When we encounter our own lives and the lives of others, several questions about responsibility and requirement are raised. Such questions often demand not only careful discernment but also decisive action. Yet many often wonder whether certain actions are right or wrong, just or unjust, good or evil. Others are restrained from action, debilitated by …
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Since its legalization in Canada in 2015, Medical Assistance in Dying has become a significant part of end-of-life care. Since 2015, legislation has expanded eligibility for MAID and there are proposals for further expansion. MAID is now part of the social landscape of Canadian society, posing new questions and challenges for Christians. This non-credit online …
View course details “Perspectives on Medical Assistance in Dying: Ethical, Pastoral, Theological, and Cultural”

What features define human life? How do individuals and communities understand and withstand suffering and pain? What is good dying? In our time, these essential human questions are often viewed primarily as bioethics issues. In reality, these are not exclusively medical or bioethical enquiries. Rather, they are questions that all human individuals and societies ultimately …
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An application-based seminar on covenant epistemology in worship, life, and leadership. What does the philosophy of knowledge have to do with leadership and life? This week-long seminar, directed by Esther Lightcap Meek, offers a restorative philosophical vision that enhances worship and pastoral ministry and can be applied to any walk of life. Covenant epistemology is …
View course details “Loving to Know: Attuning Your Philosophy to Enhance Your Ministry”

This course is intended to introduce learners to the core questions of Christian theology, and to explore some of the answers that Christian thinkers have proposed for those questions over the centuries. Together, we’ll explore what these theological issues mean for us, and how they can affect the way we live our lives. ORGANIZATION OF …
View course details “Introducing Theology and Ethics”

This course explores the nature of the Christian moral life. We will introduce the major theories of classical and contemporary philosophical ethics and their different understandings of moral psychology and action. We will pay special attention to the ways moral reasoning and action relate to the central doctrines of Christian theology, and to the sacramental …
View course details “Ethics 1: Moral Theology: Law, Love, and Action”

Ethics in the Anglican tradition draws on a rich history of discourse as we strive to engage with our faith, living it out in an imperfect world and Church. Whether we are struggling to justify sacramental liturgy and church hierarchy in the face of Puritan attack, or determining church policy on inclusion of women and LGBTQIA+ people, Anglicans …
View course details “Facing Choices: Ethics in the Anglican Tradition”

Online on Zoom As faith groups worldwide acknowledge the church’s role in colonialism, we will gather virtually to consider the role and impacts of colonialism in the Anglican Church. Beginning with a virtual visit to the Lambeth Palace Library’s important exhibition Enslavement: Voices from the Archives and drawing together speakers from England and Canada, panelists …
View course details “Webinar: Colonialism and the Anglican Church”

There are more than 100 million refugees in the world today and the number is growing daily. It has never been more urgent for Christians to respond to this global crisis. This course offers an overview of the politics and ethics of refugees from a Christian theological point of view. Starting with a detailed survey …
View course details “Welcoming the Stranger: Refugees in Christian Perspective”

Offered through the Canadian School of Peacebuilding (CSOP). Instructor: Katie Kish Syllabus – PCTS/POLS/BUS-3950Syllabus – PCD-5790 Online course only. Participants who will be in Winnipeg while taking this course are encouraged to come to campus to zoom in and meet other local participants during the coffee breaks and lunch. This course explores how the historical progression …
View course details “The Home as Grounds for Radical Economics”