The Saskatoon Theological Union (STU) is an association of three theological education colleges, The College of Emmanuel and St. Chad (Anglican Church of Canada), St. Andrew's College (United Church of Canada) and Lutheran Theological Seminary (Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada), affiliated with the University of Saskatchewan. The STU was originally formed in 1969 (at the time it was called the Graduate School of Theology) to facilitate a cooperative and ecumenical approach to the task of theological education on the prairies. While remaining distinct and separate institutions, the three member colleges share numerous resources, including their libraries and faculty. As a result, the STU boasts the largest, most diverse theological faculty in Canada, west of Toronto.
Please click here for the Fall 2011 course schedule.
Please click here for the Winter 2012 course schedule.
The Gospel of Mark (BE 365/465)
Lecturer: Matthew Thiessen
Date: January 9-13, 2012
Time: 9am-4pm
Description: The Gospel of Mark is perhaps
the earliest written account of Jesus’ life that we possess. Mark was so influential that both
Matthew and Luke used it in their retellings of the life of Jesus. In this one week course, we will
examine the Gospel of Mark in its historical and social context. How does Mark portray Jesus to his
original readers? What is the
connection between Jesus’ life and ministry and his death, according to
Mark? Since Mark is the lectionary
gospel for 2012, we will look at these questions with an eye to contemporary
preaching and teaching.
Food and Fights (HL/SL 346/446)
Lecturer: Gordon Jensen
Date: January 16-20, 2012
Description: As the fledgling reformation
movements took root, one of the main areas of disagreement among the reformers
was the understanding of the two sacraments that had not been discarded by
them; Baptism and the Lord’s Supper. The different understandings of these
sacraments reveal the different theological presuppositions of the reformers.
In this course, we will cover the debates over the Lord’s Supper from the
beginning of the reformation to the signing of the Wittenberg Concord of 1536. First, we will explore the
debates over the Sacrament of the Altar between Luther, Zwingli, Oecolampadius,
and Bucer, by looking at their major treatises beginning in 1526, written by
Zwingli, Oecolampadius and Luther, and culminating in the Marburg Colloquy of
1529. The developing convergence between Bucer and Luther on the Lord’s Supper
will also be explored, which led to the 1536 Wittenberg Concord. The primary
readings will be source materials in translation, and these readings should be
completed before the seminars begin.
God and the World (SA 333/433)
Lecturer: Don Schweitzer
Date: January 16-20, 2012
Description: This course explores what God
means to the world and what the world means to God from within a Reformed
perspective in Christian theology. The first section examines the salvific
meaning of God for the world, and the increase that the world and its salvation
bring to the life of God. The second section expands upon this, looking at the
moral and transmoral nature of God’s relationship to the world. The third
section explores questions concerning the suffering of God and creation, the
nature of evil, loss and Christian hope.
Story and Song: Postcolonial Approaches to Worship and Christian Education (PA 318)
Lecturer: HyeRan Kim-Cragg
Date: January 16-20
Description: This course will examine the
roles of Story and Song from postcolonial feminist perspectives. Students are
encouraged to discuss such contemporary postcolonial theological issues as
diaspora identity, hybridity, orientalism, and inculturation, while exploring
the implications for the church ministries in the 21st century. By
the end of this course, students are able to demonstrate worship matters,
lectionary, liturgical space and time, baptism and eucharist in ways that are
connected with postcolonial issues. They are also able to draw pedagogical
dimensions on these worship matters and to address interdisciplinary nature of
Christian worship and Christian education. Finally, they are able to grasp the
insights of intergenerational and intercultural aspects of worship and
Christian education. This course will consist of presentations, readings,
discussions and final essay.
Christian Education (PL 260)
Lecturer: J. Nunns
Date: January 11, 12, 13, 16, 17
Description: This course, with a focus on the nature, purpose and
practice of Christian education within congregational ministries, will engage
students in exploring the educational relations between vision and practice,
content and context, methods and learners, faith and life. Requirements and assignments for this
course require that the student be involved in congregational teaching
ministries within their respective contextual education placement.
Please contact Lisa McInnis (College Emmanuel and St. Chad), Colleen Walker (St. Andrew's College) or Susan Avant (Lutheran Theological Seminary) to register.
Lisa McInnis: esc.registrar@usask.ca, 306-975-1550
Colleen Walker & Leslie Schweitzer: standrews.registrar@usask.ca, 306-966-5224
Susan Avant: susan.avant@usask.ca, 306-966-7856
Registrations are due by December 15, 2011.
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