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Based on the firm belief that academic excellence should not be limited to those studying for a degree, the university takes pride in offering further education programmes (leading to Certificates of Advanced Study) and Individual Courses to anyone wishing to be immersed in the intellectual heritage of the Dominicans.
Certificates of Advanced Study and individual courses are validated in the same way as Bachelor level courses. A paper of 12000-16000 characters, including spaces is required for each course. The study duration for a certificate is 12 months, according to the pace and rhythm of each student, under supervision by a tutor.
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Foundations of Moral Theology
The aim of this course is to discuss the precepts, principles, and values of Catholic morality.
Fundamental Moral Theology
Distinctions need to be made regarding the subject of moral theology : first – as distinct from moral philosophy or ethics; second – as distinct from other theologica l studies.
Gerald O'Collins' Understanding of Symbols, Experience and Divine Revelation
An Accommodation for a Christian Approach to the World Religions and Interreligious Dialogue in the Line of Jacques Dupuis
Introduction to Catholic Tradition
This course gives a survey on the Catholic tradition by examining a series of documents like Lumen Gentium and other documents of Vatican II.
Introduction to Midrashim: Technique, corpus and exegetical work
The goal is to understand the differences between halakhic and aggadic midrashim, exegetical and homiletical midrashim, midrashim and targumim.
Introduction to Moral theories in Bioethics I
This course will introduce the students to the historical beginning of bioethics, as well as some of the moral theories employed in bioethics discourse.
Introduction to Moral theories in Bioethics II
This course is the second part to Introduction to Moral theories in Bioethics I.
The course will introduce the students to the historical beginning of bioethics, as well as some of the moral theories employed in bioethics discourse.
Introduction to Sacred Scriptures
The course aims at furnishing the student withe the appropriate tools for a meaningful of the Biblical text, with particular reference to its spiritual, liturgical and pastoral context. The course will further aim at providing a basis familiarity with, and a critical assessment of contemporary exegetical methods.
Introduction to Saint Paul
An introduction to the Life, Epistles and Theology of Saint Paul.
Introduction to the Gospel of Mark
The Gospel of Mark is distinctive within the New testament. It may be the oldest Gospel, but it post-dates some of Paul’s letters, from which we already have a good picture of the preaching of Peter and Paul. Mark paints Jesus in down to earth human form, willing to change his mind, vulnerable to the opinions of others, and especially those of the ones who opposed him.
Introduction to the Pentateuch
All the Bibles, either Hebrew or Catholic or Protestant or Orthodox, agree on the first part of the Biblical Canon, that is the Pentateuch.
Introduction to the Protestant Tradition
This course helps us to get in touch and explore with the this 16th century religious movement the originated in western Europe over against the prevailing Roman Catholicism.
Introduction to the Synoptic Gospels - Part I
How are the Gospels of Mark, Matthew and Luke interrelated? Did Matthew and Luke both use a written source 'Q' and Mark, when composing their Gospels? Did they each have their own sources as well?
Introduction to the Synoptic Gospels - Part II
This course introduces you to the debates about the meaning of the Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke/Acts. What were the theological interests of the authors of the Synoptic Gospels?
Introduction to the Synoptic Gospels - Part III
What is the Jesus presented in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke like? How did he understand himself? How did the Evangelists understand him? Is that the same or different to the understanding of the disciples?
Introduction to Theology
This course will provide a general introduction to Theology.
Issues in Genomic Research
A Systematic Review and Hermeneutic Exploration of the Management of Incidental Findings in Genomic Research
Jacques Dupuis' Theology of Religions
In order to have a better understanding of Dupuis’ viewpoints, the study will put side-by-side Dupuis’ ideas and those of pluralism, exclusivism and inclusivism. For this reason, the three approaches to the theology of religions will be briefly discussed. Likewise, the study also briefly presents the understanding of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) concerning the issues raised.
Jesus Christ and the World Religions
The Unique and Universal Mediation of Jesus Christ in Relation to the Theology of Religions
Jewish Heroines of the Deuterocanonical Books of the Old Testament: A Study of Judith, Sarah and Esther
Students will be introduced to the methods known as Rhetorical Biblical Criticism and Theological Criticism of the Bible.