Dr. Siker is professor of theology and chair of the department of theological studies at LMU. His publications include Disinheriting the Jews: Abraham in Early Christian Controversy and Scripture and Ethics.

Clinical Bioethics & Religious Traditions - THST 698.01 - Prof. James Walter, Ph.D.
Mon & Wed, 8:30 - 11:30 a.m., University Hall 3230

This course will focus on the clinical and religious aspects of bioethics in a hospital setting. Students will attend clinical rounds at St. Francis Medical Center in Lynwood, CA, and then research and study various ethical issues that arise from patient care and clinical medicine from different religious traditions. [Professor's permission required; limit 4 students; no auditors.]

Dr. Walter, professor of theological studies and director of the Bioethics Institute, holds the Austin and Ann O'Malley Chair in Bioethics at LMU. Among his publications are Quality of Life: The New Medical Dilemma and A Call to Fidelity: On the Moral Theology of Charles E. Curran. Forthcoming from Sheed & Ward is The New Genetic Medicine: Theological and Ethical Reflections.

Christian Spirituality: The First Thousand Years - THST 698.02 / CNTX 962.01 - Fr. Luke Dysinger, O.S.B., D.Phil.
Tues & Thurs, 4:00 - 7:00 p.m., University Hall 1403

This course will trace the history of Christian spiritual traditions from their precursors in Judaism and ancient Mediterranean spirituality to the year 1000. Emphasis will be laid on different definitions and methods of prayer, meditation, and contemplation. During each class the development of specific traditions of Christian prayer, meditation, and contemplation will be studied and discussed in light of assigned readings from primary sources.

Fr. Dysinger is a Benedictine monk of St. Andrew's Abbey, Valyermo. He teaches patristics, Christian history, and bioethics, and has written several articles on monastic spirituality.