Previous Years' Course Catalogues

The events collectively known as the Reformation ended the unity of westem Christianity. In this course, we will study the various reforming movements primarily by reading the words of their main actors. The course places the ideas behind the reformers' agendas in their historical context, beginning with a survey of western Christianity on the eve of the sixteenth century. It then examines the particular ways in which the Protestant and Catholic reformers viewed the Bible, salvation, the church, and the state. After exploring the context and the Ideas, we will look at the reality of the reformers' struggle to implement their agenda and the legacy of the Reformation in the twenty-first century.

The events collectively known as the Reformation ended the unity of westem Christianity. In this course, we will study the various reforming movements primarily by reading the words of their main actors. The course places the ideas behind the reformers' agendas in their historical context, beginning with a survey of western Christianity on the eve of the sixteenth century. It then examines the particular ways in which the Protestant and Catholic reformers viewed the Bible, salvation, the church, and the state. After exploring the context and the Ideas, we will look at the reality of the reformers' struggle to implement their agenda and the legacy of the Reformation in the twenty-first century.

The events collectively known as the Reformation ended the unity of westem Christianity. In this course, we will study the various reforming movements primarily by reading the words of their main actors. The course places the ideas behind the reformers' agendas in their historical context, beginning with a survey of western Christianity on the eve of the sixteenth century. It then examines the particular ways in which the Protestant and Catholic reformers viewed the Bible, salvation, the church, and the state. After exploring the context and the Ideas, we will look at the reality of the reformers' struggle to implement their agenda and the legacy of the Reformation in the twenty-first century.

Students are invited to critically engage with the ubiquitous, if unstable, category of the Gothic represented by a variety of media created by diverse authors in different genres and languages, sacred and profane, and to share the experience Gothic spaces, sounds, and images. The Gothic's origins span, by constant reiteration, from queer sociality on the Continent in the eighteenth century, to Anti-Catholic rhetoric in Britain in the next hundred years, to the secret signs of the guilds of masons building the great cathedrals of the middle ages. The Gothic simultaneously embodies both Christ and Count Dracula while enthralling scholarly and popular culture in unprecedented ways. An awareness of the Gothic is also to appreciate much of the built environment at the University of Toronto, and the city that surrounds it, to decode the intentions of the architects and patrons who shaped the landscape. Eight centuries, or more, of the Gothic are introduced, emphasizing a variety of themes considered from the vantage of the historian, including visuality, monstrosity, the vampire, corporeality, the Eucharist, and architecture.

Students are invited to critically engage with the ubiquitous, if unstable, category of the Gothic represented by a variety of media created by diverse authors in different genres and languages, sacred and profane, and to share the experience Gothic spaces, sounds, and images. The Gothic's origins span, by constant reiteration, from queer sociality on the Continent in the eighteenth century, to Anti-Catholic rhetoric in Britain in the next hundred years, to the secret signs of the guilds of masons building the great cathedrals of the middle ages. The Gothic simultaneously embodies both Christ and Count Dracula while enthralling scholarly and popular culture in unprecedented ways. An awareness of the Gothic is also to appreciate much of the built environment at the University of Toronto, and the city that surrounds it, to decode the intentions of the architects and patrons who shaped the landscape. Eight centuries, or more, of the Gothic are introduced, emphasizing a variety of themes considered from the vantage of the historian, including visuality, monstrosity, the vampire, corporeality, the Eucharist, and architecture.

Students are invited to critically engage with the ubiquitous, if unstable, category of the Gothic represented by a variety of media created by diverse authors in different genres and languages, sacred and profane, and to share the experience Gothic spaces, sounds, and images. The Gothic's origins span, by constant reiteration, from queer sociality on the Continent in the eighteenth century, to Anti-Catholic rhetoric in Britain in the next hundred years, to the secret signs of the guilds of masons building the great cathedrals of the middle ages. The Gothic simultaneously embodies both Christ and Count Dracula while enthralling scholarly and popular culture in unprecedented ways. An awareness of the Gothic is also to appreciate much of the built environment at the University of Toronto, and the city that surrounds it, to decode the intentions of the architects and patrons who shaped the landscape. Eight centuries, or more, of the Gothic are introduced, emphasizing a variety of themes considered from the vantage of the historian, including visuality, monstrosity, the vampire, corporeality, the Eucharist, and architecture.

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.

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.

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.

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.

This course invites students to consider how their own spiritual formation as a person is essential to their ministry and the effective spiritual formation of those in their care. Through reflection on the spiritual and theological nature of the life of faith, students will consider what leadership in the Church will require of them, and how they will respond to this challenge as they deepen their own spiritual and vocational calling.

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.