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| 2025-2026 | RELS 360 | Christian ApologeticsA study of the nature and methods of defending the Christian faith including an examination of the evidence for and the arguments against a Christian worldview. Course Credits: 3
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| 2024-2025 | RELS 361 | History of Christianity IA study of the history of the Christian Church from the turn of the first century to the eve of the sixteenth century Reformation with attention to the persons, events, and issues involved in the major developments of Christianity. Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 3 sem. hrs. of RELS, and 3 sem. hrs. of HIST.
Cross-listed: HIST 361 |
| 2025-2026 | RELS 361 | History of Christianity IA study of the history of the Christian Church from the turn of the first century to the eve of the sixteenth century Reformation with attention to the persons, events, and issues involved in the major developments of Christianity. Course Credits: 3
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| 2024-2025 | RELS 362 | History of Christianity IIAn examination of the development of the Christian Church from the late medieval period through to the early twenty-first century. Key topics include: the Protestant and Catholic Reformations; the Great Awakenings and the rise of modern Evangelicalism, Fundamentalism, and the growth of modern missionary movements, along with a consideration of significant individuals, changes in theology, institutions, devotional practices, gender roles, and attempts to engage and shape culture. Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 3 sem. hrs. of RELS, and 3 sem. hrs. of HIST.
Cross-listed: HIST 362 |
| 2025-2026 | RELS 362 | History of Christianity IIAn examination of the development of the Christian Church from the late medieval period through to the early twenty-first century. Key topics include: the Protestant and Catholic Reformations; the Great Awakenings and the rise of modern Evangelicalism, Fundamentalism, and the growth of modern missionary movements, along with a consideration of significant individuals, changes in theology, institutions, devotional practices, gender roles, and attempts to engage and shape culture. Course Credits: 3
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| 2025-2026 | RELS 364 | Christianity without BordersThe growth of Christianity in the non-Western world from the first century to the present. Attention is given to critiquing those factors that hindered or enhanced the development of Christianity during specific eras. Course Credits: 3
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| 2024-2025 | RELS 364 | The Expansion of Christianity in the Two-thirds WorldThe expansion of Christianity in the non-Western world from the first century to the present. Attention is given to critiquing those factors that hindered or enhanced the expansion of Christianity during specific eras. Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): RELS 111 or 112, or instructor’s consent.
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| 2024-2025 | RELS 365 | Christian Moral TheologyMoral theology reflects upon the goodness and evil of human acts, and of the person who performs them, in the light of Divine Revelation and human reason. This course offers an introduction both to mainstream Catholic and evangelical moral theology and contemporary moral issues, emphasizing their common ground and supplementary insights as well as explaining their continuing points of divergence. The course is taught by a Catholic professor, utilizing both Catholic and protestant texts. Specific moral issues to be discussed include abortion, homosexuality, just war, contraception, divorce, euthanasia, poverty and hunger, and the nature and role of the family. Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): RELS 105 or 110 or instructor's consent (3-0).
NB: Course taught at Catholic Pacific College, an approved TWU learning centre.
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| 2025-2026 | RELS 365 | Christian Moral TheologyMoral theology reflects upon the goodness and evil of human acts, and of the person who performs them, in the light of Divine Revelation and human reason. This course offers an introduction both to mainstream Catholic and evangelical moral theology and contemporary moral issues, emphasizing their common ground and supplementary insights as well as explaining their continuing points of divergence. The course is taught by a Catholic professor, utilizing both Catholic and protestant texts. Specific moral issues to be discussed include abortion, homosexuality, just war, contraception, divorce, euthanasia, poverty and hunger, and the nature and role of the family. Course Credits: 3
NB: Course taught at Catholic Pacific College, an approved TWU learning centre.
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| 2024-2025 | RELS 366 | Theology of the BodyThis course reviews the roots and evolution of the modern secular approaches to anthropology and human sexuality and contrast them with those of Christ. This course examines recent developments in theological reflection on the body (John Paul II's theology of the body) and provides a general introduction to Christian anthropology, with particular attention to themes such as creation in the imago Dei, fall and redemption, nature and grace, freedom and rationality, gender and vocation. Due note of convergent and divergent doctrinal positions held by various Christian traditions of the themes are reviewed. Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): RELS 105 or 110 (3-0).
NB: Course taught at Catholic Pacific College, an approved TWU learning centre
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| 2025-2026 | RELS 366 | Theology of the BodyThis course reviews the roots and evolution of the modern secular approaches to anthropology and human sexuality and contrast them with those of Christ. This course examines recent developments in theological reflection on the body (John Paul II's theology of the body) and provides a general introduction to Christian anthropology, with particular attention to themes such as creation in the imago Dei, fall and redemption, nature and grace, freedom and rationality, gender and vocation. Due note of convergent and divergent doctrinal positions held by various Christian traditions of the themes are reviewed. Course Credits: 3
NB: Course taught at Catholic Pacific College, an approved TWU learning centre.
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| 2025-2026 | RELS 367 | The Catholic Church Past & PresentExamines key events in the history of the Catholic Church to posit how Catholic theology might shape one’s view of history, to consider how an understanding of history might be relevant to faith, and to investigate how the Catholic Church has developed and adapted as a protagonist in history. Topics. include the ecumenical councils, monasticism, Holy Roman empire, Crusades, East-West schism, inquisition, Reformation, Council of Trent, the effects of the French Revolution, rise of nationalism, Vatican II, and globalism. Course Credits: 3
NB: Course taught at Catholic Pacific College, an approved TWU learning centre.
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| 2024-2025 | RELS 367 | The Catholic Church Past and PresentExamines key events in the history of the Catholic Church to posit how Catholic theology might shape one’s view of history, to consider how an understanding of history might be relevant to faith, and to investigate how the Catholic Church has developed and adapted as a protagonist in history. Topics. include the ecumenical councils, monasticism, Holy Roman empire, Crusades, East-West schism, inquisition, Reformation, Council of Trent, the effects of the French Revolution, rise of nationalism, Vatican II, and globalism. Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): RELS 105 or 107 or 110 (3-0).
NB: Course taught at Catholic Pacific College, an approved TWU learning centre
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| 2024-2025 | RELS 368 | The ReformationAn examination of European life during the sixteenth century reformations. This course includes discussions of sin and wholeness, of religion and secular power, of toleration and social order, and of efforts to reform the church and society, and an examination of the place of ritual in social life, life in the family, and attitudes to gender. Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of History, including one of HIST 107, 111, 112; or 362; or instructor’s consent. (0-0; 3-0)
NB: Not offered every year. See department chair.
Cross-listed: HIST 308 |
| 2025-2026 | RELS 368 | The ReformationAn examination of European life during the sixteenth century reformations. This course includes discussions of sin and wholeness, of religion and secular power, of toleration and social order, and of efforts to reform the church and society, and an examination of the place of ritual in social life, life in the family, and attitudes to gender. Course Credits: 3
NB: Not offered every year. See department chair.
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| 2024-2025 | RELS 369 | Historical TheologyA study of the history of Christian theology from the post-apostolic age to the present. Focus is on perennial issues in Christian theology and areas of convergence and divergence between the three Christian traditions: Orthodoxy, Catholicism, and Protestantism. Students will consider the role of the Bible, culture, and experience in order to understand the complexities involved in studying historical theology. Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): RELS 110 or 160
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| 2025-2026 | RELS 369 | Historical TheologyA study of the history of Christian theology from the post-apostolic age to the present. Focus is on perennial issues in Christian theology and areas of convergence and divergence between the three Christian traditions: Orthodoxy, Catholicism, and Protestantism. Students will consider the role of the Bible, culture, and experience in order to understand the complexities involved in studying historical theology. Course Credits: 3
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| 2024-2025 | RELS 371 | Sociology of ReligionAn introduction to the theories and concepts utilized by sociologists to interpret religious behaviour and the organization of religion. Course Credits: 3
Cross-listed: SOCI 331 |
| 2025-2026 | RELS 371 | Sociology of ReligionAn introduction to the theories and concepts utilized by sociologists to interpret religious behaviour and the organization of religion. Course Credits: 3
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| 2024-2025 | RELS 372 | Contemporary Catholic Theology of the Love of GodThis course traces the theme of the merciful love of God in Scripture and Catholic Tradition, especially in the writings of St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Catherine of Siena, St. Therese of Lisieux, St. Faustina Kowalska, and Pope John Paul II, as well as in the Catechism of the Catholic Church. The Mercy of God is presented as a central vantage point from which to view more clearly many important elements of Catholic doctrine and spirituality, ethics, and a common springboard for Catholic-Evangelical ecumenism—in other words, the contemporary Catholic world view. (This is not a course in Catholic apologetics or polemics.) Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): RELS 105 or 110 or 160. (3-0)
NB: Course taught at Catholic Pacific College, an approved TWU learning centre.
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| 2025-2026 | RELS 372 | Contemporary Catholic Theology of the Love of GodThis course traces the theme of the merciful love of God in Scripture and Catholic Tradition, especially in the writings of St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Catherine of Siena, St. Therese of Lisieux, St. Faustina Kowalska, and Pope John Paul II, as well as in the Catechism of the Catholic Church. The Mercy of God is presented as a central vantage point from which to view more clearly many important elements of Catholic doctrine and spirituality, ethics, and a common springboard for Catholic-Evangelical ecumenism—in other words, the contemporary Catholic world view. (This is not a course in Catholic apologetics or polemics.) Course Credits: 3
NB: Course taught at Catholic Pacific College, an approved TWU learning centre.
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| 2024-2025 | RELS 373 | Theology I The Trinity & the ChurchA doctrinal study of the Trinity and the Church, engaging the biblical material in forming a doctrine of God and the Church. Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): RELS 110 or 160.
NB: It is strongly recommended that students take RELS 369 before taking this course.
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| 2025-2026 | RELS 373 | Theology I: The Trinity & the ChurchA doctrinal study of the Trinity and the Church, engaging the biblical material in forming a doctrine of God and the Church. Course Credits: 3
NB: It is strongly recommended that students take RELS 369 before taking this course.
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| 2024-2025 | RELS 374 | Theology II Person & Work of ChristA doctrinal study of the person and work of Jesus Christ, engaging the biblical material in forming a doctrine of Christology and soteriology. Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): RELS 110 or 160.
NB: It is strongly recommended that students take RELS 369 before taking this course.
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| 2025-2026 | RELS 374 | Theology II: The Person & Work of ChristA doctrinal study of the person and work of Jesus Christ, engaging the biblical material in forming a doctrine of Christology and soteriology. Course Credits: 3
NB: It is strongly recommended that students take RELS 369 before taking this course.
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| 2024-2025 | RELS 380 | Cross-Cultural/Missions PracticumA supervised short-term missions/cross-cultural internship/practicum. Course Credits: 2, 3
NB: Open only to Inter-Cultural Religious Studies majors or minors.
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| 2025-2026 | RELS 380 | Cross-Cultural/Missions PracticumA supervised short-term missions/cross-cultural internship/practicum. Course Credits: 2, 3
NB: Open only to Inter-Cultural Religious Studies majors or minors.
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| 2024-2025 | RELS 381 | Contemporary ChristianityStudents are invited to investigate some of the most significant theologians and theologies of the nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty-first centuries with a view toward how they influence Christianity today. The approach is both inter-confessional and international in scope and seeks to allow students to grapple with important theological issues in local, national, and global contexts. Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Third-year standing
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| 2025-2026 | RELS 381 | Contemporary ChristianityStudents are invited to investigate some of the most significant theologians and theologies of the nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty-first centuries with a view toward how they influence Christianity today. The approach is both inter-confessional and international in scope and seeks to allow students to grapple with important theological issues in local, national, and global contexts. Course Credits: 3
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| 2024-2025 | RELS 382 | Catholic Church: Theology & PracticeThis course focuses on the theological, liturgical, and spiritual traditions that undergird the Catholic Church and which continue to form her self-understanding. Historically, this course explains and evaluates the development of the Catholic doctrine of the Church in terms of its roots in Scripture and Tradition, and with a particular emphasis on the Pauline understanding of the Church as the Body of Christ, and selected readings from the Church Fathers, as well as developments in Catholic understanding of the Church in different historical periods and social contexts. It also examines the Church in terms of her ongoing mission to the contemporary world implied by Catholic doctrine. Spiritually, this course exams the distinctive teaching of the Second Vatican Council's 'universal call to holiness' which ultimately serves to integrate doctrine and life in each member of the Church. Analysis of these themes are undertaken in dialogue with the perspectives of other Christian traditions, and in the light of the constructive critique they can offer. Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): RELS 105 or 110 (3-0).
NB: Course taught at Catholic Pacific College, an approved TWU learning centre.
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| 2025-2026 | RELS 382 | Catholic Church: Theology & PracticeThis course focuses on the theological, liturgical, and spiritual traditions that undergird the Catholic Church and which continue to form her self-understanding. Historically, this course explains and evaluates the development of the Catholic doctrine of the Church in terms of its roots in Scripture and Tradition, and with a particular emphasis on the Pauline understanding of the Church as the Body of Christ, and selected readings from the Church Fathers, as well as developments in Catholic understanding of the Church in different historical periods and social contexts. It also examines the Church in terms of her ongoing mission to the contemporary world implied by Catholic doctrine. Spiritually, this course exams the distinctive teaching of the Second Vatican Council's 'universal call to holiness' which ultimately serves to integrate doctrine and life in each member of the Church. Analysis of these themes are undertaken in dialogue with the perspectives of other Christian traditions, and in the light of the constructive critique they can offer. Course Credits: 3
NB: Course taught at Catholic Pacific College, an approved TWU learning centre.
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| 2025-2026 | RELS 383 | Reason & Belief in GodA survey of central issues arising from the question, “Is belief in God rational?” Topics include arguments concerning the existence of God, religious pluralism, natural science and religious belief, religious language, and critiques of natural theology from Kierkegaard and Reformed Epistemology. Course Credits: 3
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| 2024-2025 | RELS 383 | Reason and Belief in GodA survey of central issues arising from the question, “Is belief in God rational?” Topics include arguments concerning the existence of God, religious pluralism, natural science and religious belief, religious language, and critiques of natural theology from Kierkegaard and Reformed Epistemology. Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 3 sem. hrs. of philosophy or third year standing. (3-0; 3-0)
Cross-listed: PHIL 383 |
| 2025-2026 | RELS 384 | Contextualization & CultureA study of the history of contextualization from biblical to modern times, exploring significant models and paradigms of prominent thinkers and evaluating these adaptations and innovations. Also, the social and spiritual dynamics of culture change are examined, with a view to analyzing those processes which help to make the Gospel relevant in the constantly changing world in which we live. Course Credits: 3
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| 2024-2025 | RELS 384 | Religion, Contextualization, and Culture ChangeA study of the history of contextualization from biblical to modern times, exploring significant models and paradigms of prominent thinkers and evaluating these adaptations and innovations. Also, the social and spiritual dynamics of culture change are examined, with a view to analyzing those processes which help to make the Gospel relevant in the constantly changing world in which we live. Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): RELS 111 or 112, or instructor’s consent.
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| 2025-2026 | RELS 385 | Suffering & Belief in GodAn examination of key issues pertaining to suffering and belief in God. Topics include the problem of evil, arguments from suffering, original sin, everlasting suffering, and providence. Course Credits: 3
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| 2024-2025 | RELS 385 | Suffering and Belief in GodAn examination of key issues pertaining to suffering and belief in God. Topics include the problem of evil, arguments from suffering, original sin, everlasting suffering, and providence. Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 3 sem. hrs. of philosophy or third year standing. (3-0; 3-0)
Cross-listed: PHIL 384 |
| 2024-2025 | RELS 386 | Global TheologiesThis course seeks to extend the study of theology to the manner in which non-Western communities of Christians endeavour to shape their world by their faith. Special emphasis is given to examining Christology and Soteriology from a cross-cultural perspective and to the manner by which both Western and non-Western traditions may interact to enrich hermeneutics, missiology, and biblical and systematic theology. Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): RELS 111 or 112, or instructor’s consent.
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| 2025-2026 | RELS 386 | Global TheologiesThis course seeks to extend the study of theology to the manner in which non-Western communities of Christians endeavour to shape their world by their faith. Special emphasis is given to examining Christology and Soteriology from a cross-cultural perspective and to the manner by which both Western and non-Western traditions may interact to enrich hermeneutics, missiology, and biblical and systematic theology. Course Credits: 3
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| 2024-2025 | RELS 387 | Christian Theology in Ecumenical DialogueA survey and analysis of the main achievements of the ecumenical theological dialogue process among the Christian churches, and the significant challenges still facing that dialogue today. This course utilizes texts from Catholic, Protestant Evangelical, Eastern Orthodox, and Anglican sources, and guest lecturers from Catholic, Evangelical, and Orthodox traditions. Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): RELS 105 or 110 (3-0).
NB: Course taught at Catholic Pacific College, an approved TWU learning centre.
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| 2025-2026 | RELS 387 | Christian Theology in Ecumenical DialogueA survey and analysis of the main achievements of the ecumenical theological dialogue process among the Christian churches, and the significant challenges still facing that dialogue today. This course utilizes texts from Catholic, Protestant Evangelical, Eastern Orthodox, and Anglican sources, and guest lecturers from Catholic, Evangelical, and Orthodox traditions. Course Credits: 3
NB: Course taught at Catholic Pacific College, an approved TWU learning centre.
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| 2025-2026 | RELS 388 | Liturgy & SacramentsIntroduces students to the significance and variations of embodied engagements with the Christian mysteries. Drawing upon liturgical experience, sacramental engagement, and liturgical and sacramental theology, students will consider definitions of the sacramental, the role of particular sacraments, how the sacraments affect the experience of God, the pedagogical nature of liturgy, and the influence of liturgy and the sacraments both inside and outside of the Church. Course Credits: 3
NB: Course taught at Catholic Pacific College, an approved TWU learning centre.
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| 2024-2025 | RELS 388 | Liturgy and SacramentsIIntroduces students to the significance and variations of embodied engagements with the Christian mysteries. Drawing upon liturgical experience, sacramental engagement, and liturgical and sacramental theology, students will consider definitions of the sacramental, the role of particular sacraments, how the sacraments affect the experience of God, the pedagogical nature of liturgy, and the influence of liturgy and the sacraments both inside and outside of the Church. Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): RELS 105 or 110 or instructor’s consent. (3-0)
NB: Course taught at Catholic Pacific College, an approved TWU learning centre.
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| 2024-2025 | RELS 395 | Being in Christ: Christian Spiritual TraditionsAn experience of Christian spiritual traditions through two primary ways of knowing: historical and archival as well as experiential and embodied. Students will investigate the history of Christian spiritual traditions in order to develop a foundational understanding of spirituality as practiced throughout Christian history, and will also learn to creatively apply their knowledge of spiritual practice to a life of “skillful Christian living.” Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Third-year standing
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| 2025-2026 | RELS 395 | Being in Christ: Christian Spiritual TraditionsAn experience of Christian spiritual traditions through two primary ways of knowing: historical and archival as well as experiential and embodied. Students will investigate the history of Christian spiritual traditions in order to develop a foundational understanding of spirituality as practiced throughout Christian history, and will also learn to creatively apply their knowledge of spiritual practice to a life of “skillful Christian living.” Course Credits: 3
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| 2024-2025 | RELS 399 | Catholic Spirituality in the Modern WorldAn analysis of the teachings on prayer and the devout life of Catholic spiritual writers whose teachings still enrich the life of the Church today: especially St. Theresa of Avila, St. John of the Cross, St. Bernard of Clairvaux, St. Bonaventure, St. Francis De Sales, St. Therese of Lisieux, and the Venerable John Henry Newman. This course includes an overview of controversial topics such as the rise of Centering Prayer, the New Age movement, and an analysis of the teachings of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, and reflections on the Catholic Tradition of Spirituality from non-Catholic perspectives. Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): RELS 105 or 110, or equivalent with instructor's permission. (3-0)
NB: Course taught at Catholic Pacific College, an approved TWU learning centre.
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| 2025-2026 | RELS 399 | Catholic Spirituality in the Modern WorldAn analysis of the teachings on prayer and the devout life of Catholic spiritual writers whose teachings still enrich the life of the Church today: especially St. Theresa of Avila, St. John of the Cross, St. Bernard of Clairvaux, St. Bonaventure, St. Francis De Sales, St. Therese of Lisieux, and the Venerable John Henry Newman. This course includes an overview of controversial topics such as the rise of Centering Prayer, the New Age movement, and an analysis of the teachings of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, and reflections on the Catholic Tradition of Spirituality from non-Catholic perspectives. Course Credits: 3
NB: Course taught at Catholic Pacific College, an approved TWU learning centre.
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| 2024-2025 | RELS 400 | Directed StudyIndependent but guided research in a specialized area of interest to the student. Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Consent of department chair.
NB: Designates biblical content courses
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| 2025-2026 | RELS 400 | Directed StudyIndependent but guided research in a specialized area of interest to the student. Course Credits: 3
NB: Designates biblical content courses.
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| 2025-2026 | RELS 410 | Scripture & ScienceExamination of conceptions held by ancient cultures and the Bible of the origin, composition, and functioning of the cosmos, and the question of natural or supernatural causality. Students will critically evaluate current models of how Scripture relates to modern scientific knowledge. Using key biblical passages, students will construct a theological model that embraces not only the aspects of science and nature that support the idea of purpose (teleology) but also those aspects that do not readily align with teleology. Course Credits: 3
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