The Visionary Course Pairing

Introduction to Christian Theology (TH 201)

From the stories of ancient Jews and Christians in the pages of the Bible to our present-day social media posts, this course studies how human beings have encountered God throughout history. Together, we will explore universal questions on the meaning of human existence and the problem of evil, as well as the teachings of Jesus and the development of those teachings throughout Christianity's two-thousand year history. Creative questioning from both practitioners of Christianity and those of other or no religious background is encouraged. The course also includes an emphasis on social justice issues with an optional service-learning component. 

Faculty Biography

Dr. Becky Walker is an Assistant Teaching Professor of Theology. She holds a Ph.D. in Historical Theology from Saint Louis University and began teaching at Loyola in 2022. Her research and teaching interests include early Christian literature in the Greek-speaking East, the history of interpretation of the Bible, and feminist theology. She teaches such courses as "Health and Healing in Early Christianity," "American Feminist Theologies," "Commenting on Scripture from Philo to Facebook," "Immigration in the Context of Catholic Social Teaching," and "World Religions."

Intermediate Spanish I (SN 103)

A systematic consolidation and expansion of the four basic skills: reading, understanding, speaking, and writing. To increase and perfect students' acquired abilities/proficiencies in the language, and broaden their understanding of the country's culture and literature. 

Faculty Biography

Professor Sarah Tyler started at Loyola in the fall of 2011 and has taught Introductory and Intermediate levels of Spanish. She received her undergraduate degree in Anthropology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Master's degrees in History (Modern European) and Romance Languages (Spanish) in 2003 and 2010 from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Her specializations include Spanish sociolinguistics/linguistic anthropology and technology in teaching. 

Mentor Biography

Kristen Vickery -- bio coming soon!

Virtual Advisor

TH 201 satisfies the Theology core requirement for all students. SN 103 satisfies an elective for all students, and is a pre-requisite for SN 104, which is needed to fulfill the World Language core requirement in Spanish.