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Short Course: Spiritual Direction in the Ignatian Tradition

Online with Zoom

A course based on the spiritual exercises of St Ignatius, exploring the dynamics of spiritual direction and issues that arise in the pastoral ministry of spiritual accompaniment. All are welcome, but particularly those interested in engaging in the ministry of spiritual accompaniment, or wishing to reflect on their pastoral practice and/or people interested in the application of the Ignatian method of spiritual accompaniment Course Leader: Dr Gemma Simmonds CJ Dates: Tuesdays 13th, 20th, 27th October, 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th November, 1st December 2020, 2pm–4pm Contact Us About This Event Add Event To Your Calendar [...]

£165.00

CTP Module 1 Jesus Through the Centuries

Online with Zoom

Join our Director of Studies, Dr Louise Nelstrop for this four week intensive course exploring how the person of Jesus has been understood across history.  We will explore treatments of Jesus from the early Church to the modern day, including representations of Jesus in film and the arts. The purpose of this course is twofold: To explore historical discussions concerning who Jesus is (Christology) To consider Christian thinking on how Jesus effects salvation (Soteriology) As Alister E. McGrath notes in Theology: The Basics: ‘One of the most basic tasks of Christian theology is to clarify the identity and significance of [...]

£180

CTP Module 2 The Nameless Women of the Bible: From Potiphar’s Wife to the Samaritan Woman

Online with Zoom

One calculation of named individuals in the Bible records 2,900 men and only 170 women.  But what of the hundreds of nameless women who flit across the pages of the Old and New Testaments?  This course will explore the plight and personalities of some of these women, from the well-known Samaritan Woman to the relatively unknown Wise Woman of Tekoa.  While doing so it will cast a light on the faith stories and socio-economic circumstances of a great variety of women and deepen your knowledge of books as diverse as Deuteronomy and 1 Timothy.  You will also be introduced to [...]

£180.00

Research Seminar Series: Academic Writing in Theology

Online with Zoom

We offer supportive study skills seminars for research students.  Our own students get priority, but all are welcome if places are available.  Please contact Dr Férdia Stone Davis for more information at  fjs23@mbit.cam.ac.uk Research Seminar Series: Academic Writing in Theology How to Begin? Lent Term on Wednesdays 19 January 2022, 1pm–3pm: What is a PhD anyway?  Identifying a research question and getting started. 02 February 2022, 1pm–3pm: Academic writing: working within a discipline, building a structure and crafting the appropriate style. 16 February 2022, 1pm–3pm: Project and time management: discipline, deadlines and planning ahead. 02 March 2022, 1pm–3pm: Methods, methodologies [...]

Free

Catholic Belief and Doctrine with Thomas Aquinas

MBIT in Cambridge or Online via Zoom 12 - 14 Grange Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

Learning Catholic Belief and Doctrine with Thomas Aquinas  This 8 week course provides an overview of basic Catholic belief and doctrine, based on the treatment of the “Angelic Doctor,” St. Thomas Aquinas.  You will be introduced to the overall structure of Aquinas’ thought in general, and learn how to utilize the Summa theologiae, with opportunities for discussion and questions. Week Topic 1 Happiness or Beatitude, What is It and How to Get There 2 The Mystery of Holy Trinity: Processions, Relations, and Persons 3 Human Passions / Emotions 4 Virtues and Vices 5 Prayer and the Spiritual Life 6 The [...]

£200

Seminar Series: Research Skills in Theology

MBIT in Cambridge or Online via Zoom 12 - 14 Grange Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

Seminar Series: Research Skills in Theology  Theological Writing: finding a voice   Lent term     2nd February 2023, 2–4 pm Scripture and Community  in dialogue with memory and hope    16th Feb 2023, 2–4pm Tradition and Spirituality   in dialogue with prayer and patterns of holy living    2nd March 2023, 2–4 pm Theology and Mission in dialogue with the outer life of the community of faith   Academic writing in theology: endings  Easter term     27th April 2023, 2–4 pm Theology and the political arena in dialogue with civic society and centres of power 11th May 2023, 2–4 pm [...]

Free