Greek ExegesisKNB2131HF L0101 SESSION: Fall 2017 INSTRUCTOR(S): Kovacs, FrankCOLLEGE: Knox College SCHEDULE: Mon TIME: 9:00 to 11:00 CREDITS: One Credit This course provides practice analyzing and translating early Christian and Jewish Greek texts, and interpreting them with respect to their literary and social contexts. More Information |
Prophetic LiteratureSAB2181HF L0101 SESSION: Fall 2017 INSTRUCTOR(S): Chung, Frederick Yon-HoCOLLEGE: St. Augustine's Seminary SCHEDULE: Tue TIME: 11:00 to 13:00 PRE-REQUISITES: Introduction to the Old Testament course CREDITS: One Credit This course introduces the prophets of Israel from their historical contexts, explores developments, genres and theological themes. Attention will be paid to the role of Israelite prophets in the larger ancient Near East context and prophetic contributions to Israelite expressions of God. Basic methods of exegesis will be reinforced as well as attention to a Catholic framework for interpretation. More Information |
Heresy & Orthodoxy from the Early Church to the Eve of the ReformationWYH2181HF L0101 SESSION: Fall 2017 INSTRUCTOR(S): Otto, SeanCOLLEGE: Wycliffe College SCHEDULE: Thu TIME: 14:00 to 16:00 CREDITS: One Credit This course will explore Christian heretical movements from the fifth century through to the Reformation, with the major focus on European heresies, including those originating in the Near East. Beginning with a brief survey of heresies encountered in the Early Church, the course will then examine such issues as Bogomillsm, Catharism and the Albigensian Crusade, the Waldensian heresy, the poverty controversy, the Spiritual Franciscans, Wyclif and Lollardy, later medieval Eucharistic heresies, and the Hussite movement in Bohemia. The relationship of Christianity to its fellow Abrahamlc faiths, Judaism and Islam, will also form a major point of focus for the course, as "infidels" were often categorised as heretics by medieval Christians. The course will end with a consideration of the role played by medieval heresies and heretics in the polemical engagements and confessional politics of the Protestant Reformation. More Information |
Spiritual Formation in the Anglican TraditionTRP2202HF L0101 SESSION: Fall 2017 INSTRUCTOR(S): Wang, LisaCOLLEGE: Trinity College SCHEDULE: Thu TIME: 14:00 to 17:00 CREDITS: One Credit Reflection on aspects of the spiritual formation of the human person and of the postulant for ordination in the Anglican Church. Students will consider topics such as the theology of the human person, longing for God, spiritual motherhood and fatherhood, kenosis, stewardship of the sacraments, preaching and prayer, and how these inform our understanding of the priesthood. More Information |
Learning to Read the Christian Bible - Cancelled on Jun 23, 2017EMB2204HF L0101 SESSION: Fall 2017 INSTRUCTOR(S): Vaage, LeifCOLLEGE: Emmanuel College SCHEDULE: Tue TIME: 14:00 to 16:00 CREDITS: One Credit The purpose of this course is to provide a weekly experience of Bible Study in a small-group format, to think systematically about this experience of reading collectively, to expand the theoretical framework within which this thinking is done, and to develop a reflective style of participation in this experience. More Information |
Failed Causes of SaintsTRH2213HF L0101 SESSION: Fall 2017 INSTRUCTOR(S): Lofft, JonathanCOLLEGE: Trinity College SCHEDULE: Mon TIME: 11:00 to 13:00 CREDITS: One Credit This course explores the meaning of sainthood in different Christian traditions and cultures through the centuries by emphasizing the lives of unsuccessful candidates for sainthood. Some of these many and diverse failures are venerated regardless of official opinions of their heroic virtue, while others are relics of forgotten events and struggles. Some may yet achieve formal recognition, and at least one is nobody at all! More Information |
The Three-personed God: Eastern Christian PerspectivesSMT2215HF L0101 SESSION: Fall 2017 INSTRUCTOR(S):COLLEGE: St. Michael's College SCHEDULE: Sat TIME: 12:00 to 16:00 CREDITS: One Credit This course provides a survey of Eastern Christian teaching on the Triune God that focuses both on patristic and contemporary authors read in English. The course situates doctrine within the broader array of Holy Tradition (Scripture, Fathers,Councils, Creeds, Liturgy, Iconography, Hagiography, etc.), paying attention to the historical contexts in which various teachings arose and were defined. Comparisons will be made between Eastern and Western Christian approaches to certain questions, with some attention to ecumenical repercussions. Apophatic and antinomic approaches to theology will be emphasized as well as the connection between doctrine and spirituality. More Information |
Mystery of the Triune GodSMT2223HF L0101 SESSION: Fall 2017 INSTRUCTOR(S): Dias, DarrenCOLLEGE: St. Michael's College SCHEDULE: Mon TIME: 19:00 to 21:00 CREDITS: One Credit Mystery of God Triune: biblical, liturgical, historical, and contemporary theology on the Trinity. Question of God in human experience, atheism, Trinitarian debates, feminist perspectives, the Trinity in the economy of salvation, implications for prayer. More Information |
ChristologySAT2242HF L0102 SESSION: Fall 2017 INSTRUCTOR(S):COLLEGE: St. Augustine's Seminary SCHEDULE: N/A CREDITS: One Credit Answering Jesus' question: "Who do people say I am?", course uses Old Testament expectations, New Testament data, Conciliar definitions and contemporary issues. Lectures, mid-term test, final exam. More Information |
ChristologySAT2242HF L0101 SESSION: Fall 2017 INSTRUCTOR(S): Lombardi, JosephineCOLLEGE: St. Augustine's Seminary SCHEDULE: Thu TIME: 11:00 to 13:00 CREDITS: One Credit Answering Jesus' question: "Who do people say I am?", course uses Old Testament expectations, New Testament data, Conciliar definitions and contemporary issues.ÿ More Information |
