EUCHARIST:
THEOLOGY& CELEBRATION


Michael S. Driscoll


CLASS SCHEDULE AND TOPICS
for Fall 2007

 

SACRAMENTS IN GENERAL

AUGUST 29                      Introductions and S.A.C.R.A.M.E.N.T.S.

SEPTEMBER 3
                Christological Underpinnnings

SEPTEMBER 5
                 Ecclesiailogical Consequences
ANTHROPOLOGICAL DIMENSION
SEPTEMBER 10       Film: Babette's Feast

SEPTEMBER
12       Excursus on Method

SEPTEMBER
17       From Human Meal to Christian Eucharist: Anthropological dimensions

SEPTEMBER
19       Pre-Christian Antecedents: Greco-Roman Mystery Religions

SEPTEMBER  24     
Pre-Christian Antecedents: Jewish Roots
BIBLICAL DIMENSION
SEPTEMBER26         Eucharist in the New Testament

OCTOBER 1      
        New Testament Evidence

OCTOBER 3        
      Biblical Theology

HISTORICAL DIMENSION
OCTOBER 8                 Anti-Nicene Period: Introduction                           

OCTOBER
10               Anti-Nicene Period: Anaphoras                         Paper I

OCTOBER
15               Anti-Nicene Period: Themes

OCTOBER
  17              Post-Nicene Period
FALL BREAK - OCTOBER 20-28
OCTOBER  29              Middle Ages: Eucharistic Devotions

NOVEMBER 5             
Middle Ages: Eucharistic Theology

NOVEMBER 7             
Middle Ages: St. Thomas

NOVEMBER 12           
Reformation
SYSTEMATIC DIMENSION
NOVEMBER 14              Trent to Vatican II                                               Paper II

NOVEMBER
19              Vatican II to present

NOVEMBER
21              Ecumenical dimension: Two examples
THANKSGIVING BREAK - November 22-25
NOVEMBER 26              Ecumenical dimension: Celebrating Unity

NOVEMBER 28             
Ethical dimension: Celebrating Mission

DECEMBER 3
               Ethical dimension: Living the Eucharist

DECEMBER 5               
Spiritual dimension: Celebrating Our Stories

DECEMBER 10              
Wrap-up session

DECEMBER 14-19          Final examination - either  oral or written