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Course ID	Course
RELS 381	RELS 381 Contemporary Christianity Course Credits: 3 Students are invited to investigate some of the most significant theologians and theologies of the nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty-first centuries with a view toward how they influence Christianity today. The approach is both inter-confessional and international in scope and seeks to allow students to grapple with important theological issues in local, national, and global contexts. Prerequisite(s): Third-year standing
RELS 386	RELS 386 Global Theologies Course Credits: 3 This course seeks to extend the study of theology to the manner in which non-Western communities of Christians endeavour to shape their world by their faith. Special emphasis is given to examining Christology and Soteriology from a cross-cultural perspective and to the manner by which both Western and non-Western traditions may interact to enrich hermeneutics, missiology, and biblical and systematic theology. Prerequisite(s): RELS 111 or 112, or instructor’s consent.
RELS 449	RELS 449 Old Testament Seminar Course Credits: 3 This course is a study of selected topics that are currently under examination in the field of Old Testament studies. Prerequisite(s): RELS 111 and minimum third-year standing. NB: Not offered every year. See department chair.
RELS 456	RELS 456 New Testament Seminar Course Credits: 3 A study of selected topics that are currently under examination in the field of New Testament studies. Prerequisite(s): RELS 112 and minimum third-year standing. NB: Not offered every year. See department chair
RELS 460	RELS 460 Current Issues & Trends in Missions Course Credits: 3 Current missiological themes are studied such as: Missio Dei, Salvation Today, social justice and mission, meaning of evangelism and evangelization, contextualization, liberation themes, missions as inculturation, missions as an ecumenical expression, mobilizing the laity for missions, missions as a theology, and missions as an eschatological hope. The course also examines shifting missiological paradigms within the Conciliar Movement and Evangelical responses. Prerequisite(s): RELS 111 or 112, or instructor’s consent.
RELS 465	RELS 465 Influential Thinkers in the Christian Tradition Course Credits: 3 An introduction to some seminal figures in the Western Christian tradition. The course investigates their thought and intellectual contributions within their socio-political context and experience. Prerequisite(s): Third-year standing
RELS 488	RELS 488 Special Topics in Missiology Course Credits: 3 An examination of special topics or issues in Missiology that are not considered in depth in other courses. Prerequisite(s): 9 sem. hrs. of RELS including RELS 285, and third- or fourth-year standing, or instructor’s consent.

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