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| 2024-2025 | RELS 410 | Scripture and 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
Prerequisite(s): RELS 112; 3 sem. hrs. of BIOL, BIOT, CHEM, GENV, GEOL, or PHYS; and third-year standing.
Cross-listed: NATS 410 |
| 2024-2025 | RELS 415 | Intertestamental LiteratureA study of the intertestamental Judaic literature, noting the relationships between this literature and the Old Testament and New Testament and showing how this literature serves as an important background for the study of the New Testament documents. Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): RELS 111, 112
NB: Not offered every year. See department chair.
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| 2025-2026 | RELS 415 | Intertestamental LiteratureA study of the intertestamental Judaic literature, noting the relationships between this literature and the Old Testament and New Testament and showing how this literature serves as an important background for the study of the New Testament documents. Course Credits: 3
NB: Not offered every year. See department chair.
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| 2024-2025 | RELS 423 | Apocalyptic LiteratureA study of the origin, form, and function of apocalyptic literature as well as important motifs and themes. Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): RELS 111, 112
NB: Not offered every year. See department chair.
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| 2025-2026 | RELS 423 | Apocalyptic LiteratureA study of the origin, form, and function of apocalyptic literature as well as important motifs and themes. Course Credits: 3
NB: Not offered every year. See department chair.
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| 2024-2025 | RELS 425 | Pauline TheologyA survey of the general contours of Paul's thinking and a closer examination of one particular aspect of his theology, such as the origins of his gospel, the problem of coherence and contingency, his apostleship, his missionary strategy, his Christology, or the theology of one of his letters. Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): RELS 112
NB: Not offered every year. See department chair.
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| 2025-2026 | RELS 425 | Pauline TheologyA survey of the general contours of Paul's thinking and a closer examination of one particular aspect of his theology, such as the origins of his gospel, the problem of coherence and contingency, his apostleship, his missionary strategy, his Christology, or the theology of one of his letters. Course Credits: 3
NB: Not offered every year. See department chair.
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| 2024-2025 | RELS 446 | Hebrew ProphetsAn introduction to the origin, function, and meaning of the Hebrew prophets through a survey of the prophetic writings of the Hebrew Bible, including a discussion of the relationship to the historical periods in which they were composed and their theological significance within Judaism and Christianity. Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): RELS 111
NB: Not offered every year. See department chair.
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| 2025-2026 | RELS 446 | Hebrew ProphetsAn introduction to the origin, function, and meaning of the Hebrew prophets through a survey of the prophetic writings of the Hebrew Bible, including a discussion of the relationship to the historical periods in which they were composed and their theological significance within Judaism and Christianity. Course Credits: 3
NB: Not offered every year. See department chair.
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| 2025-2026 | RELS 448 | Ancient Near East & the Old TestamentA study of selected ancient Near Eastern texts and their relevance for the exegesis of the Old Testament. Course Credits: 3
NB: Not offered every year. See department chair.
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| 2024-2025 | RELS 448 | Ancient Near East and the Old TestamentA study of selected ancient Near Eastern texts and their relevance for the exegesis of the Old Testament. Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): RELS 111, 112
NB: Not offered every year. See department chair.
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| 2024-2025 | RELS 449 | Old Testament SeminarThis course is a study of selected topics that are currently under examination in the field of Old Testament studies. Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): RELS 111 and minimum third-year standing.
NB: Not offered every year. See department chair.
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| 2025-2026 | RELS 449 | Old Testament SeminarThis course is a study of selected topics that are currently under examination in the field of Old Testament studies. Course Credits: 3
NB: Not offered every year. See department chair.
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| 2025-2026 | RELS 453 | Synoptic Gospels & ActsA study of the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke, focusing on the gospel form and the message of the individual gospels in their historical context. In addition, the Acts of the Apostles is considered with a view to better understanding the Church's birth and expansion. Course Credits: 3
NB: Not offered every year. See department chair.
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| 2024-2025 | RELS 453 | Synoptic Gospels and ActsA study of the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke, focusing on the gospel form and the message of the individual gospels in their historical context. In addition, the Acts of the Apostles is considered with a view to better understanding the Church's birth and expansion. Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): RELS 111
NB: Not offered every year. See department chair.
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| 2025-2026 | RELS 454 | Writings & Theology of JohnA study of the historical, literary, and theological aspects of the New Testament documents often categorized in biblical studies as “The Johannine Writings,” which comprise the Gospel of John, the Letters of John, and Revelation. Important considerations include their distinctive and collective contributions to the formation of Christian thought and identity in antiquity and today. Course Credits: 3
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| 2024-2025 | RELS 454 | Writings and Theology of JohnA study of the historical, literary, and theological aspects of the New Testament documents often categorized in biblical studies as “The Johannine Writings,” which comprise the Gospel of John, the Letters of John, and Revelation. Important considerations include their distinctive and collective contributions to the formation of Christian thought and identity in antiquity and today. Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): RELS 112
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| 2024-2025 | RELS 456 | New Testament SeminarA study of selected topics that are currently under examination in the field of New Testament studies. Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): RELS 112 and minimum third-year standing.
NB: Not offered every year. See department chair
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| 2025-2026 | RELS 456 | New Testament SeminarA study of selected topics that are currently under examination in the field of New Testament studies. Course Credits: 3
NB: Not offered every year. See department chair.
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| 2024-2025 | RELS 460 | Current Issues & Trends in MissionsCurrent missiological themes are studied such as: Missio Dei, Salvation Today, social justice and mission, meaning of evangelism and evangelization, contextualization, liberation themes, missions as inculturation, missions as an ecumenical expression, mobilizing the laity for missions, missions as a theology, and missions as an eschatological hope. The course also examines shifting missiological paradigms within the Conciliar Movement and Evangelical responses. Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): RELS 111 or 112, or instructor’s consent.
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| 2025-2026 | RELS 460 | Issues in World ChristianityCurrent missiological themes are studied such as: Missio Dei, Salvation Today, social justice and mission, meaning of evangelism and evangelization, contextualization, liberation themes, missions as inculturation, missions as an ecumenical expression, mobilizing the laity for missions, missions as a theology, and missions as an eschatological hope. The course also examines shifting missiological paradigms within the Conciliar Movement and Evangelical responses. Course Credits: 3
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| 2024-2025 | RELS 465 | Influential Thinkers in the Christian TraditionAn introduction to some seminal figures in the Western Christian tradition. The course investigates their thought and intellectual contributions within their socio-political context and experience. Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Third-year standing
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| 2025-2026 | RELS 465 | Influential Thinkers in the Christian TraditionAn introduction to some seminal figures in the Western Christian tradition. The course investigates their thought and intellectual contributions within their socio-political context and experience. Course Credits: 3
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| 2024-2025 | RELS 466 | The Church FathersAn introduction to the Fathers of the early Church. The course covers the Fathers from the latter half of the first century CE to the Orthodox writings of St. John of Damascene (ca. 750). Attention is paid to the historical and intellectual contexts within which the Fathers lived and taught, and special attention is given to each one’s unique theological contribution to the development of Christian Orthodoxy—both East and West. Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Third-year standing
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| 2025-2026 | RELS 466 | The Church FathersAn introduction to the Fathers of the early Church. The course covers the Fathers from the latter half of the first century CE to the Orthodox writings of St. John of Damascene (ca. 750). Attention is paid to the historical and intellectual contexts within which the Fathers lived and taught, and special attention is given to each one’s unique theological contribution to the development of Christian Orthodoxy—both East and West. Course Credits: 3
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| 2025-2026 | RELS 473 | The Theology of Thomas Aquinas & John Paul IIThis course takes an in-depth look at the theological vision of the two most influential Catholic theologians of the second Christian millennium: St. Thomas Aquinas and Pope John Paul II. The main features of St. Thomas's synthesis of Christian thought, especially as found in his great Summa Theologiae, is explored. This is followed by an examination of the personalist Thomism of Pope John Paul II, and his program for the renewal of the Catholic Faith, especially as found in selected encyclicals and apostolic letters. The vision and worldview of St. Thomas Aquinas and John Paul II are presented as significant and enduring achievements of Christian thought. Course Credits: 3
NB: Course taught at Catholic Pacific College, an approved TWU learning centre.
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| 2024-2025 | RELS 473 | The Theology of Thomas Aquinas and John Paul IIThis course takes an in-depth look at the theological vision of the two most influential Catholic theologians of the second Christian millennium: St. Thomas Aquinas and Pope John Paul II. The main features of St. Thomas's synthesis of Christian thought, especially as found in his great Summa Theologiae, is explored. This is followed by an examination of the personalist Thomism of Pope John Paul II, and his program for the renewal of the Catholic Faith, especially as found in selected encyclicals and apostolic letters. The vision and worldview of St. Thomas Aquinas and John Paul II are presented as significant and enduring achievements of Christian thought. Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): RELS 105 or 110 or equivalent with permission of instructor. (3-0)
NB: Course taught at Catholic Pacific College, an approved TWU learning centre.
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| 2025-2026 | RELS 475 | Christianity & CultureHow do Christians past and present relate to culture? Students are invited to examine some important aspects of Christianity's involvement in Western culture. Alternative models and historical examples of this involvement are considered as well as some specific current issues related to Christian cultural activity. Course Credits: 3
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| 2024-2025 | RELS 475 | Christianity and CultureHow do Christians past and present relate to culture? Students are invited to examine some important aspects of Christianity's involvement in Western culture. Alternative models and historical examples of this involvement are considered as well as some specific current issues related to Christian cultural activity. Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Third-year standing
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| 2025-2026 | RELS 476 | Theology & WorldviewWhat is Worldview in relation to Theology? How does it influence us and others? Students are invited to investigate some of the salient moments in the history of Christian worldview thinking and its contemporary expressions as they relate to the discipline of theology. We will inquire into implications of this relationship in various spheres of life, including politics, art, science and the environment. Students will consider responses to the various expressions of Christian theology in contemporary pluralist society with a view understanding how it affects relationships in society and the world. Course Credits: 3
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| 2024-2025 | RELS 476 | Theology and WorldviewWhat is Worldview in relation to Theology? How does it influence us and others? Students are invited to investigate some of the salient moments in the history of Christian worldview thinking and its contemporary expressions as they relate to the discipline of theology. We will inquire into implications of this relationship in various spheres of life, including politics, art, science and the environment. Students will consider responses to the various expressions of Christian theology in contemporary pluralist society with a view understanding how it affects relationships in society and the world. Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Third-year standing
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| 2025-2026 | RELS 477 | New Testament Canon: Development & TheologyInvestigates the theological implications of the historical development of the New Testament canon. Stress is laid upon the contextual reading of primary source evidence and its interpretation in important secondary source literature. New Testament canon development is explored as it relates to the Rule of Faith, the early councils, creeds, and the church fathers. These relationships are then investigated with a view toward how they influence our understanding of Scripture in the twenty-first century. Course Credits: 3
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| 2024-2025 | RELS 477 | New Testament Canon: Development and TheologyInvestigates the theological implications of the historical development of the New Testament canon. Stress is laid upon the contextual reading of primary source evidence and its interpretation in important secondary source literature. New Testament canon development is explored as it relates to the Rule of Faith, the early councils, creeds, and the church fathers. These relationships are then investigated with a view toward how they influence our understanding of Scripture in the twenty-first century. Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Third-year standing
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| 2024-2025 | RELS 480 | Directed StudyIndependent but guided research in a specialized area of interest to student. Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Consent of Department chair.
NB: Theological/cultural emphases.
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| 2025-2026 | RELS 480 | Directed StudyIndependent but guided research in a specialized area of interest to student. Course Credits: 3
NB: Theological/cultural emphases.
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| 2024-2025 | RELS 488 | Special Topics in MissiologyAn examination of special topics or issues in Missiology that are not considered in depth in other courses. Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 9 sem. hrs. of RELS including RELS 285, and third- or fourth-year standing, or instructor’s consent.
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| 2025-2026 | RELS 488 | Special Topics in MissiologyAn examination of special topics or issues in Missiology that are not considered in depth in other courses. Course Credits: 3
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| 2024-2025 | RELS 489 | Special Topics in Religious StudiesAn examination of special topics or issues in Religious Studies that are not considered in depth in other courses. Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 9 sem. hrs. of RELS courses, and third or fourth year standing, or instructor’s consent. (3-0 or 3-0)
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| 2025-2026 | RELS 489 | Special Topics in Religious StudiesAn examination of special topics or issues in Religious Studies that are not considered in depth in other courses. Course Credits: 3
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| 2024-2025 | RELS 500 | Principles of Biblical InterpretationA study of the principles of biblical interpretation used in both the Jewish and Christian traditions, including the application of these methods to the major literary genres of the Bible. Course Credits: 3
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| 2025-2026 | RELS 500 | Principles of Biblical InterpretationA study of the principles of biblical interpretation used in both the Jewish and Christian traditions, including the application of these methods to the major literary genres of the Bible. Course Credits: 3
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| 2024-2025 | RELS 511 | History of Ancient IsraelA study of the various eras of the history of the Hebrew people in the Old Testament period, including a survey of attempted historical reconstructions. Attention is given to such features as pre-history, nationalism, government, and social institutions. Course Credits: 3
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| 2025-2026 | RELS 511 | History of Ancient IsraelA study of the various eras of the history of the Hebrew people in the Old Testament period, including a survey of attempted historical reconstructions. Attention is given to such features as pre-history, nationalism, government, and social institutions. Course Credits: 3
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| 2024-2025 | RELS 515 | Intertestamental LiteratureA study of the intertestamental Judaic literature, noting the relationships between this literature and the Old Testament and New Testament and showing how this literature serves as an important background for the study of the New Testament documents. Course Credits: 3
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| 2025-2026 | RELS 515 | Intertestamental LiteratureA study of the intertestamental Judaic literature, noting the relationships between this literature and the Old Testament and New Testament and showing how this literature serves as an important background for the study of the New Testament documents. Course Credits: 3
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| 2024-2025 | RELS 520 | Dead Sea ScrollsA survey of the texts and major critical issues concerning the scrolls: their origin, interpretation of the Old Testament, and background to the New Testament. Course Credits: 3
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| 2025-2026 | RELS 520 | Dead Sea ScrollsA survey of the texts and major critical issues concerning the scrolls: their origin, interpretation of the Old Testament, and background to the New Testament. Course Credits: 3
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| 2025-2026 | RELS 521 | Biblical & Ecclesiastical LatinAn introduction to Latin grammar and the basic vocabulary of medieval ecclesiastical Latin. The one-or two-semester program of study is designed to prepare the student for independent reading in Jerome's Latin Vulgate, the Summa Theologiae of Thomas Aquinas, and other medieval texts of moderate difficulty. Course Credits: 3
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| 2024-2025 | RELS 521 | Biblical and Ecclesiastical LatinAn introduction to Latin grammar and the basic vocabulary of medieval ecclesiastical Latin. The one-or two-semester program of study is designed to prepare the student for independent reading in Jerome's Latin Vulgate, the Summa Theologiae of Thomas Aquinas, and other medieval texts of moderate difficulty. Course Credits: 3
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| 2025-2026 | RELS 522 | Biblical & Ecclesiastical LatinAn introduction to Latin grammar and the basic vocabulary of medieval ecclesiastical Latin. The one-or two-semester program of study is designed to prepare the student for independent reading in Jerome's Latin Vulgate, the Summa Theologiae of Thomas Aquinas, and other medieval texts of moderate difficulty. Course Credits: 3
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