Faith/ Georgetown Experience

3 Credits · Level: Undergraduate

Georgetown is a university that believes in God. What difference does that make to Georgetown? What difference does that make to you? This course will examine both questions. We will first consider the theistic worldview and tradition that gave birth to Georgetown and has helped shape the university’s life for more than 230 years. We will then consider ways in which Georgetown’s faith-based mission has been articulated in various ways over the years. Finally, in light of these theological and educational ideals, students will be asked to reflect upon and examine their own experience of Georgetown and how it has affected their personal understanding of and engagement with their own faith. This seminar is largely driven by discussion of assigned materials as they relate to students’ experience. Students not disposed to such discussion should think twice before enrolling.