Events for April 17 - February 12

Theology and Practice of Mission

Online with Zoom

Theology and Practice of Mission Online Synchronous (10 weeks) This module forms part of the ARU MAs and are open to all MA students as part of their degree. Course Leader: Dr Muthuraj Swamy Dates: Tuesdays 29th Sep­–1st Dec 2020, 10am-12pm The postgraduate module focuses on understandings of missiology in key historical and contemporary contexts. It aims to provide an understanding of missiology as a theological discipline. Topics studied include scriptural interpretations of mission, how these lay foundations for diverse and shifting models of mission within the Patristic and modern periods, and contrasting theologies of home and overseas mission. Students [...]

Wesleyan Spirituality and Theology

Online with Zoom

Wesleyan Spirituality and Theology Online Synchronous (10 weeks) This modules forms part of the ARU MAs and are open to all MA students as part of their degree. Course Leader: Dr Andrew Stobart Date: Wednesdays 23rd Sept to 25th Nov 2020, 3–5pm This postgraduate module will introduce students to a rigorous and critical study of these key aspects of the spirituality and theology of the Wesleyan tradition. In particular, it will help students connect traditional Methodist emphases with contemporary issues of faith and ethics. The Wesleyan family of churches is one of the most widely-spread Christian traditions. About 80 million [...]

Pastoral Placement

Online with Zoom

Pastoral Placement These modules form part of the ARU MAs and are open to all MA students as part of their degree. Course Leader: Sue Price Dates: 4th November 2020, 4.30–6.30 pm, 20th January 2021, 4.30–6.30pm, 27th January 2021, 4.30–6.30pm, 3rdFebruary 2021, 4.30–6.30pm, 21st April 2021, 4.30–6.30pm, 28th April 2021, 4.30–6.30pm, 5th May 2021, 4.30–6.30pm. Course will be online or in person, depending on COVID-19 restrictions in place. This module is primarily designed for students on the Pastoral Care and Chaplaincy pathway to give them the opportunity to work in and reflect on practical contexts and situations of pastoral care. [...]

Module 2 (Online): Christian Mysticism and the Bible

Online with Zoom

Module 2 (Online) Christian Mysticism and the Bible This course will introduce students to the Christian Mystics and their engagement with the Bible. Focusing particularly on the English Mystics, it will explore what was meant by the mystical sense of scripture, the relationship between scripture and mystical exegesis, how mystics used scripture in their writings, and the relationship between scriptural and mystical revelation. Course Leader: Dr Louise Nelstrop Dates: Thursday afternoons 5th–26th  November 2020, 2–5.30pm. Evening Liturgy 6pm Contact Us About This Event Add Event To Your Calendar

Mystery of Love

Online with Zoom

Mystery of Love Online Synchronous (10 weeks) This module forms part of the ARU MAs and are open to all MA students as part of their degree. Course Leader: Dr Christoph Schneider Date: Thursdays 1st Oct–3rd Dec 2020, 3–5.30pm This ecumenical postgraduate module analyses some of the most sophisticated critiques of Christian love and explores how theology can respond. It investigates the philosophical and theological features of love from the pre-Christian era up to the twenty-first century. The module will explore the relationship between agapē, erōs and philia, how Christian theology deals with the tension between preferential love (erotic love, [...]

Workshop: Ageing and Spirituality (1)

Online with Zoom

Workshop: Ageing and Spirituality (1) Re-experience our life journey through an intercultural interpretation of Integral Human Development: from midlife to an integral ageing The first of two workshops exploring the life journey from midlife to an integral ageing through knowledge sharing, experience reflection and spiritual practice. Wisdom will be drawn from research on Spirituality of Integral Human Development for Ageing in Hong Kong: an intercultural and interfaith approach Through concepts drawn from spirituality of ageing, the papal catholic social teaching of Integral Human Development and rich Chinese culture traditions of Confucianism, Buddhism and Daoism, the workshop will help facilitate participants to re-experience [...]

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Theology and Practice of Mission

Online with Zoom

Theology and Practice of Mission Online Synchronous (10 weeks) This module forms part of the ARU MAs and are open to all MA students as part of their degree. Course Leader: Dr Muthuraj Swamy Dates: Tuesdays 29th Sep­–1st Dec 2020, 10am-12pm The postgraduate module focuses on understandings of missiology in key historical and contemporary contexts. It aims to provide an understanding of missiology as a theological discipline. Topics studied include scriptural interpretations of mission, how these lay foundations for diverse and shifting models of mission within the Patristic and modern periods, and contrasting theologies of home and overseas mission. Students [...]

MBIT Research Conference

Online with Zoom

MBIT Research Conference A day of papers and discussion with the research community of the Margaret Beaufort Institute. Date: Wednesday 11th November 2020, 10am–4pm. Where: Online via Zoom If you are interested in attending please email: mbitadm@hermes.cam.ac.uk. COST: FREE Contact Us About This Event Add Event To Your Calendar

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Wesleyan Spirituality and Theology

Online with Zoom

Wesleyan Spirituality and Theology Online Synchronous (10 weeks) This modules forms part of the ARU MAs and are open to all MA students as part of their degree. Course Leader: Dr Andrew Stobart Date: Wednesdays 23rd Sept to 25th Nov 2020, 3–5pm This postgraduate module will introduce students to a rigorous and critical study of these key aspects of the spirituality and theology of the Wesleyan tradition. In particular, it will help students connect traditional Methodist emphases with contemporary issues of faith and ethics. The Wesleyan family of churches is one of the most widely-spread Christian traditions. About 80 million [...]

Module 2 (Online): Christian Mysticism and the Bible

Online with Zoom

Module 2 (Online) Christian Mysticism and the Bible This course will introduce students to the Christian Mystics and their engagement with the Bible. Focusing particularly on the English Mystics, it will explore what was meant by the mystical sense of scripture, the relationship between scripture and mystical exegesis, how mystics used scripture in their writings, and the relationship between scriptural and mystical revelation. Course Leader: Dr Louise Nelstrop Dates: Thursday afternoons 5th–26th  November 2020, 2–5.30pm. Evening Liturgy 6pm Contact Us About This Event Add Event To Your Calendar

Mystery of Love

Online with Zoom

Mystery of Love Online Synchronous (10 weeks) This module forms part of the ARU MAs and are open to all MA students as part of their degree. Course Leader: Dr Christoph Schneider Date: Thursdays 1st Oct–3rd Dec 2020, 3–5.30pm This ecumenical postgraduate module analyses some of the most sophisticated critiques of Christian love and explores how theology can respond. It investigates the philosophical and theological features of love from the pre-Christian era up to the twenty-first century. The module will explore the relationship between agapē, erōs and philia, how Christian theology deals with the tension between preferential love (erotic love, [...]

Theology and Practice of Mission

Online with Zoom

Theology and Practice of Mission Online Synchronous (10 weeks) This module forms part of the ARU MAs and are open to all MA students as part of their degree. Course Leader: Dr Muthuraj Swamy Dates: Tuesdays 29th Sep­–1st Dec 2020, 10am-12pm The postgraduate module focuses on understandings of missiology in key historical and contemporary contexts. It aims to provide an understanding of missiology as a theological discipline. Topics studied include scriptural interpretations of mission, how these lay foundations for diverse and shifting models of mission within the Patristic and modern periods, and contrasting theologies of home and overseas mission. Students [...]