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Course Catalogue 2019-2020

Summer 2019 courses are listed in Course Catalogue 2018-2019 found in the right sidebar menu.

Life Together: Christian Formation WYP1111HF L0101 SESSION: Fall 2019 INSTRUCTOR(S): Brownlee, Annette COLLEGE: Wycliffe College SCHEDULE: Mon TIME: 10:00 to 13:00 CREDITS: One Credit This pass/fail first-term required course presents an overview of living the Christian faith in community, with an emphasis on spiritual formation for leadership. It places this overview within the context of the church's visible witness and an understanding of its mission as participation in Christ's mission. It hopes to help students think through the intersection of contemporary motions of spirituality and piety and the Christian life lived in the community of the church, with its disciplines and practice. It also hopes to begin to prepare students for continued growth and formation in Christ, through the gifts the church offers, as they begin to be trained and formed as Christian leaders. More Information Add to Favourites
Philosophy for Theology RGT1112HF L0101 SESSION: Fall 2019 INSTRUCTOR(S): Mulrooney, Sean COLLEGE: Regis College SCHEDULE: Mon TIME: 13:00 to 16:00 CREDITS: One Credit This course is an introduction to philosophy for theology students who have had little or no philosophy. In this course, we will focus on both understanding key philosophical concepts relevant to theology and on developing philosophical skills. Each class will consist of a lecture on a thorny philosophical question and a tutorial in which students actively work on acquiring and practising philosophical skills. Throughout, philosophy is seen as an act of interpersonal communication (asking good questions and formulating intelligent answers) rather than as a series of dogmatic pronouncements. Authors to be studied include Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Anselm, Aquinas, Luther, Machiavelli, Descartes, Pascal, Hume, Darwin, Nietzsche, Wittgenstein, Levinas and Lonergan. More Information Add to Favourites
Theology Spirituality and the Arts RGT1120HF L0101 SESSION: Fall 2019 INSTRUCTOR(S): Smick, Rebekah COLLEGE: Regis College SCHEDULE: Thu TIME: 11:00 to 13:00 CREDITS: One Credit This course aims to provide an introduction to key points of intersection between theology, spirituality and the-arts across two millennia. Employing a broad-definition of the arts, it will include visual arts, music, liturgy, literature, -film and media. It will explore theological, historical, an d pastoral applications of the arts viewed as primary source material, forms of spiritual expression, and sources of inspiration, healing and social critique. ltwlll also address both the theoretical and practical aspects of the ongoing(elationshlp between theology and the arts, Select topics are discussed weekly with the participation of faculty guests from across TST. More Information Add to Favourites
Basics of Biblical Preaching KNP1352HF L0101 SESSION: Fall 2019 INSTRUCTOR(S): TBA COLLEGE: Knox College SCHEDULE: Tue TIME: 14:00 to 16:00 CREDITS: One Credit Introduction to the art and science of preaching. Topics: exegesis and hermeneutics for the purpose of preaching, techniques of sermon preparation, structure and delivery. More Information Add to Favourites
Education and Faith Formation EMP1431HF L0101 SESSION: Fall 2019 INSTRUCTOR(S): TBA COLLEGE: Emmanuel College SCHEDULE: Tue TIME: 14:00 to 16:00 CREDITS: One Credit The course will provide an overview to education ministry and to faith formation. It will examine the purpose, context, and content of CE and examine basic learning theory and curriculum resources. Students will also read a spiritual memoir and reflect on transformation in the Christian life. Practical skills for educational ministry will include evaluating curricula, contextual analysis of an educational site, and designing and facilitating a workshop. Intercultural challenges for CE will be discussed. Aspects of age-related ministry will include resources for children, youth and adults. In addition, education at different life stages will be studied as moments for formation of individuals and families as well as the community (baptism and confirmation). Students are encouraged to research a historical or contemporary practice of CE/formation and develop a paper on that topic. Students will read Tye, Pazmino, McClaren, Miles and Winner. More Information Add to Favourites
Human Growth & Spiritual Journey KNP1443HF L0101 SESSION: Fall 2019 INSTRUCTOR(S): Acolatse, Esther E. COLLEGE: Knox College SCHEDULE: Tue TIME: 11:00 to 13:00 CREDITS: One Credit Exploration of various theories of human development, stages of human growth, lifespan spiritual journey in correlation to human growth, implications for Christian ministry, and reflections of one's own lifespan on theories of human growth and spiritual journey. More Information Add to Favourites
New Testament I EMB1501HF L0101 SESSION: Fall 2019 INSTRUCTOR(S): Zeichman, Christopher B. COLLEGE: Emmanuel College SCHEDULE: Tue TIME: 9:00 to 12:00 CREDITS: One Credit Introduction to the major methods and issues in New Testament interpretation: textual criticism; the world of the New Testament; the composition, structure and theologies of the Synoptic Gospels; traditions behind the Gospels; the Jesus of History and the Christ of Faith. More Information Add to Favourites
Introduction to the New Testament RGB1501HF L0101 SESSION: Fall 2019 INSTRUCTOR(S): Bernier, Jonathan COLLEGE: Regis College SCHEDULE: Tue TIME: 17:00 to 19:00 CREDITS: One Credit The focus of this course is on the various methodologies for reading and analyzing the New Testament rather than theology and spirituality. The sad events of our own world illustrate some of the dangers of superficial and overly literal readings of religious writings. Biblical literacy should not be the privilege or duty of a select few, but the right and responsibility of all Christians. The purpose of our study is to provide the tools necessary for an in-depth reading of the New Testament utilizing a variety of methodologies. No one methodology is definitive or exhaustive; each one examines the text from a different perspective and reveals another aspect or layer of the passage in question. Although the material might seem technical and esoteric at times, providing the people of God with a biblical message that is rich, life-giving, and based on a sound understanding of the text is an eminently pastoral undertaking. More Information Add to Favourites
From the Gospel to the Gospels (NT I) WYB1501HF L0101 SESSION: Fall 2019 INSTRUCTOR(S): TBA COLLEGE: Wycliffe College SCHEDULE: Wed TIME: 16:45 to 19:00 CREDITS: One Credit An introduction to the four Gospels in their social, historical and theological settings. Using a "socio-literary" approach, we will study the Gospels within a two-dimensional framework, both centred on what the early Christians called the "gospel" or "Kerygma." One dimension has to do with social history, the origin and development of Christianity as a distinct social entity, from its foundations in the ministry of Jesus and the Easter experience, through its emergence as a Jewish renewal movement, and on to its development into a separate, largely Gentile, institutionalized religion. The second dimension has to do with literature, the process by which the Gospels came to be written, their literary form and texture, and their character as narrative versions of the "gospel." More Information Add to Favourites
Elementary New Testament Greek I EMB1511HF L0101 SESSION: Fall 2019 INSTRUCTOR(S): Voth, Trenton T. COLLEGE: Emmanuel College SCHEDULE: Mon, Wed TIME: 17:00 to 19:00 CREDITS: One Credit Introduction to ancient Greek grammar for the sake of reading the New Testament. The focus will be on basic aspects of ancient Greek grammar and syntax. More Information Add to Favourites