Current Module Offerings

Bernard Lonergan, SJ (1904 - 1984) came to see the development of a modern scholarly method for theology as one of the most pressing challenges of 20th-century Christian thought. This course follows how Lonergan's view of theological method as a task and a problem developed on the way to his 1972 book, Method in Theology, and its major breakthrough: functional specialization.

This course will sharply focus on how mimetic theory impacts our understanding of the death of Jesus. It will however range in conversation with other Christian doctrines as well as the insights to be gained from many of the anthropological sciences.

A study of apologetics which shifts the focus from argument to reimagining the world through the person and work of Jesus Christ.

This course introduces students to one of the greatest luminaries of the patristic era, St. Maximus Confessor (580–662 AD). A lay monk (thus he held no church office), Maximus’s influence even in his own lifetime was immense. His torture and eventual death at the behest of political and ecclesiastical authorities were an attempt to extinguish his weighty influence, an attempt that failed: Maximus’s ideas were vindicated 19 years after his death at the Sixth Ecumenical Council (681 AD) and his legacy has remained vital especially among Eastern Christian traditions. We aim in this course to grasp (1) Maximus’s highly synthetic Christological vision of all things and (2) the way this vision illuminates the action or practices that comprise the spiritual life of Christians. What emerges might be described as a sustained mediation on this single verse: “[These actions] are a shadow of things to come, but the Body [which casts it] is Christ’s own” (Col 2.17).

A study of world religions which aims to demonstrate how Christ exposes and defeats the religio-cultural understanding as it exists in several of the world's major religions and cultures as well as how Christ redirects and completes this understanding.

A theological study of the faithfulness of God revealed in Christ Jesus as articulated in Paul's letter to the Romans. Focusing on Paul's exposition of God making the world right through Christ.

A biblical and theological study of the Kingdom of God approach to issues of power and inequality among oppressed groups including gender, race, disability, socio-economic status, etc.

A practical development of radical forgiveness and reconciliation from Philemon and Ephesians worked out in healthy community.

A study of hermeneutics which provides skills and tools for biblical interpretation. The module focuses on coming to the text humbly within the Christian community.

A theological study of John's Gospel emphasizing John's key themes such as overcoming of darkness, the Kingdom of God overcoming the kingdoms of the world.

An in-depth study of sin and salvation with a focus on the meaning of the atonement.

An advanced theological study of the Holy Spirit as a practical outworking of lived salvation as it looks forward to the telos, or end goal, of the kingdom of God in Christ.

A critical study of philosophy through the lens of theology which reveals the inherent nihilism of the foundations of philosophy.

A theological study of Matthew's Gospel emphasizing Jesus as the King of an alternative kingdom to the power structures of the world.

A study of peaceful Christian traditions in light of the Constantinian shift with a view towards eschatology.

A study of apologetics which shifts the focus from argument to reimagining the world through the person and work of Jesus Christ.

A practical development of radical forgiveness and reconciliation from Philemon and Ephesians worked out in healthy community.

A study of world religions which aims to demonstrate how Christ exposes and defeats the religio-cultural understanding as it exists in several of the world's major religions and cultures as well as how Christ redirects and completes this understanding.

A study of the Kingdom of God as it restores community and creation.

A theological study of the faithfulness of God revealed in Christ Jesus as articulated in Paul's letter to the Romans. Focusing on Paul's exposition of God making the world right through Christ.

A biblical and theological study of the Kingdom of God approach to issues of power and inequality among oppressed groups including gender, race, disability, socio-economic status, etc.

A theological study of Matthew's Gospel emphasizing Jesus as the King of an alternative kingdom to the power structures of the world.

A theological study of John's Gospel emphasizing John's key themes such as overcoming of darkness, the Kingdom of God overcoming the kingdoms of the world.

A study of hermeneutics which provides skills and tools for biblical interpretation. The module focuses on coming to the text humbly within the Christian community.

An in-depth study of sin and salvation with a focus on the meaning of the atonement.