The purpose of the course is to introduce students to a new gateway to the Book of Genesis through a Jewish contemplative practice called kriat hakodesh (reading the sacred) which has its roots in the Christian practice of lectio divina. Students will learn at least five important stories from the Book of Genesis and the …
View course details “Listening to the Heart of Genesis: A Contemplative Path”

This interfaith weekend retreat will center around the vision of peace offered in Isaiah’s oracle and imaged in the painting, “The Peaceable Kingdom” by Edward Hicks. It will offer the opportunity to explore spiritual practices that support an awareness of the Divine and transformation of consciousness that can serve peace. Experiential practices, reflection, and sharing …
View course details “Envisioning Peace Together – An Interfaith Retreat”

“These stories [in the early chapters of Genesis] have provided a foundation for three of the world’s major religions—Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Furthermore, arguably, these pages also provide the foundations on which Western civilization as we know it today has been built. Indeed, few questions are more fundamental to human existence than Who am I? …
View course details “In the Beginning: Classic Christian and Jewish Pathways to Understanding the Book of Genesis”

Many of the courses in this list are both online and in-person. Unfortunately, there is not a simple way to list all of the online courses.  

During the course our academic staff and chaplain will enable you to: Explore the Holy Land as Christian pilgrims Visit key biblical sites from the Old and New Testaments Understand better the historical contexts and cultures in which Biblical stories took place. To integrate contextual biblical study with theological and spiritual reflection To encounter the …
View course details “Introduction to the Bible Lands”

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Pilgrimage to Saint Paul’s sites in Rome, led by Father Scott Brodeur, S.J., professor at the Gregorian University in Rome. This pilgrimage will be a prayerful journey on the footsteps of St Paul in the City of Rome where he came to share the gospel and his life for his brothers and sisters in Christ. …
View course details “Pilgrimage – St Paul in Rome”

Explore how modern Jewish eco-theologians call people to climate awareness using traditional modes of religious thought: Midrash (Bible interpretation), Halacha (Law and custom), and Kabbalah (mysticism). Available in person or via Zoom (Degree participants must connect synchronously if on Zoom)  

This course begins by briefly outlining the history and development of Islam. After surveying the economic, racial and cultural landscape of the global Muslim community, it examines the internal diversity of the world’s 1.6 billion Muslims: Who are they? What do they really think and do? What are the differences between culture and religion? What …
View course details “Unity in Diversity: Making Sense of Muslim Culture and Practice–Not for Credit”

The 2021 Festival of Faiths will examine issues of systemic racism in America and the role of spirituality in healing from the trauma of oppression. Sacred Change: Essential Conversations on Faith and Race seeks to celebrate the unique beauty, power and strength of the Black faith experiences while facing the profoundly brutal outcomes of genocide, …
View course details “25th Annual Festival of Faiths: Sacred Change: Essential conversations on faith and race”