.