Mar 28, 2024  
2019-2020 Catalogue 
    
2019-2020 Catalogue [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Add to Portfolio (opens a new window)

PO 350 - Political Catholicism


This course taught in a seminar format examines the political role of the Roman Catholic Church from a social science perspective. The focus is both on the church as an international actor and as a domestic political force in various countries. Topics considered will include issues of church and state, religious freedom, Catholicism and democracy, Catholicism and dictatorships, and the church as an actor on issues of peace and war. The course will also begin with a brief consideration of Saint Augustine’s political theology and end with a consideration of contemporary Catholic social teaching.

Four credits.



Add to Portfolio (opens a new window)