JOHN PAUL THE GREAT CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY THE NEW EVANGELIZATION - Course Syllabus Instructor: Fr. Andrew Younan - [email protected] Mondays, 2 – 4:50 pm (4/2/12 - 6/4/12), 3 Units

Course Description A seminar-style course in the New Evangelization. Various aspects will be discussed, ranging from the content of the Good News, the particularities of the audience of the New Evangelization, methods of evangelization, and the spirituality of mission. Texts are selected from Scripture, Magisterial documents, and Church Fathers and Doctors, and are chosen with a view to deepen the class discussion.

Student Learning Outcomes Students will be able to: - Understand the meaning of the New Evangelization and the reason why it was instituted. - Understand how the New Evangelization flows directly from the Gospel and the nature of the Church. - Interact intelligently with texts from the Holy See as well as from the Scriptures and the Saints. - Realize their own particular role in the New Evangelization, and how it flows from their particular vocation.

This course continues the students’ education in the following General Education Learning Outcomes: • Communicate and evangelize using empathetic listening and applying reason in demonstrative, dialectical, rhetorical and poetic form. • Analyze the causes of culture and evaluate culture’s impact on the individual, family and society. • Demonstrate an understanding of the teaching of the and her . • Articulate an individual code of ethics and apply it to predict and assess probable life situations.

Method of Instruction Lecture and discussion; reading the assignments is therefore of the highest importance, since the majority of class time will be spent discussing and debating the text.

Method of Evaluation - Class Participation (20% of final grade): - gauged by active discussion in class - Weekly Reflections on the Readings (40% of final grade): - Each student will keep a journal of questions and comments they have about each reading, and answers given or discussed in class. It will be checked twice randomly during the quarter. - Term Paper and Final Presentation (40% of final grade): - A 8-10 page paper in which the student will discuss one or more of the readings and relate it with a possible real-life situation related to their vocational goals. (Due on 6/4/12)

Texts (All available in the course reader, and distributed per weekly topic): - The Holy Bible, Selections (RSV Translation) - St. Augustine, On Catechizing the Uninstructed, Selections - St. Thomas Aquinas, Summa Contra Gentiles, Selections - St. Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica, Selections - Pope Paul VI, Evangelii Nuntiandi - Pope John Paul II, - Pope Benedict XVI, Verbum Domini - Vatican II: , Lumen Gentium, Divinitus - Newman, Sermon 24

Office Hours: The professor will be available a half-hour before and after class for questions or discussion, or via email at any time ([email protected]).

Online Office Hours: Wednesdays from 3-4 PM. At this time all students enrolled in the course – both on- campus and online – will be able to talk with the professor and among themselves. For further information or for assistance in this matter contact Program Manager Justin Wilga at (858) 653-6740 or at [email protected].

For further Information and Technology Assistance: contact the Biblical Theology Program Manager Justin Wilga at (858) 653-6740 or at [email protected]. If you need computer-related assistance Justin will coordinate with the school’s I.T. department.

JP Catholic’s Academic Integrity Statement: 1. Unethical behavior and acts of dishonesty in class work, assignments, or test-taking are serious offenses against morality and academic standards. The theft of intellectual property, including but not limited to the work of one’s classmates, published scholars, and other sources, is a grave offense which may lead to academic dismissal. 2. It is clear to any student that tests are meant to measure an individual’s grasp of class material. Unless otherwise specified by the instructor, the use of books, notes, other student’s work, or anything other than the student’s own mind is expressly prohibited in test-taking and the violation of this policy can result in dismissal. 3. Plagiarism is the use of other’s intellectual property, including but not limited to ideas and writings, inserted into a student’s work without appropriate acknowledgment (including quotation marks and a source citation). 4. Consequences for violation of this policy will include but not be limited to zero credit for the assignment or test, a failing grade in the course, and expulsion from the University (see JP Catholic Student Handbook, p. 22).

Library and Online Resources: While preparing one’s paper, students must consult with the professor and contact the librarian to ensure that the school’s available resources can support their research into their chosen topic. For contact information see the Moodle website. Resources may either be found on-site or accessed through the school’s connection with other libraries.

Academic Support Services: Students with Disabilities. JP Catholic believes in the dignity of the disabled and provides special accommodations for students with disabilities according to their specific situation. JP Catholic takes its responsibility towards disabled students seriously. Academic Mentoring. If a student believes that he or she is struggling academically, the student is encouraged to apply to the Dean of Students for an academic mentor. The Dean of Students will then appoint either a peer mentor or a credible person from the JP Catholic community to help the student improve his academic standing. The student is responsible for the cost of mentoring and the mentor is not responsible for lack of academic improvement.