In-Person if the course requires attendance at a specific location and time for some or all course activities. These courses will have section codes starting in 0 or 4.
Online – Asynchronous if the course has no requirement for attendance at a specific time or location for any activities or exams. These courses will have the section code starting with 61.
Online – Synchronous if online attendance is expected at a specific time for some or all course activities, and attendance at a specific location is not expected for any activities or exams. These courses will have the section code starting with 62.
Hybrid if the course requires attendance at a specific location and time, however 33-66% of the course is delivered online. If online attendance is expected at a specific time, it will be in place of the in person attendance. These courses will have the section code starting with 31.
Some courses may offer more than one delivery method please ensure that you have the correct section code when registering via ACORN. You will not be permitted to switch delivery method after the last date to add a course for the given semester.
This course will examine techniques and strategies used for reading Old Testament narratives through history. Special attention will be given to interpretations of the following bad boys and bad girls: Adam and Eve; Sarah, Abraham, and Hagar; Dinah; Rahab; Deborah, Sisera and Jael; Jephthah and his daughter; Samson and Delilah; the Levite and his concubine; David and his family members. We will ask questions about how to read and interpret texts in the church today.
This course will examine techniques and strategies used for reading Old Testament narratives through history. Special attention will be given to interpretations of the following bad boys and bad girls: Adam and Eve; Sarah, Abraham, and Hagar; Dinah; Rahab; Deborah, Sisera and Jael; Jephthah and his daughter; Samson and Delilah; the Levite and his concubine; David and his family members. We will ask questions about how to read and interpret texts in the church today.
This course will examine techniques and strategies used for reading Old Testament narratives through history. Special attention will be given to interpretations of the following bad boys and bad girls: Adam and Eve; Sarah, Abraham, and Hagar; Dinah; Rahab; Deborah, Sisera and Jael; Jephthah and his daughter; Samson and Delilah; the Levite and his concubine; David and his family members. We will ask questions about how to read and interpret texts in the church today.
This course examines the human person through an exploration of diverse interlocutors that break open the emerging field of theology and anthropology for societies and the academia today. The course first considers the valuable recourse that anthropology is for the study of the human person within the discipline of theology. Whilst exploring significant positions in any theological account of the human person, such as the image of God, to that of human nature and the natural law, the course also contextualizes a theology of the human person with respect to specific cultural circumstances and conditions of our present time. Thus, the course will also explore a theology of the human person in ways that takes seriously community, race, gender, families, and emerging calls to decolonialize theology with the Roman Catholic Tradition.
This course examines the human person through an exploration of diverse interlocutors that break open the emerging field of theology and anthropology for societies and the academia today. The course first considers the valuable recourse that anthropology is for the study of the human person within the discipline of theology. Whilst exploring significant positions in any theological account of the human person, such as the image of God, to that of human nature and the natural law, the course also contextualizes a theology of the human person with respect to specific cultural circumstances and conditions of our present time. Thus, the course will also explore a theology of the human person in ways that takes seriously community, race, gender, families, and emerging calls to decolonialize theology with the Roman Catholic Tradition.
Approximately 300 million Eastern Christians world-wide have a rich - as well as challenging - history of engagements with believers of other faith traditions. The same Western countries that have experienced a significant rise in Eastern Christian populations during the last several decades have also been home to millions of non-Christians for centuries, or, in the case of indigenous faiths, for millennia. The need to explore and analyze particularities of the interaction between these traditions in pluralistic and multicultural Western environments is imperative.
What does it mean to be wise? How does the Bible understand wisdom as a revelation of God? How might suffering, anomie, and meaninglessness help us grow in our grasp of God's desire for the world and human community? Our focus will be primarily the books of Proverbs, Qohelet (Ecclesiastes) and Job (with an occasional glance at other parts of the biblical traditions) as the classic exemplars of the wisdom tradition of ancient Israel. We will consider cross cultural questions about ancient Near Eastern Wisdom, the evolution of the wisdom tradition, the figure of Sophia, and contemporary responses to the wisdom literature. How might wisdom literature be useful in pastoral and other ministry settings?
What does it mean to be wise? How does the Bible understand wisdom as a revelation of God? How might suffering, anomie, and meaninglessness help us grow in our grasp of God's desire for the world and human community? Our focus will be primarily the books of Proverbs, Qohelet (Ecclesiastes) and Job (with an occasional glance at other parts of the biblical traditions) as the classic exemplars of the wisdom tradition of ancient Israel. We will consider cross cultural questions about ancient Near Eastern Wisdom, the evolution of the wisdom tradition, the figure of Sophia, and contemporary responses to the wisdom literature. How might wisdom literature be useful in pastoral and other ministry settings?
What does it mean to be wise? How does the Bible understand wisdom as a revelation of God? How might suffering, anomie, and meaninglessness help us grow in our grasp of God's desire for the world and human community? Our focus will be primarily the books of Proverbs, Qohelet (Ecclesiastes) and Job (with an occasional glance at other parts of the biblical traditions) as the classic exemplars of the wisdom tradition of ancient Israel. We will consider cross cultural questions about ancient Near Eastern Wisdom, the evolution of the wisdom tradition, the figure of Sophia, and contemporary responses to the wisdom literature. How might wisdom literature be useful in pastoral and other ministry settings?
Theology in the 21st Century has long realized the need to overcome the false dichotomy between theology and spirituality. The Christian theologian of our times is called to be a mystic Karl Rahner asserted. Where better to study the craft of the spiritual theologian than in the dialogue with four of the most significant figures from Carmel. The course explores some of the key theological themes running through the lives and work of Teresa of Avila, John of the Cross, Therese of Lisieux and Edith Stein. We also consider the singular contributions each made to the spiritual and theological tradition we have inherited and the challenges their lives and work pose for us today. Course is cross-listed as theological and pastoral.
This course explores the identity and mission of the Holy Spirit through listening to the witness of the Scriptures and the early church, and through critical engagement with contemporary conversations about the Spirit. The first half of the course addresses Biblical foundations and patristic developments, with a particular focus on the Spirt in relation to the doctrine of the Trinity. The second half explores a number of contemporary issues in pneumatology. Topics to be covered include: the
This course explores the identity and mission of the Holy Spirit through listening to the witness of the Scriptures and the early church, and through critical engagement with contemporary conversations about the Spirit. The first half of the course addresses Biblical foundations and patristic developments, with a particular focus on the Spirt in relation to the doctrine of the Trinity. The second half explores a number of contemporary issues in pneumatology. Topics to be covered include: the