The study of Theology offers much to all kinds of students, even those who have no prior formal religious belief or training. Theology by its very nature touches upon many related academic disciplines: philosophy, history, languages, sociology, anthropology and involves the ability to think critically about important issues and to express clearly one's thoughts about them. Theology is founded upon the assumption that everyone, by virtue of their human nature, deals with certain fundamental questions of meaning and existence:

• Who are we?
• Why have we been created?
• What is our ultimate goal?
• What can we truly know about the world around us, both seen and unseen?

Our answers to these question take many forms, some of which can be understood as theological. At St. Mary's we look as these questions anew and examine the theological answers that have been given to them in the Jewish and Christian traditions. It is hoped that students come to possess a renewed awareness of the presence and urgency of these fundamental issues in their own lives and of the wide array of responses given by Christian thought in response to them.