Course Catalogue 2026-2027

The New Testament is often read as offering a restricted vision for women's leadership in the church. This course exposes some of the misunderstandings that have led to that conclusion and considers exegetical arguments in favour of a New Testament vision for the full inclusion of women at all levels of church leadership. Part One of the course looks closely at the New Testament's narrative portraits of women in the early church, beginning with the gospels' depictions of forerunners (Anna, Elizabeth) and disciples of Jesus (Joanna, Salome, and Mary Magdalene) before moving to the Acts of the Apostles and its account of Paul's female coworkers (Lydia, Priscilla, and Phoebe). Part Two then turns to Paul's letters themselves, looking at some of the named women of Romans 16 before turning to well-known 'problem passages' such as 1 Corinthians 11, 1 Timothy 2, and Ephesians 5, considering how a close study of these texts in their social, historical, and theological context, with the benefit of recent scholarship, can shed much-needed light on Paul's understanding of women's roles in the churches.

The New Testament is often read as offering a restricted vision for women's leadership in the church. This course exposes some of the misunderstandings that have led to that conclusion and considers exegetical arguments in favour of a New Testament vision for the full inclusion of women at all levels of church leadership. Part One of the course looks closely at the New Testament's narrative portraits of women in the early church, beginning with the gospels' depictions of forerunners (Anna, Elizabeth) and disciples of Jesus (Joanna, Salome, and Mary Magdalene) before moving to the Acts of the Apostles and its account of Paul's female coworkers (Lydia, Priscilla, and Phoebe). Part Two then turns to Paul's letters themselves, looking at some of the named women of Romans 16 before turning to well-known 'problem passages' such as 1 Corinthians 11, 1 Timothy 2, and Ephesians 5, considering how a close study of these texts in their social, historical, and theological context, with the benefit of recent scholarship, can shed much-needed light on Paul's understanding of women's roles in the churches.

A review of the moral, pastoral and canonical principles of sound ministerial practice in the Roman Catholic tradition, along with an intensive practicum.

In this course we will look at a variety of biblical episodes and stories from both the Old and New Testaments and how they have been seen, imagined, and interpreted by artists and musicians over the centuries. We will explore how these works of art spoke to and about the period in which they were created, how they open up new dimensions of understanding the scriptures for us, and the relationship between convention and imagination in interpreting the scriptures. In two sessions we will look in particular at Bach's St John Passion, and in relation to it the differing ways the Passion of Jesus Christ has been depicted over the centuries.

In this course we will look at a variety of biblical episodes and stories from both the Old and New Testaments and how they have been seen, imagined, and interpreted by artists and musicians over the centuries. We will explore how these works of art spoke to and about the period in which they were created, how they open up new dimensions of understanding the scriptures for us, and the relationship between convention and imagination in interpreting the scriptures. In two sessions we will look in particular at Bach's St John Passion, and in relation to it the differing ways the Passion of Jesus Christ has been depicted over the centuries.

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.

An approved field placement with appropriate supervision and theological reflection seminar.

An approved field placement with appropriate supervision and theological reflection seminars.

This course orients Basic Degree students to research methods in academic and professional scholarship. Library and other research skills will be refreshed. Students will learn philological, hermeneutical, archival, quantitative, and qualitative research methods. Research ethics will be discussed. Students will learn how to write a research proposal for a major project.

One-year pastoral internship under the supervision of a Pastor.

A three-month full time internship in a parish setting, immersing the student in the dynamics of congregational life.

This seminar assists candidates as they prepare for priestly order and lay ministry. It will provide candidates with the opportunity to reflect on previous ministry experience, identify personal strengths, and anticipated areas of growth for future ministry.