Resources

A 2014 course by Donald LaSalle at the University of Notre Dame examines "the origins, evolution, and theological meaning of the the central feasts and seasons of what is called the liturgical or Church year."

A 2013 course by Kevin Livingston at Tyndale Seminary examines the "Biblical and theological foundations of worship."

A course by Dennis Beach at the College of St. Benedict/St. John's University explores "theologies of liberation and philosophies of liberation--developed in the 20th century as practical an active rather than merely speculative ways to address problems of human oppression and unfreedom."

A 2011 course by Mark Lewis Taylor at Princeton Theological Seminary introduces the "theological structure and content" of Gutierrez's theology of liberation and related subjects.

A 2012 course by Roger Greene at Mississippi College examines "selected teachings of Jesus with emphasis upon their historical occasion and contemporary relevance."

A 2009 course by Wakoh Shannon Hickey at Alfred University on "a variety of ways that people have understood Jesus and his teachings."

A 1998 course by Jeffrey Carlson at DePaul University surveys "significant interpretations of Jesus of Nazareth that have developed in various religious and cultural contexts over nearly two thousand years. . . . (and) a variety of contemporary christological developments occurring in diverse contexts around the globe--in Latin America, Asia, Africa and North America."

A 2018 course by Edward Krasevac at the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology examines the "questions revolving around the relationship of faith to history" through the "main lines of modern and contemporary historical Christology, beginning with the 'Old Quest of the Historical Jesus' and ending with the so-called 'Third Quest.'"

A 2001 course by Patricia Miller at Syracuse University "investigates a collection of Graeco-Roman texts, the Nag Hammadi Library, whose religious orientation has been designated by the term 'Gnosticism.'"

A 2001 course by Michel Desjardins at Wilfrid Laurier University is an "introduction to Gnosticism, particularly as an important second century religious ideology that intersected and at times overlapped with various forms of Christianity." Modern "appropriations of this ancient religious ideology" are also considered.