Course Catalogue 2025-2026

In this course, we will examine different theories of human nature by reading philosophical, psychological, religious, and personal accounts. Our examination will be guided by two focusing questions: “What makes me happy?” and “What keeps me from being happy?”. We will address these questions on both individual and communal levels. In the second half of the course, we will focus on addiction as an impediment to happiness.

In this course, we will examine different theories of human nature by reading philosophical, psychological, religious, and personal accounts. Our examination will be guided by two focusing questions: “What makes me happy?” and “What keeps me from being happy?”. We will address these questions on both individual and communal levels. In the second half of the course, we will focus on addiction as an impediment to happiness.

This course is a philosophical examination of some fundamental questions in Christian metaphysics: How do we make sense of reality? Can we prove that God exists? How are God and the world related? More specifically, if God created the world, how do the Big Bang and evolution fit into the picture?

This course is a philosophical examination of some fundamental questions in Christian metaphysics: How do we make sense of reality? Can we prove that God exists? How are God and the world related? More specifically, if God created the world, how do the Big Bang and evolution fit into the picture?

Roman Catholic Church legislation on institution of marriage with special attention to the teaching of Vatican Council II.

The "Congregational Research Lab" is a hands-on laboratory course designed to equip students with practical skills in research specifically applied within congregational and denominational settings. Through a mixture of lectures and practice with research tools, students will gain experience in designing and implementing research projects, analyzing data, and drawing insights to support congregational vitality and growth. The lab emphasizes collaboration with local church stakeholders and introduces students to resources and methodologies suited for understanding the unique dynamics of faith communities. Students will have access to the Canadian Institute for Empirical Church Research database, which includes comprehensive data on churches across Canada, providing a robust foundation for their work. As a final output, each student will engage in a research project of personal interest, allowing them to explore a specific question or theme that is meaningful to them or their ministry context. By the end of the lab, students will be prepared to use empirical research to inform church practices and address congregational challenges and incorporate this into a broader theological and ecclesial framework for ministry and mission.

In this course, we will look at some of the central problems of epistemology: What is knowledge? How do we get it? Exactly what do we know, anyway? How does knowledge differ from belief? And how do we respond to the challenges of scepticism and post-modernism? After starting with a historical survey of the answers to these questions, we will examine the answers proposed by the Jesuit theologian Bernard Lonergan.

In this course, we will look at some of the central problems of epistemology: What is knowledge? How do we get it? Exactly what do we know, anyway? How does knowledge differ from belief? And how do we respond to the challenges of scepticism and post-modernism? After starting with a historical survey of the answers to these questions, we will examine the answers proposed by the Jesuit theologian Bernard Lonergan.

This course will explore an essential role of clergy in offering oversight and service to key aspects of the unfolding of congregational life. What is the relationship between this practical work of the laity, theology, and congregational health? How can clergy offer intelligent oversight and service to lay leadership without interfering and micromanaging? In dialogue and discussion with expert practitioners we will focus on basic skills and awareness necessary to effective leadership in the areas of congregational administration, including: finances and budgeting, property and buildings, stewardship, volunteer management and personnel supervision and feedback, organizing the weekly Sunday liturgy. Though the course will draw on Anglican polity and examples, the issues addressed by the course are faced in various forms by congregational leaders across denominations.

This course will explore an essential role of clergy in offering oversight and service to key aspects of the unfolding of congregational life. What is the relationship between this practical work of the laity, theology, and congregational health? How can clergy offer intelligent oversight and service to lay leadership without interfering and micromanaging? In dialogue and discussion with expert practitioners we will focus on basic skills and awareness necessary to effective leadership in the areas of congregational administration, including: finances and budgeting, property and buildings, stewardship, volunteer management and personnel supervision and feedback, organizing the weekly Sunday liturgy. Though the course will draw on Anglican polity and examples, the issues addressed by the course are faced in various forms by congregational leaders across denominations.

Moral and political philosophy differ from other branches of philosophy because they practical—which is to say, they tell us not just how we should think but also how we should live. This course is a historical examination of different approaches to living our lives both as individuals (= moral philosophy) and as communities (= political philosophy). First, we will look at the foundations of Western moral and political thought in Plato and Thomas Aquinas; next at the Enlightenment approaches of Immanuel Kant and John Stuart Mill; and then at Friedrich Nietzsche's attack on all of Western philosophy. Finally, we will consider the ideas of Emmanuel Levinas and of two contemporary Indigenous thinkers to see whether their approaches can survive Nietzsche's scathing critique.

Students will be constantly encouraged to apply different philosophical theories to their personal experience to evaluate both the strengths and weaknesses of the theories and of their own moral behaviour.

Moral and political philosophy differ from other branches of philosophy because they practical—which is to say, they tell us not just how we should think but also how we should live. This course is a historical examination of different approaches to living our lives both as individuals (= moral philosophy) and as communities (= political philosophy). First, we will look at the foundations of Western moral and political thought in Plato and Thomas Aquinas; next at the Enlightenment approaches of Immanuel Kant and John Stuart Mill; and then at Friedrich Nietzsche's attack on all of Western philosophy. Finally, we will consider the ideas of Emmanuel Levinas and of two contemporary Indigenous thinkers to see whether their approaches can survive Nietzsche's scathing critique.

Students will be constantly encouraged to apply different philosophical theories to their personal experience to evaluate both the strengths and weaknesses of the theories and of their own moral behaviour.