Theolog Question of Good Life

3 Credits · Level: Undergraduate

This course will ask students to examine the role of theo-rhetors, those who speak about or for God, with reference to classical, modern, contemporary, popular cultural accounts of the good life. The course will survey ancient rhetoricians to contemporary theologians and integrate the Jesuit plan of studies, Ratio Studiorum. Through the intersection of studying religious philosophy and practicing Eloquentia Perfecta (the Jesuit method of speaking and writing with moral clarity, intellectual acuity, and grace for the common good), each participant will research historical, theological, and critical elements of claims about the good life to develop and deliver a summative oration to the class. Students will ultimately be asked to answer the question “what does it mean to live well?” through their own study, dialogue, articulation of their own emerging worldviews.