Previous Years' Course Catalogues

This course will introduce key issues in the phenomenon of religious diversity. With globalization and immigration, religious diversity is increasing in North America, and Christian theologians must ask in a new way: what does it mean to be faithful to the confession of Christ as Lord in a religiously plural society? Along with an overview of the practices and beliefs of important world religions, students will critically encounter key voices in the Christian discussion surrounding the nature of non-Christian religious commitment. Students will encounter and assess various perspectives with an eye toward generous reflection on what matters most.

This course will focus on two of Ricoeur's essay collections, From Text to Action and Figuring the Sacred. Students will explore the general shape of Ricoeur's hermeneutical phenomenology, including such themes as textual interpretation, action, explanation, understanding, ideology, and utopia.

This course will focus on two of Ricoeur's essay collections, From Text to Action and Figuring the Sacred. Students will explore the general shape of Ricoeur's hermeneutical phenomenology, including such themes as textual interpretation, action, explanation, understanding, ideology, and utopia.

This course will focus on two of Ricoeur?s essay collections, From Text to Action and Figuring the Sacred. Students will explore the general shape of Ricoeur?s hermeneutical phenomenology, including such themes as textual interpretation, action, explanation, understanding, ideology, and utopia.

This course will focus on two of Ricoeur's essay collections, From Text to Action and Figuring the Sacred. Students will explore the general shape of Ricoeur's hermeneutical phenomenology, including such themes as textual interpretation, action, explanation, understanding, ideology, and utopia.

This course will focus on two of Ricoeur?s essay collections, From Text to Action and Figuring the Sacred. Students will explore the general shape of Ricoeur?s hermeneutical phenomenology, including such themes as textual interpretation, action, explanation, understanding, ideology, and utopia.

The course will consider issues of ministerial leadership within the changed reality in which congregations in Canada now find themselves. After exploring that reality and some of the challenges posed by post-Christian Canada, the course will deal with issues of leadership and change, as well as introducing students to some of the basic tools of congregational studies. The course will build upon previous theological studies, including the experiences in Theological Field Education placements, in order to prepare students to transition to ministry.

The course will consider issues of ministerial leadership within the changed reality in which congregations in Canada now find themselves. After exploring that reality and some of the challenges posed by post-Christian Canada, the course will deal with issues of leadership and change, as well as introducing students to some of the basic tools of congregational studies. The course will build upon previous theological studies, including the experiences in Theological Field Education placements, in order to prepare students to transition to ministry.

The course will consider issues of ministerial leadership within the changed reality in which congregations in Canada now find themselves. After exploring that reality and some of the challenges posed by post-Christian Canada, the course will deal with issues of leadership and change, as well as introducing students to some of the basic tools of congregational studies. The course will build upon previous theological studies, including the experiences in Theological Field Education placements, in order to prepare students to transition to ministry.

The course will consider issues of ministerial leadership within the changed reality in which congregations in Canada now find themselves. After exploring that reality and some of the challenges posed by post-Christian Canada, the course will deal with issues of leadership and change, as well as introducing students to some of the basic tools of congregational studies. The course will build upon previous theological studies, including the experiences in Theological Field Education placements, in order to prepare students to transition to ministry.

The course will consider issues of ministerial leadership within the changed reality in which congregations in Canada now find themselves. After exploring that reality and some of the challenges posed by post-Christian Canada, the course will introduce students to some of the basic tools of congregational studies, explore how congregations connect to recent missional theology, and also address questions of what it is to be a healthy congregational leader. The course will build upon previous theological studies, including the experiences in Theological Field Education placements, in order to prepare students for the tasks of congregational leadership.

The course will consider issues of ministerial leadership within the changed reality in which congregations in Canada now find themselves. After exploring that reality and some of the challenges posed by post-Christian Canada, the course will deal with issues of leadership and change, as well as introducing students to some of the basic tools of congregational studies. The course will build upon previous theological studies, including the experiences in Theological Field Education placements, in order to prepare students to transition to ministry.