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Based on the firm belief that academic excellence should not be limited to those studying for a degree, the university takes pride in offering further education programmes (leading to Certificates of Advanced Study) and Individual Courses to anyone wishing to be immersed in the intellectual heritage of the Dominicans.
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Bonaventure, the Preacher
WORKS of ST. BONAVENTURE BREVILOQUIUM Introduction, Translation and Notes by Dominic V. Monti, O.F.M. Franciscan Institute Publications The Franciscan Institute Saint Bonaventure University Saint Bonaventure, NY 14
Christology Part One
Teaching, Death, Resurrection... History
Christology Part Two
Paul, John, Fathers of the Church, great Councils
Divine Impassibility
Divine Impassibility: A Thomistic Critique of Jürgen Moltmann’s Staurocentric Trinitarianism
Dreifaltigkeit und Gnade bei Matthias Joseph Scheeben
Der berühmte katholische Theologe Matthias Joseph Scheeben (1838-1888) wird hier studiert in der Sichtweise des "Konstruktionsprinzips" seiner Theologie: Gottes Dreifaltigkeit.
Eastern Church history and cultural landmarks
This course will look at some issues of theological controversy between East and West.
Ecclesiology
This course explores the mystery of the Church as seen in the light of Vatican II.
Ecumenical Hagiology
In the lives of the sains lifes " lives" the Christian vision of God, man, and the world which stand all out very clearly. Men can learn almost as much about the real meaning of Christianity from the legends of the saints produced within the tradition of the Church as from the authentic lives themselves. Through the reading and studying the lifes of the saints who arrived before us in the promised land, we came to know how God works in the daily lives of Christians and how faith can be lived not only in good times but especially during persecution and suffering. This helps us to appreciate more our faith and make us grow in loving our brothers as part of God's providence.
Ecumenical Theology
As reasoned discourse about God ecumenical theology is focussing on God’s will for unity among Christians.
Gerald O'Collins' Understanding of Symbols, Experience and Divine Revelation
An Accommodation for a Christian Approach to the World Religions and Interreligious Dialogue in the Line of Jacques Dupuis
History of the Ecumenical Movement
Like all movements, ecumenism had its beginnings and thus it has a history to be studied.
Introduction to Catholic Tradition
This course gives a survey on the Catholic tradition by examining a series of documents like Lumen Gentium and other documents of Vatican II.
Introduction to the Protestant Tradition
This course helps us to get in touch and explore with the this 16th century religious movement the originated in western Europe over against the prevailing Roman Catholicism.
Jacques Dupuis' Theology of Religions
In order to have a better understanding of Dupuis’ viewpoints, the study will put side-by-side Dupuis’ ideas and those of pluralism, exclusivism and inclusivism. For this reason, the three approaches to the theology of religions will be briefly discussed. Likewise, the study also briefly presents the understanding of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) concerning the issues raised.
Jesus Christ and the World Religions
The Unique and Universal Mediation of Jesus Christ in Relation to the Theology of Religions
Methods in Ecumenical Dialogue
Ecumenical dialogue requires a methodology to move from disagreement to consensus.
Monasticism in Buddhism and in the Catholic Church
Common elements of Monasticism in Myanmar Buddhism and in the Latin Catholic Church, in preparation for an Interreligious Dialogue : a Comparative Study
Opposition to ecumenism
This course will give students a general exposure to traditional opposition to Ecumenism within the perspective of the three main traditions of Christianity.
Patristics : An Introduction to the Fathers of the Church
An introduction to the Fathers of the Church, from Ignatius of Antioch to John of Damascus: Writers, doctors, pastors, the Fathers of the Church
The Centrality of the Cross in Hans Urs Von Balthasar’s Christology
This course focuses on the centrality of the Cross in Hans Urs von Balthasar’s Christology.
The Creed
The Creed (divided in 12 parts)
The Origins of the Quran I
This course introduces to the history of the text of the Quran, to its language and style, and to the traditional "Qur'anic sciences".
The Origins of the Quran II
This course introduces to the history of the text of the Quran, to its language and style, and to the traditional "Qur'anic sciences".
The Trinitarian Christology of Hans Urs von Balthasar
In sum, the Father’s kenosis to the Son, and the kenosis of the Father and the Son to the Holy Spirit correspond to the very essence of God which can only be love.
Professeur Fr. Chukwudi Onyinyechukwu ANOLIEFO, op
Theology of Grace : God’s Life in us - The Authentic Life of our Human Spirit
Grace is God’s life in us, the authentic life of our human spirit or what our life is truly called to be. Without our participation in the life of God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit (Trinity) through baptism, we cannot truly be Christian and without grace we cannot truly live a Christian life.
Thomas Aquinas and the Islamic Intellectual Tradition
Thomas never refers to Muslims by their name.
Thomas Aquinas Studies
A specialised course in Thomistic issues by fr. Gilles Emery, OP, a leading specialist in this discipline !
For MA students only
Trinitarian Ontology
Both traditions, classical Greek metaphysics and Trinitarian theology, link “being” with life, but Trinitarian theology deepens the connection by making “relation” essential to the “First Principle” in a way that ultimately produces something new, a Trinitarian ontology.
Trinity Part I
This course examines the foundations of trinitarian doctrine in revelation.
Trinity Part II
This course examines the foundations of trinitarian doctrine in revelation.
Trinity Part III
This course examines the foundations of trinitarian doctrine in revelation.