Syllabus

Week	Topic	Reading
January 19, 21	Paul's Epistle to the Galatians	Galatians
January 24-28	Paul's Epistle to the Romans	Romans (esp. 7-8)
Jan 31 - Feb 4	Augustine	Confessions (I-III)
February 7-11	Augustine	Confessions
February 14-18	Anselm	Proslogion, Monologion, On the Incarnation of the Word
February 21-25	Anselm	Why God Became Man, On Free Will
Feb 28 - March 4	Aquinas	Selected Philosophical Writings IV, 20-26, II, 6
March 7-9	Aquinas	Summa Theologica I, 27-43, esp. 39-42; Selected Philosophical Writings, V, 27-33; III, 16-17; VI, 35-37
March 21-23	Luther	95 Theses, Preface to the Epistle of St. Paul to the Romans, Commentary on St. Paul's Epistle to the Galatians, Sermons on the Catechism (19-34, 99-165, 207-239, 489-499)
Mar 28 - April 1	Luther	The Freedom of a Christian, Bondage of the Will (42-85, 166-206)
April 4-8	Calvin	Institutes of the Christian Religion
April 11-15	Calvin	Institutes of the Christian Religion
April 18-22	Barth	Epistle to the Romans
April 25-29	Barth	Epistle to the Romans, 1
May 2-6	Barth	Epistle to the Romans, 7, 9

Note: There is no class on the Friday before spring break, or on Good Friday.

Required Texts

• Augustine, Confessions, Oxford University Press
• Anselm of Canterbury, Major Works, Oxford University Press
• Thomas Aquinas, Selected Philosophical Writings, Anchor Books
• Martin Luther, Selections from His Writing, Oxford University Press
• John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion, Baker Academic
• Karl Barth, Epistle to the Romans, Oxford University Press

Grading

Your grade in this course will be determined by your performance on the following things:

• A takehome essay midterm exam, 5-10 pages long, due March 11.
• A takehome essay final exam, 5-10 pages long, due May 14.
• A research paper, 5-10 pages long, due May 11.

Your highest score on these three assignments will count 40%; the next highest, 30%; the lowest, 20%. The remaining 10% will be based on class attendance and participation.