What Is Man? What the Church Teaches About Human Life
Live Online Class in Winter 2021
Mondays at 7 p.m. from January 4-18
In past centuries, the Catholic Church faced challenges over the nature of God and Christ. In the twenty-first century, the battle is over the nature of humanity. Because Adam and Eve were made in God’s image, our understanding of humanity affects our perception of God’s nature. As our sense of self becomes more distorted, so is our ability to see or hear our Creator.
Psalm 8:4 asks a profound question of God: “What is man that you are mindful of him?” This course will explore what the Catholic Church teaches about the human person. We will look at the biblical narrative of creation and fall, St. John Paul II’s Theology of the Body, what the Church teaches about life in a fallen world and social justice, the transformation that makes us new creatures in Christ, the inevitability of death, the promise of resurrection, and the nature of humanity in a new heaven and earth when Christ returns to make all things new.
Join Greg Smith as he leads this three-session January interim course. This class is available on its own or with a LANE All-Access Pass.
Credit: 1.5 Hours per Session in Theology
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Meet Your Instructor, Greg Smith
Greg Smith is a dynamic teacher, prolific writer, and experienced leader who serves as the Director of Ministry at Our Lady of the Lake Parish in Holland, Michigan. He brings a unique perspective as a former Protestant minister and adult convert to Catholicism. Greg attended the University of Colorado in Boulder, Calvin Theological Seminary, and UCLA. In his career he has worked in the nonprofit sector, technology, architecture, and publishing.
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