FINALITÀ
To identify the biblical and magisterial foundations for a theology of family. To present some current theological perspectives about family. To show some lines of forces that found theologically the pastoral ministry with families.
ARGOMENTI
The family and the sociocultural changes that affect its reality. Different approaches to the reality of family. A biblical and anthropological horizon. Contributions of the Magisterium to a theological understanding of the family. Some current theological perspectives about family: Trinitarian, Christological, iconographic, historical-salvific, ecclesiological, sacramental. A theology of the family in the light of Amoris lætitia.
Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of the course, students are expected to: Delineate the biblical, magisterial, and theological foundations of a Catholic understanding of the family; have a basic approach to different theological perspectives; discern the theological convenience of different pastoral approaches.
Essential Required Documents: Council Vatican II. 1964. Lumen Gentium. Dogmatic Constitution on the Church. Vatican City: Vatican Publishing House; Council Vatican II. 1965. Gaudium et Spes. Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World. Vatican City: Vatican Publishing House; Francesco. 2016. Amoris Lætitia. Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation on Love in the Family. Vatican City: Vatican Publishing House; John Paul II. 1981. Familiaris Consortio. Apostolic Exhortation on the Role of the Christian Family in the Modern World. Vatican City: Vatican Publishing House.
TESTI
Anthony, Michael, and Michelle. 2011. A Theology for Family Ministries. Nashville: B&H Publishing Group; Aymans, Winfried, ed. 2015. Eleven Cardinals Speak on Marriage and the Family: Essays from a Pastoral Viewpoint. San Francisco: Ignatius Press; Cavagnari, Gustavo. 2015. La famiglia “chiesa domestica”. Soggetto e oggetto dell’azione evangelizza-trice al servizio del regno di Dio. Roma: LAS; Granados, José, Stephan Kampowski, and Juan José Pérez-Soba. 2017. Accompanying, Discerning, Integrating: A Handbook for the Pastoral Care of the Family According to Amoris Laetitia. San Francisco: Ignatius Press; Ouellet, Marc. 2006. Divine Likeness: Toward a Trinitarian Anthropology of the Family. Grand Rapids-Cambridge: William Eerdmans Publishing Company; Ouellet, Marc. 2015. Mystery and Sacrament of Love: A Theology of Marriage and the Family for the New Evangelization. Grand Rapids-Cambridge: William Eerdmans Publishing Company; Pollard, Jeff, and Scott Brown. 2014. A Theology of the Family: Five Centuries of Biblical Wisdom for the Family Life. Wake Forest: National Center for Family Integrated Churches; Rocchetta, Carlo. 2011. Teologia della famiglia: Fondamenti e prospettive. Bologna: Deho-niane; Scola, Angelo. 2005. The Nuptial Mystery. Grand Rapids-Cambridge: William Eerdmans Publishing Company.