Università Roma Tre

The aim of this course is to offer students an environment in which to critically evaluate some of the most pressing issues facing the Roman Catholic Church at the dawn of the Third Millennium. Through the analysis of the texts identified, and eventual conversation in class, students will be challenged to probe deeply into certain themes and consider them from many
angles. Most of these themes are quite controversial, and thus require serene and objective scrutiny which will be fostered throughout the course.

The course is taught in English

LETTURE RICHIESTE:

• Michael Behe, The Edge of Evolution, pp. 1-102.
• What We Cannot Not Know, J. Budziszewski, pp. 3 – 27.
• Rabbi David Dalin, Ph.D., A Righteous Gentile: Pope Pius XII and the Jews.
• Charles Darwin, On the Origins of Species, excerpts.
• Dominus Iesus by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (August 6, 2000).
• Philip Jenkins, The New Anti-Catholicism, pp. 67-91; 93-112.
• Pope John Paul II, Fides et ratio (1998), excerpts.
• Pope Paul VI, Humanae Vitae (1968).
• Charles Rice, Fifty Questions on the Natural Law, pp. 286-294.
• Peter Seewald, Salt of the Earth,pp. 121-213.
• Wesley Smith, Culture of Death, pp. 81-122.
• George Weigel, The Truth of Catholicism, pp. 5-52