Search for Meaning in Contemporary Culture

Philosophical Traditions of the Search for Meaning

The Language and Power of Symbol

Religious and Non-Religious Responses Through History

From Polytheism to Monotheism

Divine Revelation and the Transcendent

Images and Proofs of God

Religion as a Source of Communal Values

Secular Sources of Communal Values

Returning to Origins as a Pattern of Renewal

Images of Jesus in Contemporary Culture

The Political and Religious World of Roman Palestine

Historical Evidence for Jesus of Nazareth

Jesus' Preaching of the Kingdom of God

Messianic Expectations and Jesus

Jesus' Message as a Challenge to Authority

The Death and Resurrection of Jesus

An Early Pauline Christian Community

Contemporary Christian Responses to Modern Issues

Ecumenism and Contemporary Christology

Global Distribution and Types of Religion

Primal Religion and Its Key Concepts

The Sacred and the Profane

Salvation and the Human Person in Two Traditions

Community and Authority in Two Traditions

Rites and Celebrations in Two Traditions

Contemporary Challenges Facing a Tradition

Inter-Faith Dialogue and Conflict

The Christianity-Judaism Relationship

Defining Cults and Sects

Profiles of Two New Religious Movements

Profile of a Minority Living Tradition

Comparing a Minority Tradition with a Major Religion

Morality as a Natural Human Phenomenon

Personal and Community Values

The Common Good and Individual Rights

Morality Across Religious and Secular Perspectives

The Christian Moral Vision

Sin, Reconciliation and Structural Injustice

Moral Conflict, Fundamentalism and Relativism

Moral Philosophies and Theories

Growth Toward Moral Maturity

The Development and Role of Conscience

Applying Moral Decision-Making to Real Issues

Understanding Gender in Society

Gender Roles Across Two World Religions

Gender in the Hebrew Scriptures

Jesus, Women and the Early Church

Mary in the Gospels and in Tradition

Gender, Exclusion and Empowerment in Religion