Finlandia
University intends to engage the whole person. Many of our
classes and activities invite discussions concerning the larger
questions of life inlcuding questions about meaning, purpose, faith,
ethical decision-making, vocation and service, and others.
Religion & Philosophy courses within our Suomi College of Arts
and Sciences include:
Introduction to the Bible: Old Testament; Introduction
to the Bible: New Testament; World Religions; Spiritual Formation;
Readings in Spirituality; Christian Ethics in Pluralistic Society;
Biblical Topics on Vocation; History of Christianity; Christian
Thought; Introduction to Philosophy; Ethics: Classical Theories
and Contemporary Issues; Great Voices in Philosophy; Topics in Philosophy;
and Philosophy and the Environment.
Concentrations in both Christian Vocation and Religion and Philosophy
are available for those who wish to pursue religious studies.
Chapel
of St. Matthew
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| REL/SOC
230 - Servant Leadership. This course engages
students in faith-based vocational discernment as an aspect
of servant leadership. Students will consider contemporary
leadership theories and styles of leadership alongside models
of servant leadership from Christian & other faith traditions.
Students will explore local and global social justice issues
and social responsibility in connection to servant leadership.
Students will participate in service-learning activities in
the local community. 3 credits - offered every semester. |
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Fall
2006 REL 230-Servant Leadership students helping out at a
Habitat for Humanity renovation. |
Lauren Roell
(REL 236 - Service & Learning in Tanzania 2006 participant;
2007 graduate) listens to and learns from youth at our host
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236 - Service & Learning in Tanzania. The
primary learning experience of this course takes place during
three weeks of serving and learning in Tanzania after spring
semester exams. Students participate in weekly seminars
throughout the semester as preparation where students build
upon the concepts and skills developed in REL 230. The
visit to Tanzania is at the invitation of the Eastern &
Coastal Diocese of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania.
The students split their time between a service commitment
at one of the diocese's locations (i.e. a secondary school)
and staying in host homes in Dar es Salaam with a daily schedule
that includes exposure to organizations and institutions that
are responding to health, education and gender concerns in
Tanzania. A 3-day safari is also part of the experience.
Students participate in fund-raisers to offset some of the
travel expenses. 3 credits - offered every spring.
Pre-requisite: REL/SOC 230.
REL/SOC
237 - Servant Leadership for the Local Community.
This course involves students in a service-learning project
that serves a need in the local community. In weekly
seminars students reflect on related readings about serving,
leading and socio-political realities related to their project
or tend to project organizational matters. Students
will keep a service-learning journal to mark their personal
growth and project progress. 3 credits - offered every
odd fall.
Everybody
can be great...because anybody can serve. You don't have
to have a college degree to serve. You don't have
to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You
only need a heart full of grace.
-Martin Luther King, Jr. |
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