Course Catalogue 2026-2027

This course examines various theoretical and practical ethical issues that Christians face in today's changing society, with special emphases on multicultural reality in Canada and the global ecological crisis today. The course consists of four parts: the theoretical foundation for Christian ethical thinking (part 1), social justice issues in Canadian multi-cultural multi-ethnic, and multi-religious society (part 2), ecological crisis and the church's response (part 3), integration (part 4).

This course examines various theoretical and practical ethical issues that Christians face in today's changing society, with special emphases on multicultural reality in Canada and the global ecological crisis today. The course consists of four parts: the theoretical foundation for Christian ethical thinking (part 1), social justice issues in Canadian multi-cultural multi-ethnic, and multi-religious society (part 2), ecological crisis and the church's response (part 3), integration (part 4).

This course examines various theoretical and practical ethical issues that Christians face in today's changing society, with special emphases on multicultural reality in Canada and the global ecological crisis today. The course consists of four parts: the theoretical foundation for Christian ethical thinking (part 1), social justice issues in Canadian multi-cultural multi-ethnic, and multi-religious society (part 2), ecological crisis and the church's response (part 3), integration (part 4). Lecture and seminar. Minor and major papers, short weekly reading report and group discussion report, and one seminar presentation.

This course examines various theoretical and practical ethical issues that Christians face in today's changing society, with special emphases on multicultural reality in Canada and the global ecological crisis today. The course consists of four parts: the theoretical foundation for Christian ethical thinking (part 1), social justice issues in Canadian multi-cultural multi-ethnic, and multi-religious society (part 2), ecological crisis and the church's response (part 3), integration (part 4). Lecture and seminar. Minor and major papers, short weekly reading report and group discussion report, and one seminar presentation.

This course examines various theoretical and practical ethical issues that Christians face in today’s changing society, with special emphases on multicultural reality in Canada and the global ecological crisis today. The course consists of four parts: the theoretical foundation for Christian ethical thinking (part 1), social justice issues in Canadian multi-cultural multi-ethnic, and multi-religious society (part 2), ecological crisis and the church’s response (part 3), integration (part 4). Lecture and seminar. Minor and major papers, short weekly reading report and group discussion report, and one seminar presentation.

This course examines various theoretical and practical ethical issues that Christians face in today's changing society, with special emphases on multicultural reality in Canada and the global ecological crisis today. The course consists of four parts: the theoretical foundation for Christian ethical thinking (part 1), social justice issues in Canadian multi-cultural multi-ethnic, and multi-religious society (part 2), ecological crisis and the church's response (part 3), integration (part 4). Lecture and seminar. Minor and major papers, short weekly reading report and group discussion report, and one seminar presentation.

This course surveys the Rabbinic Literature as an expression of the religious life and thought of Judaism from the close of the Hebrew Bible through contemporary Poskim (Legal Decisors), and the formation of Halakhic Judaism as practiced today. We will survey the development of Rabbinic Literature and then examine how it applies to contemporary medical ethics and issues as it may impact on healthcare chaplaincy and spiritual care.

NATI-RETI 2026 is a fully immersive, two-week residential theological learning program jointly organized by the Canadian Council of Churches (CCC) and the National Council of Churches USA (NCC), with accompaniment from the World Council of Churches (WCC). Themed "Where Now for Visible Justice?", it brings together 50 emerging Christian leaders from across North America-Turtle Island for intensive theological engagement across six pillars: Indigenous solidarity, anti-racism, secularism, poverty, climate justice, and interfaith dialogue. The program employs a three-tiered pedagogical approach (intellectual, spiritual, contextual) adapted from the WCC's Global Ecumenical Theological Institutes model. 
This course is structured around six thematic pillars, each addressing a critical dimension of visible justice: (1) Climate Justice, (2) Secularism and Laicity, (3) Racism and Anti-Racism, (4) Interfaith Dialogue, (5) Solidarity with Indigenous Communities, and (6) Wealth Disparity and Poverty. Through these pillars, participants will develop the theological grounding, analytical competencies, and practical skills to engage questions of justice in their ecclesial, ecumenical, and civic contexts. Participants will learn to articulate a theologically grounded vision of visible justice drawing on diverse ecumenical, Indigenous, and contextual traditions; to analyze the structural dimensions of injustice in North American societies, including the legacies of colonialism, racism, economic inequality, and ecological crisis; and to engage across differences of confession, culture, and religious tradition in the service of shared ecumenical witness.

This course will serve to integrate all that has preceded in the MDiv program. A diagnostic examination of the whole required curriculum will identify an area needing attention in the last term of study, and in this area the student will work in a weekly one-on-one tutorial with a professor. In addition the whole class will meet in five colloquia which will address issues in ministry calling for the marshalling of biblical, theological, and pastoral insights. A tutorial and a colloquium paper will be required. The issues dealt with in the latter will focus on deploying within the pastorate the major areas of theological formation: Scripture, Theology, History, Worship, Mission. The construction of working bibliographies of/for the active ministry, with respect to these areas, will be a part of this process. Evaluation will be based on engaged participation, the competion of assignments, and the colloquium paper. Restricted to Wycliffe M.Div. students.

This course will serve to integrate all that has preceded in the MDiv program. A diagnostic examination of the whole required curriculum will identify an area needing attention in the last term of study, and in this area the student will work in a weekly one-on-one tutorial with a professor. In addition the whole class will meet in five colloquia which will address issues in ministry calling for the marshalling of biblical, theological, and pastoral insights. A tutorial and a colloquium paper will be required. The issues dealt with in the latter will focus on deploying within the pastorate the major areas of theological formation: Scripture, Theology, History, Worship, Mission. The construction of working bibliographies of/for the active ministry, with respect to these areas, will be a part of this process. Evaluation will be based on engaged participation, the competion of assignments, and the colloquium paper. Restricted to Wycliffe M.Div. students.

The film Black Panther raises questions about the prospects for and ethics of liberation. What is to be done by the victims of oppression and exploitation? Is armed struggle against oppressors an appropriate (perhaps even necessary) strategy for movements of liberation? Or is nonviolent resistance a better (perhaps the only moral) strategic option for such movements? What should come first, ethically and strategically: liberation or education? On what grounds can people participate in or ally themselves with movements of liberation? These are not only questions for the Wakandans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. These and similar questions were vital to the struggle against apartheid in South Africa in the late 20th century, as they were in many other places and times, and are today. This course will consider such questions with reference to their exploration in the 2018 movie, the work of the black American theologian James Cone, the legacies of South African anti-apartheid activists and theorists Steve Biko and Rick Turner (both murdered by the apartheid state), and contemporary Afrofuturism.

The film Black Panther raises questions about the prospects for and ethics of liberation. What is to be done by the victims of oppression and exploitation? Is armed struggle against oppressors an appropriate (perhaps even necessary) strategy for movements of liberation? Or is nonviolent resistance a better (perhaps the only moral) strategic option for such movements? What should come first, ethically and strategically: liberation or education? On what grounds can people participate in or ally themselves with movements of liberation? These are not only questions for the Wakandans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. These and similar questions were vital to the struggle against apartheid in South Africa in the late 20th century, as they were in many other places and times, and are today. This course will consider such questions with reference to their exploration in the 2018 movie, the work of the black American theologian James Cone, the legacies of South African anti-apartheid activists and theorists Steve Biko and Rick Turner (both murdered by the apartheid state), and contemporary Afrofuturism.