Christ in Song and Creed

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

In this course, students will encounter the development of the theology of Jesus Christ through hymns and creeds of the Church. We begin with the Christology of the New Testament, then turn to the hymns and creeds of the Christological controversies in the early Church. In the second half of the course, we consider the rise of devotion to the Blessed Sacrament; the Reformation and Counter-Reformation; and selected hymns used in churches today. Students will learn to read hymns for their theological basis and doctrinal implications, contextualizing them within the historical development and expression of Christology.