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Honours Bachelor in Theology ‐ Eastern Christian Studies (B.Th.) for Augustine College Graduates
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La liste des cours à suivre est présentée sous l'onglet Exigences du programme.
- Fabrice Blée, Professeur
- Normand Bonneau, Professeur à la retraite
- Catherine E. Clifford, Professeure
- Christian Dionne, Professeur
- Miriam K Martin, Professeure agrégée
- Ramón Martínez De Pisón, Professeur
- Yvan Mathieu, Professeur agrégé
- Mark Slatter, Professeur
- Andrea Spatafora M.S.F., Professeur
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Augustine College Graduates complete 90 credits to obtain an Honours Bachelor in Theology - Eastern Christian Studies (B.Th.)
Foundational Courses (12 credits)
Compulsory Courses (12 credits)
- HTP1103 People, Politics and the Planet
- HTP1104 Faith, Justice and the Common Good
- ISC2309 English Composition
- PHI2181 Human Knowledge
Discipline Specific Courses (60 credits)
Compulsory Courses (54 credits)
- PHI2311 Selected Topics in Philosophy I
- THO2130 Foundations of Eastern Christian Theology
- THO2131 General Introduction to the Eastern Churches
- THO2315 Ethics and the Human Person
- THO3160 Pentateuch and Historical Books
- THO3161 Gospel Interpretation – Mark
- THO3301 Hermeneutics and Exegesis in Eastern Christianity
- THO3315 Eastern Christian Doctrine II: Salvation, Humanity, the Church and Escathology
- THO3316 Ecclesiology and East-West Ecumenism
- THO3318 Eastern Christian Spirituality
- THO3319 Eastern Christian Doctrine I: Trinity, Christ, and Holy Spirit
- THO3322 Byzantine Eucharistic Liturgies
- THO3323 Canonical Tradition of the Christian East
- THO3324 Introduction to Eastern Christian Ethics
- THO3328 The Holy Mysteries: Byzantine Sacraments
- THO3347 Byzantine Liturgy of the Hours and Liturgical Year
- THO4102 Pauline Literature
- THO4103 Johannine Literature
Optional Courses (6 credits)
3 credits from (Ethics):
- THO4104 Sexual Ethics
- THO4105 Social and Political Ethics
- THO4124 Feminist Ethics
3 credits from (Scripture-O.T.):
- THO4100 Wisdom Literature
- THO4101 Prophetic Literature
Elective Courses (18 credits)
- Students choose 18 credits to complete the bachelor program.
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HTP 1101 - Trends in Western Thought
This course addresses multiple aspects of the evolution of western thought, from Antiquity to current times, and the impact of major events and thinkers, and the influence of other civilizations on the contemporary understanding of human nature, culture and society.
HTP 1102 - Approaches in the Humanities: Interpreting the Human Experience
Introduction to theoretical approaches in the Humanities and to the methods that are applied to interpret the multiple expressions of human experience, particularly those expressed in important works of art and literature.
HTP 1103 - People, Social Justice and Ecology
Social and ecological challenges facing humanity today, and related issues of social justice. These questions will be examined from a perspective of community building and efforts towards ecological and social transformations for a hopeful future.
HTP 1104 - Faith, Justice and the Common Good
This course investigates faith, justice and the common good from religious, philosophical and human science perspectives. The course draws on classic and contemporary resources, in particular those from the Christian intellectual traditions.
ISC 2309 - English Composition
This course is dedicated to the improvement of writing skills in order to become an effective communicator in several contexts.
ISC 2314 - Public Speaking
Learning the techniques of efficient public speaking. Introduction and training to personal impression making in electronic media. Development of a professional attitude and self-confidence.
PHI 1103 - Fundamental Philosophical Questions (UO)
A critical examination of fundamental philosophical problems such as the mind and body distinction, the possibility of knowledge of the external world, freedom and determinism, the definition of the concept of truth and the meaning of life.
Prerequisite: PHI1101.
PHI 1104 - Great Philosophers (UO)
An historical introduction to philosophy through the study of writings of major Western philosophers such as Plato, Aristotle, Aquinas, Descartes, Hume, Kant, Hegel, Nietzsche, Wittgenstein, Sartre. (HP)
Prerequisite: PHI1101.
PHI 2181 - Human Knowledge
Study of the traditional, universalist, approach to knowledge as well as contemporary standpoint approaches, such as feminist and postmodernist.
PHI 2182 - Philosophical Anthropology
Study of different philosophical conceptions of the human being.
PHI 2184 - Philosophy of Religion
Philosophers and religion. Questions raised by the scientific study of religion in the contemporary period. Contributions of linguistic analysis to the study of the expressions of religious faith.
PHI 2311 - Selected Topics in Political Philosophy I
Study of a particular theme in political philosophy or of a particular author in political thought.
PHI 3183 - Moral Philosophy
Survey of the major ethical systems in the Western world. Relationship between philosophical and religious thinking in ethical matters. Fundamental questions facing contemporary moral consciousness.THO 1306 - Exploring the Sacred
The human effort to express the experience of the sacred and to name our sense of the “Beyond”. The different forms such expressions have taken: cosmic wonder and its symbols, foundations stories, ritual life. The meaning of this effort for understanding the quest of the human spirit and its attempts to build order in society and community.
THO 1307 - What is the Bible?
The Bible: book or library, history or story? History of the Jewish people and of the culture in which the Bible was written. The Bible and its content. Interpreting the text. The Jesus event. The influence of the Bible on history and on contemporary culture.
THO 2130 - Foundations of Eastern Christian Theology
Revelation, and our access to it. The Trinitarian nature of Revelation. Interaction of Logos and Spirit in the process of Holy Tradition. Scripture within and above Tradition. The sources of Tradition: Bible, Councils, Creeds, Fathers, Liturgy, Icons, etc. Tradition vs. traditionalism. Questions of theological method.
THO 2131 - General Introduction to the Eastern Churches
A general survey of the Orthodox and Catholic Churches of the East, with attention to the history as well as the theological, liturgical and spiritual traditions of ecclesiological considerations: Church as an image of the Trinity; Church as communion of eucharistic communities; Church as eschatological reality. Pentarchy and Papacy; The conciliar process "sobornost".
THO 2137 - Selected Topics in Eastern Christian Thought
Study of a particular tradition, period, or representative author from the Eastern Churches, with an emphasis on the history of ideas.
THO 2138 - Selected Topics in Eastern Christian History
Study of a particular tradition, period, or representative author from the Eastern Churches, with an emphasis on the history of ecclesiastical institutions.
THO 2189 - Introduction to Theology
An introduction to basic questions and fields of inquiry in Christian theology.
THO 2315 - Being Human
What is ethics? Introduction to the key ethical ideas that shape our lives. Ethical riches of the Christian tradition to understand ourselves and our responsibilities to other persons.
THO 2410 - World Religions
Introduction to the world religions with an emphasis on Christian faith in interaction with other living faiths.
THO 3167 - History of the Church: The First Five Centuries
Relationship between history and theology. Methodology of historical research. Overview of the historical evolution of Christianity from its beginnings to the end of the fifth century.
THO 3301 - Hermeneutics and Exegesis in Eastern Christianity
Patristic approaches to Scripture. Literal and non-literal exegesis. Allegory, theoria, typology. Alexandrian and Antiochene schools. Scripture in Byzantine worship. Contemporary Orthodox authors.
THO 3303 - The Seven Ecumenical Councils in Eastern Christian Tradition
Development of conciliar structures and processes. Historical context and ecclesial setting of each of the great councils of the first millennium. Doctrinal and other ramifications of each council. Their significance for the Church today.
THO 3309 - Contemporary Moral Issues in Eastern Theology
A survey of moral thought in modern Eastern Christian authors and ecclesiastical pronouncements in the areas of both personal and social morality, with special attention to emerging thought in the areas of bioethics, sexual ethics, and a response to social, political, and technological changes in the world today.
THO 3315 - Eastern Christian Doctrine II: Salvation, Humanity, the Church and Eschatology
The human person before God. Creation, fall, and salvation in their anthropological and cosmological aspects, as well as an examination of understanding of the Church, according to the ancient and modern exponents of the tradition of the Christian East.
THO 3317 - History of the Ukrainian Church
Christianity in the Kyivan-Rus’ before the tenth century. Official Christianization and the establishment of the metropolitanate of Kyiv. Relations with the Churches of the West and with other Churches in the East. The first Ukrainian state. The Union of Brest-Litovsk and its aftermath. Ukrainian monasticism and the reform of the Order of Saint Basil the Great. The Synod of Zamost. The metropolitanate of Halych-Lvov. Orthodox and Catholics in Soviet and post-Soviet Ukraine. Catholic and Orthodox Ukrainians in Canada.
THO 3318 - Spiritual Life in the Eastern Churches
The sacramental foundations. Major trends. Contemplation and praxis. Forms of holiness.
THO 3319 - Eastern Christian Doctrine I: Trinity, Christ and Holy Spirit
Essence and Energies in God. God as Three and One. Christ as Divine and Human. The procession and activity of the Holy Spirit.
THO 3322 - Byzantine Eucharistic Liturgies
Historical evolution and theological analysis of the Byzantine liturgies of St. John Chrysostom, St. Basil, St. James, and the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts.
THO 3323 - Canonical Tradition of the Christian East
The Eastern Churches and ecclesial communion. Historical development of the canonical tradition of the Eastern Churches, both Orthodox and Catholic. The teaching of Vatican II and post-conciliar documents on the Eastern Churches. The Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches. General principles of Eastern Catholic canon law with particular reference to the dispensing authority of ordinaries. Ecclesial institutions: eparchies, parishes. General principles of Eastern sacramental legislation.
THO 3324 - Introduction to Eastern Christian Ethics
An overview of the distinctive sources, history, spirit and methods of Eastern Christian ethics, past and present.
THO 3325 - Theology and Spirituality of Icons
Icons and image theory in Byzantine Christology and anthropology. Theology of icons, theology in icons. Use of icons in worship and personal prayer.
THO 3328 - The Holy Mysteries: Byzantine Sacraments
The Holy Mysteries in the Byzantine tradition. Historical, theological and practical considerations. The Seven Sacraments and the issue of other sacraments. Sacramentality of the world and the Church.
THO 3347 - Byzantine Liturgy of the Hours and Liturgical Year
Vespers, Matins, Lesser Hours, and the liturgical seasons and feasts of the Byzantine tradition. Theologies of time and ritual. Historical, pastoral, and theoretical considerations.
THO 4100 - Wisdom Literature
General introduction to Wisdom Literature: its origin and evolution. Exegesis of selected passages.
Prerequisite: THO 3160.
THO 4102 - Pauline Literature
Overview of the life of Paul and his work. Special study of some of his letters.
Prerequisite: THO 3161.
THO 4103 - What is Truth? The Gospel of John
A study of Johannine writings, their structure, theology, and cultural setting. Exegesis of selected passages in the Gospel of John and Letters of John, and the Apocalypse. Special attention given to the meaning of "truth" and "life."
THO 4105 - Social and Political Ethics
Human being as personal and social being. Respect for human rights. Freedom in the socio-political context. Society as the milieu of personal growth.
Prerequisite: THO 3166.
THO 4124 - Feminist Ethics
An introduction to ethics from feminist perspectives. Historical background to feminist approaches to ethics; introduction to feminist analysis; approaches within feminist ethics; Christianity and feminist ethics; Christian praxis as foundational to ethics; the social, cultural, and political dimensions of ethics; specific issues arising in contemporary discussions.
Prerequisite: THO 3166.
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