Pope Benedict XVI began his encyclical
God Is Love (2006) with these moving words: “‘God
is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God
abides in him’ (1 John 4:16). These words from the First
Letter of John express with remarkable clarity the heart
of the Christian faith: the Christian image of God and the
resulting image of mankind and its destiny.” The pope has
immediately added that “I wish in my first Encyclical to
speak of the love which God lavishes upon us and which we
in turn must share with others” (#1).
The sacred message that God is love undergirds
the Church’s teachings on God’s intention “to redeem” or
“to save” creation. As the pope has mentioned in his encyclical,
the God of the Bible is intent on bringing about our redemption,
our freedom from sin and death. Or to put it another way,
God wills our salvation, our healing for eternal life. Again,
to quote Benedict XVI: “The one God in whom Israel believes
. . . loves with a personal love” (#9). In other words,
God knows us by name and wants us to attain the fullness
of life forever. Each of this course’s lectures or units
explores a major topic within the Church’s teachings on
redemption or salvation.
Unit 1: The Theme of Salvation in the
Old Testament
Unit 2: Jesus’ Teachings on Salvation
Unit 3: The New Testament’s Images of
Jesus Christ as Savior
Unit 4: The Christian Tradition’s “Theories”
of Jesus Christ as Savior
Unit 5: Vatican II’s Teachings on Salvation
in Jesus Christ
- Created by Notre Dame Professor.
- Six weeks in duration, with one week
for orientation.
- Typically 15-20 students in each course.
- Material delivered by video lecture
(via webstreaming). A CD-ROM of lecture also available
for purchase.
- All lecture text available online in
course.
- Supplemental readings are provided
to encourage further exploration of topic, internet links
provided for all readings.
- Weekly written assignments (150-200
words) required.
- Weekly facilitator moderated chat sessions
with students in course.
All course materials are available in
the course.
Requirements for course include:
- Weekly reading or viewing of lecture
text.
- Participation in class discussion using
discussion area (minimum 2 comments, questions or responses
weekly.)
- Weekly written assignment (150-200
words.)
- Weekly chat session with other students
in course (3 required throughout course.)
- Course evaluation.
- 4 to 6 hours a week (time varies from
student to student depending on your learning style and
schedule.)
A Certificate of Completion awarding 25
Contact Hours will be sent upon completion of all course
requirements.
This course offers an optional Supplemental
CD. While the video lectures for the course are available
in the course via webstreaming, Supplemental CDs containing
the video lectures can be purchased for viewing the lecture
without being connected to the Internet or for reviewing
the lecture after the course has ended.
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Dr. Krieg specializes
in contemporary Christology and German Catholic theology.
He recently completed Catholic Theologians in
Nazi Germany (2004) and has edited an anthology
entitled Romano Guardini: Spiritual Writings
(2005). He has written three other books: Story-Shaped
Christology (1988), Karl Adam: Catholicism
in German Culture, (1992), and Romano Guardini:
A Precursor of Vatican II (1997). He edited Romano
Guardini: Proclaiming the Sacred in a Modern World
(1995). His articles have appeared in America,
Commonweal, The Heythrop Journal,
The Irish Theological Quarterly, The
Journal of Religious Thought, Theologische
Quartalschrift, Theological Studies,
and Worship. He serves on the editorial board
of Theological Studies. He has taught at
the University of Notre Dame since 1977, and in 1997
received the Madden Award for “excellence in
teaching” first-year undergraduate students.
He is a fellow of the University’s Nanovic Institute
for European Studies. He was awarded a fellowship
from the Henry Luce III Foundation for the 2001-2002
academic year.
B.A., Stonehill College, 1969; Ph.D.,
University of Notre Dame, 1976 |
