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St. Andrew’s College offers credit courses in a variety of formats. Although St. Andrew's is situated in Saskatchewan we facilitate learning for persons who are geographically situated throughout the world. Besides our internet courses, some of our Independent Studies are designed so that they do not require students to come to the College. Inquiries about this kind of learning are most welcome.
Week-Long Intensive Courses
Week-long intensive courses usually run Monday to Friday (35 classroom hours). Registrants in intensive courses are reminded that these courses involve extensive preparation, definite pre-readings and the completion of specific pre-assignments. To maximize your learning from these courses you are expected to arrive on the course dates well prepared as per the course outline specifications given to you at the time of registration. You are also expected to keep your day and evening schedule free during these courses in order to carry out the expected classroom work assigned as the course unfolds. Because of the extensive amount of preparation, all participants must register one month in advance. Maximum enrolment is normally 22 students.
PA/SA 362
Race, Colonialism, Canadian Identities, and Intercultural Ministries
Dates: June 3 – 7, 2012
Instructor: H. Kim-Cragg / L. Caldwell
This course will engage students in a critical study of race, racism and intercultural ministry. Content will take an ecumenical, interdisciplinary and global perspective on the issues related to, and interpretations of, intercultural ministry. Perspectives from critical race and postcolonial theories will be studied and engaged with to support students' development of strategies for anti-racist intercultural praxis in church contexts.
BE 365/465
Gospel of Mark
Dates:January 9-13
Instructor:M. Thiessen
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.
HL/SL 346/446
Food Fights
Dates:January 9-13
Instructor:G. Jensen
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.
PL 260
Christian Education
January 11, 12, 13, 16. 17
Instructor:J. Nunns
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.
SA 333/433
God and the World
Dates:January 16-20
Instructor:D. Schweitzer
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. (D. Schweitzer)
PA 318
Story and Song: Postcolonial Approaches to Worship and Christian Education
Dates:January 16-20
Instructor:H. Kim-Cragg
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.
To register please contact:
Emmanuel and St. Chad
Lisa McInnis
306-975-1550
lisa.mcinnis@usask.ca
Lutheran Theological Seminary
Susan Avant
306-966-7856
susan.avant@usask.ca
St. Andrew's College
Colleen Walker
306-966-5224
standrews.registrar@usask.ca
Registrations are due by mid December 2011.
