Course Syllabus
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LCFAITH: Faith Worth Living |
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This course [(FWL), Faith Worth Living] is about making sense of the relevance of faith in today’s world. The relevance of faith is the fundamental issue this course tries to resolve. It introduces the students to different faith expressions (faith as reasonable; faith as personal experience; faith as social transformation; faith as dialogue with the religious “other”) and underlines that all of these are necessary for a wholistic faith that is responsive to crucial life issues. The different contexts (i.e. social, cultural, political, religious and philosophical) which resulted to several faith expressions and their potential to address social concerns affecting human beings and the whole of creation will be discussed in the light of the Catholic Social Teachings and Inter-faith Dialogue being advocated.
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Outline of Topics per Module: |
MODULE 1: INTRODUCTION TO THE DIFFERENT DIMENSIONS OF FAITH
In this module, we will look at how faith convictions developed in response to the individual’s developmental growth and changed circumstance, how these faith expressions are based on Faith models and analyze the concept of faith in the Hebrew-Jewish context.
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- Faith as distinct yet related with belief and religion
- Faith as a human phenomenon
- Faith in the Hebrew-Jewish context
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MODULE 2: FAITH AND REASON (FAITH AS BELIEVING)
In Module 2, we will revisit the age-old debate between science and religion. Is there a conflict between these two? What does this mean in terms of believing? We will also distinguish mere inconvenience from suffering that is due to injustice and suffering that is part of life
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- Leap of Faith
- The Mystery of Suffering
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MODULE 3: FAITH AS A PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
In Module 3, we will explain faith as personal trust and commitment to God and consider the faith of the inarticulate. We will also reflect on personal experience of suffering in the light of God’s kagandahang-loob.
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- Devotion to the Black Nazarene
- My Personal Leap of Faith
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MODULE 4: FAITH AS SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION
In Module 4, we will analyze a social issue such as poverty or climate change in the light of the faith tradition and discern on the proper faith response
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- What did others do to help transform Philippine society?
- What can I do in order to help in transforming society?
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MODULE 5: FAITH AS DIALOGUE WITH THE RELIGIOUS “OTHER”
In Module 5, we will analyze various forms of dialogue based on different dimensions of faith: dialogue of doctrines, dialogue of worship, dialogue of praxis, dialogue of life.
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- Dialogue of faith in world religions
- Issue: Is religion a root cause of violence? Is religion dangerous?
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Expected Lasallian Graduate Attributes (ELGAs) and Learning Outcomes (LOs): |
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UNIVERSITY ELGA: |
LEARNING OUTCOMES (LO): On completion of the course, the student is expected to be able to do the following: |
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Effective Communicator
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1. Analyze different faith expressions and the historical, philosophical & cultural contexts in which they developed.
2. Apply the see-discern/judge-act framework in analyzing social issues toward a faith that does justice
3. Compose a reflective synthesis
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Critical and Creative Thinker |
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Reflective Lifelong learner |
Course Summary:
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