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Syllabi Archive

A 2013 course by Wayne Saynor at Tyndale Seminary provides "an understanding of the basic struggles adolescents face and how to help them in the context of a caring relationship. Examines Biblical principles along with the practical knowledge and skills required to help youth through the various issues confronting them."

A 2012 course by Felicity Brock Kelcourse at Christian Theological Seminary considers "both theories of pastoral care and specific interventions for predictable human needs including death, illness, trauma, birth, marriage, divorce, life passage celebrations, etc."

A 2014 course by Michael Ditsky at Houston Graduate School of Theology examines "the factor that contribute to addictive behavior and substance abuse and the various treatment modalities."

A course by Jaroslav Skira at the University of Toronto surveys the " history of the iconoclastic controversy and ecumenical councils, especially for the development of christology. History of early Christian art and icons."

A course by Stephen Shoemaker at the University of Oregon covers "the history of Eastern Christianity from the fall of Constantinople in the 15th century until the fall of European Communism in the late 20th."

A course by Jaroslav Skira at the University of Toronto offers a "comprehensive synthesis of primarily the Byzantine Orthodox doctrinal tradition."

A 1997 course by Timothy Gregory at Ohio State University traces "the transformation of the ancient world and the emergence of a distinctly medieval Byzantine civilization."

A 2011 course by Ann Burlein at Hofstra University introduces students to the thought of Friedrich Nietzsche.

A 2001 course by Jeffrey Richey at the University of Findlay surveys "recurring themes in new religious movements, using five historical case studies drawn from early Christianity, nineteenth-century American utopianism, and contemporary Japan, Africa, and China" with special attention to the 1993 Branch Davidian events.