Course Catalogue 2026-2027

This course is an introduction to the physical, emotional, practical and spiritual needs of the dying, and effective community and pastoral responses to those needs. Students will acquire a theological understanding of living well and dying well from a Christian perspective. They will become familiar with some of the ethical, legal, medical, and practical issues surrounding end-of-life care and explore spiritual support within a collaborative team approach. They will also explore how to mobilize a Christian community of care. They will learn how to respond in compassionate and creative ways to those who are dying, their caregivers, and those who grieve (including funeral and bereavement ministry).

This course provides analyzing and translating early Christian and Jewish Greek texts, and interpreting them with respect to their literary and social contexts. Lecture, discussion. Quizzes.

This course provides analyzing and translating early Christian and Jewish Greek texts, and interpreting them with respect to their literary and social contexts.  Lecture, discussion.  Quizzes.

This course provides analyzing and translating early Christian and Jewish Greek texts, and interpreting them with respect to their literary and social contexts.  Lecture, discussion.  Quizzes.

The course investigates, Buddhist Mindfulness related to Anapanasati and Satipatthana; awareness of breath, body, feelings, mind and phenomena/dhamma. Through exploration of Buddhist spirituality/philosophy/psychology related to these two discourses class members will draw links to everyday life. Focusing on mindfulness of breathing, speech, feelings and thoughts members will examine the pedagogy of mindfulness attributed to the historical Buddha and his associates along with its contributions to contemporary counselling. The class will be conducted in a lecture/seminar style drawing on key points from the readings including interest from class participants. Each class will begin with a 5 minute silent meditation followed by a summary/discussion of key theoretical concepts based on weekly readings. The second half of the class will begin with another 5 silent meditation, and progress to include other mindfulness meditation exercises. Class members' will also have the opportunity to share and discuss their weekly response papers as it relates to mindfulness pedagogy and experiential practice. Invited guest speaker(s) will speak on the practice of meditation.

The course investigates, Buddhist Mindfulness related to Anapanasati and Satipatthana; awareness of breath, body, feelings, mind and phenomena/dhamma. Through exploration of Buddhist spirituality/philosophy/psychology related to these two discourses class members will draw links to everyday life. Focusing on mindfulness of breathing, speech, feelings and thoughts members will examine the pedagogy of mindfulness attributed to the historical Buddha and his associates along with its contributions to contemporary counselling. The class will be conducted in a lecture/seminar style drawing on key points from the readings including interest from class participants. Each class will begin with a 5 minute silent meditation followed by a summary/discussion of key theoretical concepts based on weekly readings. The second half of the class will begin with another 5 silent meditation, and progress to include other mindfulness meditation exercises. Class members' will also have the opportunity to share and discuss their weekly response papers as it relates to mindfulness pedagogy and experiential practice. Invited guest speaker(s) will speak on the practice of meditation.

The course investigates, Buddhist Mindfulness related to Anapanasati and Satipatthana; awareness of breath, body, feelings, mind and phenomena/dhamma. Through exploration of Buddhist spirituality/philosophy/psychology related to these two discourses class members will draw links to everyday life. Focusing on mindfulness of breathing, speech, feelings and thoughts members will examine the pedagogy of mindfulness attributed to the historical Buddha and his associates along with its contributions to contemporary counselling. The class will be conducted in a lecture/seminar style drawing on key points from the readings including interest from class participants. Each class will begin with a 5 minute silent meditation followed by a summary/discussion of key theoretical concepts based on weekly readings. The second half of the class will begin with another 5 silent meditation, and progress to include other mindfulness meditation exercises. Class members' will also have the opportunity to share and discuss their weekly response papers as it relates to mindfulness pedagogy and experiential practice. Invited guest speaker(s) will speak on the practice of meditation.

The course investigates, Buddhist Mindfulness related to Anapanasati and Satipatthana; awareness of breath, body, feelings, mind and phenomena/dhamma. Through exploration of Buddhist spirituality/philosophy/psychology related to these two discourses class members will draw links to everyday life. Focusing on mindfulness of breathing, speech, feelings and thoughts members will examine the pedagogy of mindfulness attributed to the historical Buddha and his associates along with its contributions to contemporary counselling. The class will be conducted in a lecture/seminar style drawing on key points from the readings including interest from class participants. Each class will begin with a 5 minute silent meditation followed by a summary/discussion of key theoretical concepts based on weekly readings. The second half of the class will begin with another 5 silent meditation, and progress to include other mindfulness meditation exercises. Class members' will also have the opportunity to share and discuss their weekly response papers as it relates to mindfulness pedagogy and experiential practice. Invited guest speaker(s) will speak on the practice of meditation.

This course will incorporate tt1e results of research, clinical experiences and scientific findings on the study of the family and the couples in Cuba. It will work with the concepts and practices of Family Therapy enriched substantially with new contributions, among others from Social and Health Psychology. These areas have introduced topics such as gender, violence, migration, transculturality, narratives and stories of life, which are significant topics within the study of the student' formation. This course seeks to provide a wide review of the central currents in systemic therapy as well as a deeper examination of the more recent constructionist practices and narratives.

This course examines the promise and perils of thinking theologically in challenging and unexpected situations. This intensive-learning experience offers an opportunity to reflect deeply on specific situations and scenarios, in contexts that range from the church, pastoral dilemmas, and in the public square. Attention will be given to different approaches to theological reflection, as well as to common challenges and misunderstandings about what it means to navigate theologically through specific situations and experiences. The class will explore together, in concrete ways, questions asked by Rowan Williams, “how, if at all, God is real for us, and how God belongs to the world we belong to?”

To create an understanding of the developmental and behavioural dynamics of adolescence and to develop effective pastoral care practice by studying developmental changes in adolescence, the needs of the adolescent, a dolescent adjustment, issues the family and the adolescent, biblical principles of adolescent pastoral care, pastoral care of adolescents in youth ministry, the process of helping adolescents, and dealing with common adolescent issues.

The Syriac, Armenian, and Coptic traditions of Oriental Orthodoxy witnessed diverse challenges that contributed to theological developments responsible for the shape of these Oriental Orthodox Churches today. The writings of Philoxenus of Mabbug and Severus of Antioch in response to the decisions of the Council of Chalcedon shaped the Miaphysite Christology of Oriental Orthodoxy. This course will explore the marks of Miaphysite Christology as inherited and interpreted by the figures above. Additionally, this course will explore Orthodox spirituality through the writings of Philoxenus and Jacob of Serug from the Syriac Church, and Gregory of Narek from the Armenian Church. The dawn of Islam marked a new development in Oriental Orthodox theology as various theologians were compelled to author polemical and apologetic treatises articulating the logic of Trinitarian and Christological theology in ways comprehensible to their foreign conquerors who do not share their convictions about these subjects. As such, this course explores elements of dogmatic theology, apologetics, spirituality, and asceticism through Oriental Orthodox patristic thought in the Medieval era.