Christian theology is an epic story of people and communities struggling with the issues, questions, insights, and dilemmas of the Christian mystery throughout time.

What is Church? How has the Church been understood historically? How is God present in our lives and in the common life of the Church? How has the Church understood itself, its doctrines, prophets, detractors, scriptures, and leaders across the ages? How does this tradition relate to our present moment and the challenges and opportunities of a new millennium? Of pluralism? Of authority and ecumenism? Of a world tied more closely together by technology and rapid communication?

Historical-Systematic Theology focuses on the development of Church doctrine and dogma, as seen in the interplay between faith and reason, by raising questions about anthropology, revelation and faith, Christology, the Trinity, ecclesiology, eschatology, comparative theology, and theology of religions.

Students learn to analyze and compare the content of differing perspectives on Church teaching and tradition, by a comprehensive understanding of the Christian faith as mediated through the Scriptures and the Catholic Tradition, and as interpreted by the councils and magisterium.