Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology · Courses
ETHC
7 courses with the subject ETHC, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
ETHC 5001Orthodox Christian Ethics3
Christian moral theology is concerned with virtue not as an end in itself, but as an indispensable, challenging, and rewarding dimension of the Good Life, the Life in Christ. As such, a proper aim of Christian ethics is happiness, or rather blessedness; thus, St. Seraphim of Sarov's famous dictum: The goal of the Christian life is the acquisition of the Holy Spirit. Taking our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and the Panaghia as our primary ethical models, the class considers the meaning and shape of “right action” within the matrix of Uncreated Grace.
This course explores some of the fundamental issues that arise in philosophical discussions of morality and ethics. In this course we utilize philosophy and literature to deepen students’ understanding of ethics. Great literature often delves into ethical issues and awakens our minds and hearts to new possibilities; it also encourages readers to understand the moral life in unique ways. Students are encouraged to reflect upon the perspectives and ideas that emerge from the literary selections and to analyze philosophical texts representative of major ethical theories. We explore ethical questions related to topics such as the purpose of morality, the nature of good and evil, the meaning of life, moral 61
This course is centered on a close reading and examination of Aristotle's Rhetoric; specifically, we will be using the George A. Kennedy English translation. Also studied will be classic speeches from across history which advanced the struggle for a more just social order.
This course is concerned with ethical consideration of social issues and social structures through the lens of Orthodox Christianity. Social Ministries is open to all students (regardless of location or degree program) and all students are required to have an associated field education placement.
What is an ethical approach to art and beauty? Why does some beauty save and heal, while other beauty wounds or even kills? Must one be holy to produce a work of beauty, or is it only in attempting to create something beautiful that we acquire human wholeness? Relevant authors will include Fotios Kontoglou, Christopher Alexander, Michael J. Lewis, and others.
This course examines Russian, Romanian, and Greek elders of the last two centuries, looking especially at what connections they draw between ethical action and the healing of the soul.
This seminar will consider end of life, origin of life, and medical ethical issues from an Orthodox perspective. In particular, students will be challenged to ask what difference an Orthodox Christian anthropology would make in treating these areas. The course makes use of texts by Fr. John Breck, Tristram Engelhardt, and the Blackwell Reader in Bioethics. 62
