MTS Synthesis PaperRGT3790YY L0101 SESSION: Fall 2018 INSTRUCTOR(S):COLLEGE: Regis College SCHEDULE: N/A TIME: NA to NA CREDITS: Two Credits MTS Synthesis Paper More Information |
Creation, Food and Land: Biblical Faith, Current Crisis - Cancelled on Sep 11, 2018WYB3837HF L0101 SESSION: Fall 2018 INSTRUCTOR(S):Graduate degree students enrol in WYB6837HF COLLEGE: Wycliffe College SCHEDULE: Tue TIME: 14:00 to 17:00 CREDITS: One Credit Throughout the biblical story, land, economic justice, and food justice are intimately linked. These themes, in turn, are rooted in vibrant a relationship between creation and the Creator, not to mention creation and humanity. This course will explore such biblical themes in light of competing views of land, economics and justice both in biblical times and in our own context, locally and internationally. Interactions with indigenous views of land, land justice and food security for immigrants and the poor in our city, the transition town movement, bioregionalism, and watershed discipleship, will all contribute to a vision for a sustainable creation locally and on a global level. More Information |
Global and Contemporary Worship Song LeadershipEMP3855HF L0101 SESSION: Fall 2018 INSTRUCTOR(S): Lim, Swee HongGraduate degree students enrol in EMP6855HF COLLEGE: Emmanuel College SCHEDULE: Thu TIME: 14:00 to 16:00 PRE-REQUISITES: EMP2861H - Songs of the Church EMP1101H - Worship 1 CREDITS: One Credit This course seeks to reinforce and expand the musical capability of pastoral leaders in enlivening worship. This course will delve into the liturgical practice of song leadership surrounding the genre of global hymnody and contemporary worship songs. Broader concerns on theological implications and liturgical context of these materials will be explored. More Information |
Theology of Culture - Cancelled on Sep 5, 2018WYT3855HF L0101 SESSION: Fall 2018 INSTRUCTOR(S):COLLEGE: Wycliffe College SCHEDULE: Mon TIME: 19:00 to 21:00 CREDITS: One Credit Investigating the faith/culture relationship from the perspective of worldview analysis, this course seeks to engender a cultural discernment rooted in a radical biblical faith. More Information |
Christianity & World Religions - Cancelled on Jun 5, 2018RGT3863HF L0101 SESSION: Fall 2018 INSTRUCTOR(S):Graduate degree students enrol in RGT6863HF COLLEGE: Regis College SCHEDULE: Thu TIME: 11:00 to 13:00 CREDITS: One Credit In the contemporary world, ecumenism must include dialogue between Christianity and world religions. This course will examine not only Christian attitudes to world religions, but also attitudes of world religions to other belief systems. More Information |
Issues in Catholic Bioethics: End-of-Life Care - Cancelled on Mar 18, 2018RGT3936HF L0101 SESSION: Fall 2018 INSTRUCTOR(S):COLLEGE: Regis College SCHEDULE: Thu TIME: 16:00 to 18:00 PRE-REQUISITES: RGT2911H or equivalent or permission of the instructor. CREDITS: One Credit This course will examine current issues in end-of-life care in light of Catholic teaching and tradition. Topics to include: understanding death and suffering; decision-making at the end of life; mercy killing; physician-assisted death in Canada; hospice care; organ donation; forgoing treatment; children and end-of-life care; poverty and death - issues that challenge patients as well as families and health care profesisonals caring for persons as the end of life. Students will explore current debates on these topics and relevant Catholic Church teaching. More Information |
Papal Teaching on Social JusticeSAT3942HF L0101 SESSION: Fall 2018 INSTRUCTOR(S): Lynch, ThomasCOLLEGE: St. Augustine's Seminary SCHEDULE: Mon TIME: 9:00 to 11:00 PRE-REQUISITES: Introductory course in moral theology. CREDITS: One Credit A critical survey of papal thought from Leo XIII's emphasis on workers' rights to John Paul II's focus on the broader theme of human rights. More Information |
BioethicsSAT3952HF L0101 SESSION: Fall 2018 INSTRUCTOR(S): Belgrave, Kevin P.COLLEGE: St. Augustine's Seminary SCHEDULE: Fri TIME: 9:00 to 11:00 PRE-REQUISITES: Fundamental Christian Ethics I and II or by Permission of Instructor CREDITS: One Credit An introduction to the foundations and principles of Catholic moral reasoning in bioethics, as well as a selection of issues, including: abortion, reproductive technologies, euthanasia and assisted suicide, treatment decisions at the end of life, determination of death and organ donation, stem cells and genetics. More Information |
Contemporary Issues in Biomedical EthicsSMT3952HF L0101 SESSION: Fall 2018 INSTRUCTOR(S):Graduate degree students enrol in SMT6952HF COLLEGE: St. Michael's College SCHEDULE: Thu TIME: 17:00 to 19:00 CREDITS: One Credit Using contemporary articles from Christian ethics and Magisterial teachings, the biological and medical sciences, and philosophical ethics, the course will develop and apply critical thinking and ethical methods to contemporary issues in biomedical ethics including: issues pertaining to the creation of life (e.g., IV fertilization, reproductive technologies), the preservation of life (e.g., right to care, refusal of care, micro & macroallocation of limited resources, stem cell research), and the end of life (e.g., euthanasia, allowing to die, elder neglect). More Information |
Approaches to Ecological EthicsSMT3955HF L0101 SESSION: Fall 2018 INSTRUCTOR(S):Graduate degree students enrol in SMT6955HF COLLEGE: St. Michael's College SCHEDULE: Tue TIME: 17:00 to 19:00 CREDITS: One Credit The course will consider issues, documents, and ethical methods that will help the student to develop an understanding of the ecological crisis as well as ethical and theological responses to it. The limitations of a human-centered ethics, the need for an ecological justice that incorporates human justice, the implications of climate change, and the various Christian responses to the environmental issues are some of the topics that will be considered in the course. Method: lectures, case studies, informed discussions. Evaluation: reflection paper, integration paper, practical integration. More Information |
