Previous Years' Course Catalogues

Karl Rahner wrote, The Christian of the future will be a mystic or wiH not exist at all. (Theological Investigations XX, 149). Scripture, Theology and the Mystical Tradition integrate to form and inform ministry for today ' s world wracked by polarization, racism, climate crisis, a global pandemic and the demise of mainline institutional churches. In this course the nascent minister will discover wisdom in the writings of Carmelite Constance FitzGerald (a contemporary interpreter of. John of the Cross) and theologians of merit who effectively rely upon the Mystical Tradition to offer hope through ministry in a world darkened by impasse and division.

Karl Rahner wrote, The Christian of the future will be a mystic or wiH not exist at all. (Theological Investigations XX, 149). Scripture, Theology and the Mystical Tradition integrate to form and inform ministry for today ' s world wracked by polarization, racism, climate crisis, a global pandemic and the demise of mainline institutional churches. In this course the nascent minister will discover wisdom in the writings of Carmelite Constance FitzGerald (a contemporary interpreter of. John of the Cross) and theologians of merit who effectively rely upon the Mystical Tradition to offer hope through ministry in a world darkened by impasse and division.

Karl Rahner wrote, The Christian of the future will be a mystic or wiH not exist at all. (Theological Investigations XX, 149). Scripture, Theology and the Mystical Tradition integrate to form and inform ministry for today ' s world wracked by polarization, racism, climate crisis, a global pandemic and the demise of mainline institutional churches. In this course the nascent minister will discover wisdom in the writings of Carmelite Constance FitzGerald (a contemporary interpreter of. John of the Cross) and theologians of merit who effectively rely upon the Mystical Tradition to offer hope through ministry in a world darkened by impasse and division.

In this course we will examine a number of important biographical problems having to do with the figure of the historical Paul. These include the issues of sexuality: Was he married? Did he practice asceticism? Social class: Was it high or low or somewhere in-between? Work: How slavish was it for Paul to work with his hands? Education: Did he have one? Could he read and I or write? Ethnicity: What did it mean to be "Jewish"? Religious experience: What is that? Did Paul have any? The primary method of instruction will be exegetical inquiry, or the interpretation of specific biblical texts. The purpose of the course is to discover how these different biographical assumptions and conditions shape the meaning of discourse that we find in the Pauline writings.

An exploration of central issues in philosophy, as addressed by Herman Dooyeweerd, Dirk Vollenhoven, and the Amsterdam School of neoCalvinian thought. The course tests the relevance of this tradition for recent developments in Western philosophy. Special attention is given to critiques of foundationalism, metaphysics, and modernity within reformational philosophy and in other schools of thought.

An exploration of central issues in philosophy, as addressed by Herman Dooyeweerd, Dirk Vollenhoven, and the Amsterdam School of neoCalvinian thought. The course tests the relevance of this tradition for recent developments in Western philosophy. Special attention is given to critiques of foundationalism, metaphysics, and modernity within reformational philosophy and in other schools of thought.

An exploration of central issues in philosophy, as addressed by Herman Dooyeweerd, Dirk Vollenhoven, and the Amsterdam School of neoCalvinian thought. The course tests the relevance of this tradition for recent developments in Western philosophy. Special attention is given to critiques of foundationalism, metaphysics, and modernity within reformational philosophy and in other schools of thought.

An exploration of central issues in philosophy, as addressed by Herman Dooyeweerd, Dirk Vollenhoven, and the Amsterdam School of neoCalvinian thought. The course tests the relevance of this tradition for recent developments in Western philosophy. Special attention is given to critiques of foundationalism, metaphysics, and modernity within reformational philosophy and in other schools of thought.

An exploration of central issues in philosophy, as addressed by Herman Dooyeweerd, Dirk Vollenhoven, and the Amsterdam School of neoCalvinian thought. The course tests the relevance of this tradition for recent developments in Western philosophy. Special attention is given to critiques of foundationalism, metaphysics, and modernity within reformational philosophy and in other schools of thought.

An exploration of central issues in philosophy, as addressed by Herman Dooyeweerd, Dirk Vollenhoven, and the Amsterdam School of neoCalvinian thought. The course tests the relevance of this tradition for recent developments in Western philosophy. Special attention is given to critiques of foundationalism, metaphysics, and modernity within reformational philosophy and in other schools of thought.

An exploration of central issues in philosophy, as addressed by Herman Dooyeweerd, Dirk Vollenhoven, and the Amsterdam School of neoCalvinian thought. The course tests the relevance of this tradition for recent developments in Western philosophy. Special attention is given to critiques of foundationalism, metaphysics, and modernity within reformational philosophy and in other schools of thought.

An exploration of central issues in philosophy, as addressed by Herman Dooyeweerd, Dirk Vollenhoven, and the Amsterdam School of neoCalvinian thought. The course tests the relevance of this tradition for recent developments in Western philosophy. Special attention is given to critiques of foundationalism, metaphysics, and modernity within reformational philosophy and in other schools of thought.