DR. MIKE ASIS

EVERYTHING IS IN THE MULTIPLY SITE.

Jan 27, 2008

READ THIS COURSE WEBSITE REGULARLY FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS REGARDING:
1) COURSE REQUIREMENTS (TESTS & QUIZZES, HOMEWORK, SEATWORK, GROUPWORK, COUPLES' SHARING RESEARCH PAPER);
2) ACTIVITIES (GROUP REPORTS, COUPLES' SHARING, CANON LAW LECTURE);
3) FILES (READING ARTICLES, GROUP REPORT FILES -- INSTRUCTIONS, REFERENCES & MATERIALS).

ANNOUNCEMENTS/HOMEWORK

HW FOR JTA-C FOR THE LAST PART OF THE COURSE: PART III ON A THEOLOGY OF MARRIAGE, READ & STUDY THESES 20-25 (AND ALL ASSIGNED REQUIRED READINGS FOR THESE THESES IN THE SYLLABUS), ESPECIALLY ALL THE MARRIAGE ARTICLES IN THE BLUE TEXTBOOK. [READING 1] -- “A Theological Introduction to Marriage,” Marriage & Human Sexuality, 81-86. QUESTIONS FOR STUDY: * INTRO: WHAT EXPLAINS CHRIST'S APPARENT REJECTION OF FAMILY KINSHIP ON THE ONE HAND & HIS ABSOLUTE REJECTION OF DIVORCE ON THE OTHER? 1) WHAT EXPLAINS PAUL'S AMBIVALENCE TOWARD MARRIAGE IN 1 COR 7? 2) WHAT MADE HIM MODIFY HIS APPARENT PESSIMISTIC VIEW ON MARRIAGE IN EPHESIANS 5? 3) WHY IS EPH 5 CONTROVERSIAL TODAY? 4) WHAT KIND OF MALE HEADSHIP IS PAUL DESCRIBING IN EPH 5? [READING 2] -- “A Context for the Meaning and Morality of Sexuality,” GENOVESI, In Pursuit of Love, 116-123. QUESTIONS FOR STUDY: 1) WHAT IS THE NATURE OF HUMAN BEINGS ACCORDING TO AUGUSTINE? 2) APART FROM ITS PRIMARY PURPOSE WHICH IS PROCREATION, WHY DID AUGUSTINE DENY THE INTRINSIC VALUE OF THE CONJUGAL ACT? 3) WHY IS SEXUAL PLEASURE AN INDICATION OF CONCUPISCENCE ACCORDING TO AUGUSTINE? [READING 3] -- (SCHILLEBEECKX): 1) WHAT ARE THE STRENGTHS & WEAKNESSES OF THE OLD & MODERN FAMILY STRUCTURES RESPECTIVELY? IDENTIFY AT LEAST 3. 2) WHY IS THE MODERN FAMILY STRUCTURE OF MARRIAGE AN ENORMOUS OPPORTUNITY FOR GRACE? [READING 4] -- (MACKIN): 1) HOW DOES CONJUGAL SEXUAL INTIMACY BECOME A HEALING, REDEMPTIVE MOMENT OF DIVINE GRACE? [READING 5] -- RUBIO, "What is Family For? (MULTIPLY READING FILE): 1) WHAT ARE THE BASIC FUNCTIONS OF FAMILY? 2) HOW DOES A SENSE OF MISSION OUTSIDE THE HOME CONTRIBUTE TO THE FAMILY'S INTERNAL LIFE & WELL-BEING? [READING 6] -- ASIS & LOCKER, "“Marriage: The Human Reality and the Sacrament,” Marriage & Human Sexuality, 118-122 (BLUE TEXTBOOK): 1) WHAT ARE THE OBJECTIVE & SUBJECTIVE ELEMENTS OF A SACRAMENT? 2) WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A VALID ADMINISTRATION AND AN EFFECTIVE CELEBRATION OF A SACRAMENT? HOW DOES THIS APPLY TO THE SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE? 3) WHY IS FAITH NECESSARY IN A FRUITFUL & EFFECTIVE CELEBRATION OF A SACRAMENT? HOW DOES THIS APPLY TO THE SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE?
HW FOR JTA-C FOR TUESDAY (MARCH 12): STUDY THESIS ON HOMOSEXUALITY. READ GENOVESI'S CHAPTER ON HOMOSEXUALITY. 1) EXPLAIN THE BIBLICAL, NATURAL LAW, HUMAN FRUSTRATION ARGUMENTS AGAINST HOMOSEXUAL UNIONS; 2) EXPLAIN THE CHURCH'S POSITION ON HOMOSEXUALITY AS AN "OBJECTIVE DISORDER."; 3) WHAT ARE LIVIO MELINA'S TWO (2) THEOLOGICAL ARGUMENTS (SEE NUMBERS 3 & 4 OF HIS ARTICLE) REGARDING HOMOSEXUALITY AS AN OBJECTIVE DISORDER? (BLUE TEXTBOOK, 179-190) WHAT IS THE REVISIONIST ARGUMENT FOR JUSTIYING HOMOSEXUAL ACTS?
HW FOR JTA-C FOR WEDNESDAY (MARCH 7): STUDY THESIS ON MASTURBATION; READ GENOVESI CHAPTER ON MASTURBATION: 1) WHAT IS THE OFFICIAL CHURCH TEACHING ON MASTURBATION? 2) WHAT PART OF CCC 2352 TALKS ABOUT MASTURBATION AS AN OBJECTIVE SIN & MASTURBATION AS A SUBJECTIVE SIN RESPECTIVELY? 3) IS MASTURBATION ALWAYS AN OBJECTIVE SIN? 4) IS MASTURBATION ALWAYS A SUBJECTIVE SIN? 5) WHAT FACTORS COULD "EXTENUATE THE MORAL CULPABILITY" OF THE PERSON INVOLVED IN MASTURBATION AND WHY? 6) WHAT ARE THE 4 MORAL EVALUATIONS/VIEWS ON MASTURBATION ACCORDING TO N. BROCKMAN? 7) WHAT PARTICULAR MORAL EVALUATION/VIEW IS CONSISTENT WITH: A) THE TRADITIONAL POSITION? B) THE CFC POSITION? 8) EXPLAIN HOW CCC 2352 IS CONSISTENT WITH THE DIMINISHED FREEDOM VIEW; 9) EXPLAIN HOW CFC 1112 IS CONSISTENT WITH THE FUNDAMENTAL OPTION VIEW; 10) EXPLAIN HOW BOTH CCC 2352 & CFC 1112 ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE TRADITIONAL MORAL VIEW? 11) WHAT IS THE COMMON EXAMPLE FOR MASTURBATION AS AN ONTIC EVIL? / STANDING HW FOR THIS WEEK AND NEXT WEEK (MARCH 7, 12, 14): THESIS 4: STUDY QUESTIONS: 1) WHAT IS THE SACRAMENTAL PRINCIPLE? 2) WHAT IS A SACRAMENT? 3) WHAT IS GRACE? 4) WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SIGN & SYMBOL? 4) WHY IS CHRIST A SACRAMENT? 5) WHY IS THE CHURCH A SACRAMENT? 6) WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE 7 SACRAMENTS? 8) HOW IS THE SACRAMENTAL PRINCIPLE RELEVANT TO OUR COURSE IN SEXUALITY & MARRIAGE? (READING: PEOPLE OF GOD) / THESIS 5 STUDY QUESTIONS: 1) WHAT ARE THE 3 OLD TESTAMENT (OT) NOTIONS OF VOCATION? 2) WHAT IS CHRIST'S CENTRAL NEW TESTAMENT (NT) CALL/MESSAGE? a) WHAT IS THE APPROPRIATE RESPONSE TO CHRIST'S CALL? 3) WHAT IS THE ROLE OF THE CHURCH & BAPTISM IN CHRIST'S NEW COVENANT? 4) WHAT IS VOCATION? -- THE FUNDAMENTAL, GENERAL VOCATION OR PARTICULAR VOCATIONS? (READING: BLUE TEXTBOOK, 1-13; GENOVESI, 37-38; 49-50.) / THESIS 6 STUDY QUESTIONS: 1) WHAT IS THE LAW DETERMINING THE TRUE MEANING & PURPOSE OF OUR HUMANITY? 2) WHAT IS THE BASIS/GROUND OF HUMAN LOVE (NT CONCEPT OF LOVE)? 3) BASED ON THIS NT CONCEPT, WHAT IS TRUE LOVE? (READING: GENOVESI: 16-20; 21-30.)
HW FOR JTA-C FOR THE LAST PART OF THE COURSE: PART III ON A THEOLOGY OF MARRIAGE, READ & STUDY THESES 20-25 (AND ALL ASSIGNED REQUIRED READINGS FOR THESE THESES IN THE SYLLABUS), ESPECIALLY ALL THE MARRIAGE ARTICLES IN THE BLUE TEXTBOOK. [READING 1] -- “A Theological Introduction to Marriage,” Marriage & Human Sexuality, 81-86. QUESTIONS FOR STUDY: * INTRO: WHAT EXPLAINS CHRIST'S APPARENT REJECTION OF FAMILY KINSHIP ON THE ONE HAND & HIS ABSOLUTE REJECTION OF DIVORCE ON THE OTHER? 1) WHAT EXPLAINS PAUL'S AMBIVALENCE TOWARD MARRIAGE IN 1 COR 7? 2) WHAT MADE HIM MODIFY HIS APPARENT PESSIMISTIC VIEW ON MARRIAGE IN EPHESIANS 5? 3) WHY IS EPH 5 CONTROVERSIAL TODAY? 4) WHAT KIND OF MALE HEADSHIP IS PAUL DESCRIBING IN EPH 5? [READING 2] -- “A Context for the Meaning and Morality of Sexuality,” GENOVESI, In Pursuit of Love, 116-123. QUESTIONS FOR STUDY: 1) WHAT IS THE NATURE OF HUMAN BEINGS ACCORDING TO AUGUSTINE? 2) APART FROM ITS PRIMARY PURPOSE WHICH IS PROCREATION, WHY DID AUGUSTINE DENY THE INTRINSIC VALUE OF THE CONJUGAL ACT? 3) WHY IS SEXUAL PLEASURE AN INDICATION OF CONCUPISCENCE ACCORDING TO AUGUSTINE? [READING 3] -- (SCHILLEBEECKX): 1) WHAT ARE THE STRENGTHS & WEAKNESSES OF THE OLD & MODERN FAMILY STRUCTURES RESPECTIVELY? IDENTIFY AT LEAST 3. 2) WHY IS THE MODERN FAMILY STRUCTURE OF MARRIAGE AN ENORMOUS OPPORTUNITY FOR GRACE? [READING 4] -- (MACKIN): 1) HOW DOES CONJUGAL SEXUAL INTIMACY BECOME A HEALING, REDEMPTIVE MOMENT OF DIVINE GRACE? [READING 5] -- RUBIO, "What is Family For? (MULTIPLY READING FILE): 1) WHAT ARE THE BASIC FUNCTIONS OF FAMILY? 2) HOW DOES A SENSE OF MISSION OUTSIDE THE HOME CONTRIBUTE TO THE FAMILY'S INTERNAL LIFE & WELL-BEING? [READING 6] -- ASIS & LOCKER, "“Marriage: The Human Reality and the Sacrament,” Marriage & Human Sexuality, 118-122 (BLUE TEXTBOOK): 1) WHAT ARE THE OBJECTIVE & SUBJECTIVE ELEMENTS OF A SACRAMENT? 2) WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A VALID ADMINISTRATION AND AN EFFECTIVE CELEBRATION OF A SACRAMENT? HOW DOES THIS APPLY TO THE SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE? 3) WHY IS FAITH NECESSARY IN A FRUITFUL & EFFECTIVE CELEBRATION OF A SACRAMENT? HOW DOES THIS APPLY TO THE SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE?
HW FOR JTA C FOR MONDAY (FEBRUARY 27): THESES 8, 9, 10, 11/READ ALL THE REQUIRED READINGS FOR EACH THESIS CITED IN THE SYLLABUS. STUDY QUESTIONS: 1) WHAT IS MORALITY? 2) WHAT IS FREEDOM? 3) WHAT IS FUNDAMENTAL OPTION? 4) WHAT IS SIN? 5) WHAT IS CONSCIENCE? 6) COMPARE THE TRADITIONAL (OBJECTIVE SIN VS. SUBJECTIVE SIN) & REVISIONIST (MORAL EVIL, OBJECTIVE WRONG, ONTIC EVIL) APPROACHES TO EVALUATING SINFUL ACTS.

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