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This seminar explores the themes of matter, body and gender in selected works of Hildegard of Bingen, Bernardus Sylvestris, Alan of Lille and Thomas Aquinas. It uses the way thinkers interlink the themes of structure, genesis and religious dynamic to examine the intersection of Christian understanding, ontology and gender.
This course explores the themes of matter, body, and gender In selected works of Hildegard of Bingen, Bemardus Sylvestris, Alan of Litle and Thomas Aquinas. It explores the use of myth or religious story within the construction of theoretical understanding. It does so in terms of the "story of origin" as It comes to expression within the Latin Christian world of the twelfth century in schooled creation poems and in contrast to the thematization of creation in the contemporary monastic discourse of Hildegard of Bingen and the scholastic thematizations of the next century represented by Thomas Aquinas.
This course explores mediaeval biblical commentary and the various approaches taken by the exegetes to explore and expound the literal and spiritual readings of the sacred text. The course will begin by looking at the tools and resources employed by biblical commentators, which will be followed up by reading of some commentaries in translation.
This course will offer an overview of major themes that reflect an Eastern Christian understanding of women in the life of the Church, today. The focus of this course will rest primarily, but not exclusively, on the experience of the Eastern Orthodox churches. Selected theological, sp[ritual, liturgical, historical and pastoral sources will be studied in order to contribute to a multidimensional appreciation of this issue. The course will begin with an introduction to lhe Eastern Christian understanding of the call to holiness and communion (koinonia or sobornost) as the foundation for all relationships, divine and human. This foundation will serve as the essential "lens" through which to examine the experience, participation and service of women within the life of the Church.
This course is intended to prepare candidates for ordination to preside at the liturgical celebrations of the Roman Rite. Requirements: class attendance, practicums, mid-term and final exam.