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Archive 2015 - 2016 > Pastoral and Ministerial Theology > Master of Divinity

Master of Divinity

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  • Program requirements
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Compulsory Courses: 45 credits

  • IPA 4321 Pastoral Ministry and Psychology
  • IPA 4322 Sociological Perspectives on Christian Community
  • IPA 4481 Practicum in Ministry and Service I
  • IPA 4482 Practicum in Ministry and Service II 
  • THO 2189 Can we talk about God?
  • THO 3160 Introduction to the Old Testament: Pentateuch and Historical Books
  • THO 3161 Introduction to the New Testament: Synoptic Gospels
  • THO 3162 Christian Faith: Encounter with a Self-Revealing God
  • THO 3165 Ecclesiology in an Ecumenical Age
  • THO 3166 The Good Life: Ethics and Christian Tradition
  • THO 3169 Liturgy Life of the Church
  • THO 3171 Introduction to Pastoral Practice I
  • THO 4201 Sacraments of Initiation: Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist
  • THO 4205 Theology and Practice of Ministry
  • THO 4206 Personal Integration Seminar

Optional Courses: 45 credits

1. Three Credits from each category:

 (a) Old Testament Sources

  • THO 4100 Wisdom Texts and Intertestamental Literature
  • THO 4101 The Prophetic Books

 (b) New Testament Sources

  • THO 4102 Pauline Literature and Theology
  • THO 4103 Johannine Literature

 (c) Human Reality and Saving Mystery

  • THO 4107 Humanity: Creature and Creator
  • THO 4108 Grace and Christian Existence
  • THO 4109 Sin and the Question of Evil

 (d) Growing in Communion with Other Christians

  • THO 2167 Catholic Commitment to Ecumenism
  • THO 3175 Anglicans and Unity
  • THO 3316 Ecclesiology and East-West Ecumenism

 (e) Foundations for Dialogue with People of Other Faiths

  • MIS 2108 Theory and Praxis of Interreligious Dialogue
  • THO 2410 Introduction to the Religions of the World
  • THO 4204 Christianity and Religious Pluralism

 (f) Contextual Issues in Church and Theology

  • THO 3172 Faith and Contemporary Culture
  • THO 4124 Feminist Perspectives in Theology
  • THO 4202 Global Christianity
  • THO 4203 Christianity in a Secular Age

 (g) Christian Leadership

  • ECS 2123 Dialogue
  • THO 4302 Leadership in Faith Formation
  • THO 4303 Leadership in Christian Liturgy

2. Six Credits from each category:

 (a) Divine Self-Disclosure: The Foundation of Christian Hope

  • THO 3163 The Christian God: Speaking of the Divine Mystery
  • THO 3164 Jesus the Christ and the Language of Christian Hope
  • THO 4125 Christologies, Past and Present

 (b) Gathered Together in Prayer and Praise

  • DCA 3106 Sacramental Law
  • THO 3170 Proclaiming the Word of God in the Liturgy
  • THO 3176 Theology of Christian Marriage
  • THO 4111 Sacraments of Healing: Reconciliation, Anointing, Funeral Rites

 (c) Tradition Shaped in the Crucible of History

  • THO 3123 The Medieval Church (600-1400 CE)
  • THO 3124 The Church in the Reformation Period (1400-1648 CE)
  • THO 3167 Early Christianity: The First Five Centuries (0-600 CE)
  • THO 3250 Modern and Contemporary Church History (1648 – present)

 (d) Spiritual Depth and Moral Integrity

  • THO 3168 Ways of Christian Life and Prayer – Spirituality
  • THO 4104 The Sexual Self and Ethics
  • THO 4105 Spirituality and Social Justice
  • THO 4106 The Ethics of Medicine, Sickness and Health