Outline Class 1B 2010

COURSE OUTLINE

Name of the Institution: Tangaza College
Faculty: School of Theology
Department: Systematic Theology
Academic Year: 2010-2011
Semester: 1st Semester (August-December 2010)
Course Code number: LSC 101
Course title: General Introduction to Liturgical and Sacramental Theology
Credit hours: 3
Class Room: B13 & B2
Lecture Times: Wed 9.25am–10.15am, 10.35am-11.25am, Fri 8.30 am-9.20am.
Pre-requisites: None

Name of Lecturer: Victor Dunne
Office: Main Office
Office Telephone: Main Office
E-mail: vdunnesps@gmail.com
Website: None
BlogSpot: http:\\liturgytangaza.blogspot.com
Pigeon hole number: 14
Availability for Consultation: Mon 1.15-1.30pm, Tues 10.15-10.45am, Wed 10.15-10.35am, Fri 9.20-11.25 in Office.

Course Description:
General Goals and Objectives:

This course LSC 101 aims to introduce first year students in a systematic and comprehensive way to the general study of liturgy and sacramentology. Special attention will be given to the history and background of liturgy and the sacraments and their development down through the centuries. The course will familiarise the students with some of the most significant concepts and notions in relation to liturgy and the sacraments and acquaint them with contemporary models of perceiving the ritual life of the Christian worship.

Course Syllabus
Derivation of the term ‘liturgy’ – Usage in the ancient world, in the Old Testament world and in the New Testament world – The practice of liturgy in the Apostolic Church – Development of Liturgy from the early Church to modern times – pre-Vatican II developments – Liturgical Vision of Vatican II – Sacrosanctum Concilium – Various elements of Liturgy – Lex Orandi Lex Credendi – Encounter with God – Sign and Symbol – Rite: Purpose and Value – Mysterion – Sacramentum – The road towards sacramental definition - The Scholastic Model of Sacrament – Prophetic Symbol – Foundation of the Sacraments – Jesus: The Primordial Sacrament – Church: Sacrament of Salvation – The Participation of the Baptised Faithful – Grace: The Efficacy of the Sacraments – Reception, Faith and Invitation - The Challenges facing sacramental participation in our world today – Other Sacramental Models – Celebration.

Specific Goals:
1. To cover all the components of a basic undergraduate course of theology in the Catholic tradition.
2. To lead the students to the understanding of the liturgy as a sacramental experience of God's saving events accomplished in Christ and now effective in the Church.
3. To kindle in the student a fascination to probe deeply into this essential area of the Church’s life beyond the formal expectations of the course.

Specific learning Outcomes:
After completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Articulate with confidence an understanding of the various concepts used in liturgical and sacramental theology.
2. To respect the tradition of the Church in her development of the liturgy and the sacraments.
3. To appreciate the centrality of liturgy and sacraments in the life of the Church.
4. To reflect critically on the challenges facing the Church in relation to her liturgy and sacraments.

Teaching Methods
Most class periods will be in a magisterial lecture format with suggested reading assignments. Questions will always be welcome and interaction is expected. PowerPoint presentations will be used and sometimes discussion in small groups and feedbacks to the whole class will take place.

Methods of Evaluation
There will be a written CAT of forty five minute duration consisting of one comprehensive answer to be given from a choice of questions and one final written exam of eighty minutes duration. The CAT will be on Wednesday September 29th 2010 at 9.25 am.

Grading Criteria
Marking is out of 80, 30 of which will be available for the CAT and 50 for the Final Exam.
A: 80-70 (Summa Cum Laude) A+ (80-75) A (75) A- (74-70)
B: 60-69 (Magna Cum Laude) B+ (66-69) B (65) B- (60-64)
C: 50-59 (Cum laude) C+ (56-59) C (55) C- (50-54)
D: 40-49 (Probatus) D+ (46-49) D (45) D- (40-44)
E: 0-39 Non probatus

Required Essential Texts:
Sacrosanctum Concilium, Second Vatican Council.
Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1066-1209
The Christian Faith, Chapter 12.

Main Bibliography:

Adolf Adam, The Liturgical Year. Its history and meaning after the reform of the liturgy, Pueblo, New York, 1981.
Boulad, Henri, All is Grace - God and the Mystery of Time, SCM Press, London, 1991.
Chauvet, Louis-Marie, The Sacraments. The Word of God at the Mercy of the Body, Collegeville, The Liturgical Press 2001.
Anscar Chupungco, ed., Handbook for Liturgical studies. Vol. V : Liturgical Time and Space, Pueblo, Collegeville, 2000
Crichton, J.D., The Church's Worship - Considerations on the Liturgical Constitution of the Second Vatican Council, Sheed and Ward, New York, 1964.
Crichton, J.D., The Once and Future Liturgy, Chapman, Dublin, 1977.
Lucien, Deis, Springtime of the Liturgy, The Liturgical Press, Minnesota, 1987.
Martimort, AG. ed, The Church at Prayer, Principle of the Liturgy - Vol. 1, Chapman, London, 1987.
Martimort, AG. ed, The Church at Prayer, The Liturgy and Time - Vol. IV, The Liturgical Press, Collegeville, 1985.
German Martinez, Signs of Freedom. Theology of the Christian Sacraments, New York: Paulist Press 2003.
Joseph Martos, Doors to the Sacred: A Historical Introduction to Sacraments in the Catholic Church, Alba, New York, 2001.
J Neuner & J Dupuis, eds. The Christian Faith in the Doctrinal Documents of the Catholic Church, CUA, Liguori 1991.
Joseph Ettorri, Liturgy and Sacramental Theology, CUEA, Nairobi, 2006.
Flannery, Austin, ed, Vatican II - The Liturgy Constitution, Scepter Books, Dublin, 1966.
George Worgul, From Magic to Metaphor, Paulist, New York, 1980.
Philip Rosato, Introduzione alla Teologia dei Sacramenti, Casale Monferrato: Piemme, 1992
Michael Lawler, Symbol and Sacrament, Paulist, Mahwah, 1987,
Hugh Lavery, Sacraments, DLT, London, 1982.
Philippe Beguerie & Claude Duchesneau, How to Understand the Sacraments, SCM, London, 1991.
Bernard Cooke, Sacraments & Sacramentality, 23rd Pubs, Mystic, 1999.
Mark Searle, Liturgy Made Simple, Liturgical, Collegeville, 1981

Assignments:
Each week the students will be informed of what exact reading assignments they are expected to cover. Every student will be expected to read Sacrosanctum Concilium of the Second Vatican Council.

Teaching Schedule for the Whole Semester

Week 1
Date Theme of Lecture Further Reading/Assignment
Wed, 18th Aug Evolution of the Term Liturgy Course Outline
Wed, 18th Aug Usage in the New Testament Catechism, 1066-1075
Fri, 20th Aug Practice in the Early Church Ettorri, Liturgy and Sacramental Theology, Ch 1

Week 2
Date Theme of Lecture Further Reading/Assignment
Wed, 25th Aug Development in History Martos, Doors to the Sacred, Ch 2
Wed, 25th Aug Vatican II: Sacrosanctum Concilium
Fri, 27th Aug Lex Orandi Lex Credendi Ettorri, Chapter 2

Week 3
Date Theme of Lecture Further Reading/Assignment
Wed, 1st Sept Liturgy and Theology The Christian Faith, Chap 12
Wed, 1st Sept Significant Liturgical Elements Chupungco, Handbook for Liturgical Studies, Chapter 1
Fri, 3rd Sept Encounter with God Catechism, 1076-1083

Week 4
Date Theme of Lecture Further Reading/Assignment
Wed, 8th Sept Sign Lavery, Sacraments, Chapter 2.
Wed, 8th Sept Symbol Bausch, Sacraments, Chapter 2
Fri, 10th Sept Aspects of Symbol Catechism, 1145-1162

Week 5
Date Theme of Lecture Further Reading/Assignment
Wed, 15th Sept Human Perspective of Ritual Worgul, From Magic to Metaphor, Ch 4
Wed, 15th Sept Ritual in Religion Worgul, From Magic to Metaphor, Ch 5
Fri, 17th Sept Ritual and Communal Formation Martos, Doors to the Sacred, Ch 1

Week 6
Date Theme of Lecture Further Reading/Assignment
Wed, 22nd Sept Mystery Religions Ettorri, Chapter 3
Wed, 22nd Sept Impact on Early Christianity Martos, Doors to the Sacred, Ch 2
Fri, 24th Sept Sacramentum The Christian Faith, Chapter 12


Week 7
Date Theme of Lecture Further Reading/Assignment
Wed, 29th Sept CAT Class Notes
Wed, 29th Sept Augustine and Thomas Aquinas Martos, Doors to the Sacred, Ch 3
Fri, 1st Oct From Florence to Trent Martos, Doors to the Sacred, Ch 4

Week 8
Date Theme of Lecture Further Reading/Assignment
Wed, 13th Oct Scholastic Model Lawler, Symbol & Sacrament, Ch 2
Wed, 13th Oct Ex opere operato Lawler, Symbol & Sacrament, Ch 2
Fri, 15th Oct Kerygma and Sacrament Worgul, From Magic to Metaphor, Ch 8

Week 9
Date Theme of Lecture Further Reading/Assignment
Wed, 20th Oct Prophetic Symbolic Activity Lawler, Symbol & Sacrament, Chapter 1
Wed, 20th Oct Efficacy of Visible Word Beguerie & Duchesneau, How to Understand Sacraments, Conclsn
Fri, 22nd Oct Christological Foundation Catechism, 1084-1090

Week 10
Date Theme of Lecture Further Reading Assignment
Wed, 27th Oct Continuation and Anamnesis of Prophetic Acts of Jesus Cooke, Sacraments & Sacramentality, Chapter 5
Wed, 27th Oct Trinitarian Perspective Searle, Liturgy Made Simple, Chapter 1
Fri, 29th Oct Invocation and Epiclesis Catechism, 1091-1112

Week 11
Date Theme of Lecture Further Reading/Assignment
Wed, 3rd Nov Ecclesial Dimension Noll, Sacraments, Chapter 3
Wed, 3rd Nov Res et Sacramentum Beguerie & Duchesneau, How to Understand the Sacraments, Chp 2
Fri, 5th Nov Participation of Faithful Catechism, 1135-1144

Week 12
Date Theme of Lecture Further Reading/Assignment
Wed, 10th Nov Channels of Grace Worgul, From Magic to Metaphor, Ch 10
Wed, 10th Nov From quantity to quality Lawler, Symbol & Sacrament, Chapter 1
Fri, 12th Nov Reception of Sacraments Catechism, 1113-1134

Week 13
Date Theme of Lecture Further Reading/Assignment
Wed, 17th Nov Ex opere operantis Lawler, Symbol & Sacrament, Chapter 2
Wed, 17th Nov Invitation Cooke, Sacraments and Sacramentality, Chapter 21
Fri, 19th Nov Lex Agendi Gusmer, Wholesome Worship, Chapter 3

Week 14
Date Theme of Lecture Further Reading/Assignment
Wed, 24th Nov Challenges in Post-Modernity Bausch, Sacraments, Chp 1
Wed, 24th Nov Facing Culture Change Martos, Doors to the Sacred, Chapter 5
Fri, 26th Nov More Sacramental Paradigms Worgul, From Magic to Metaphor, Ch 12

Week 15
Date Theme of Lecture Further Reading/Assignment
Wed, 1st Dec Celebration Paradigm Worgul, From Magic to Metaphor, Ch 12
Wed, 1st Dec Celebration and Integration Martos, Doors to the Sacred, Conclusion
Fri, 3rd Dec Synthesis of Course Class Notes

Academic Policy Issues
Examination regulations will follow the School of Theology's updated Directory on Exams.
Continual lateness for lectures will not be tolerated
Apart from the first lecture in the morning, no student will be allowed into the class after ten minutes All mobile phones should be turned off during lectures ..... therefore no texting nor SMSing is allowed No one should stand up and walk out of class except in cases of illness or emergency
Any student who misses more than four class contact hours in a two credit course will not be allowed to sit the final exam and will receive no credits.
A student should notify the lecturer of any absence and, if necessary, should provide a letter from the student or the student's superior explaining the reason for the absence.

Academic Integrity, Plagiarism and Penalties Policies
Plagiarism is stealing; it is the theft or expropriation of all or part of someone else's work without proper acknowledgement, presenting the material as it if were one's own.

Plagiarism normally occurs
• when a student lifts verbatim written material from books and articles (either from published material or from the Internet) without acknowledging their source or
• when passages from books and articles are re-written without any acknowledgement of the source or
• when a student submits work which is a re-written version of someone else's work. Plagiarism in assignments and examinations is a serious breach of ethics and will be punished.

Cheating is using false pretences, tricks, devices, artifices or deception to obtain credit on an examination or in a college course. If a faculty member determines that a student has committed academic dishonesty by plagiarism, cheating or in any other manner, the faculty has the academic right to 1) fail the student for the paper, assignment, project and/or exam, and/or 2) fail the student for the course and/or 3) bring the student up on disciplinary charges.