Page 1 of 16 Course Syllabus TRP2172 – The Human Person in the Orthodox Tradition Trinity College Toronto School of Theology September to December (Fall) 2016 Instructor Information Instructor: Rev Fr Theodore Paraskevopoulos Office Location: Larkin Building, Office 317 Telephone: (647) 278.0058 Email: [email protected] Office Hours: Fr Theodore is available on Wednesdays from 6pm-7pm in Larkin 317 or via email anytime. Course Identification Course Number: TRP 2172 Course Name: The Human Person in the Orthodox Tradition Course Location: Larkin Building, Room 340 (and online section) Class Times: Wednesdays 7pm to 10pm Prerequisites: None Course Description Pastoral care in the Orthodox Christian tradition begins with a thorough understanding of the human person in the Scriptures and in Holy Tradition. Only with an understanding of how we are created by God and what He has called us to become can we identify and diagnose the sicknesses and disorders of the fallen state and apply the appropriate spiritual cure. This course provides theological foundations for the practice of pastoral ministry in the Orthodox tradition by introducing students to the most significant teachings in applied Orthodox theological anthropology, beginning with the Cappadocian fathers, Maximus the Confessor and others. The course will also explore some contributions by modern scholars such as Yannaras, Zizioulas, Nellas, Mantzaridis, Behr, Vlachos, and Breck who have enriched the study of the human person in Orthodox tradition and informed applied pastoral care. This course will also compare and contrast practical anthropological ideas developed by western, modern era philosophers such as Nietzsche, Freud and Sartre. The course
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CourseSyllabusTRP2172–TheHumanPersonintheOrthodoxTradition
TrinityCollegeTorontoSchoolofTheology
SeptembertoDecember(Fall)2016
InstructorInformation
Instructor: RevFrTheodoreParaskevopoulosOfficeLocation: LarkinBuilding,Office317Telephone: (647)278.0058Email: [email protected]: FrTheodoreisavailableonWednesdaysfrom6pm-7pminLarkin317orvia
emailanytime.
CourseIdentification
CourseNumber: TRP2172CourseName: TheHumanPersonintheOrthodoxTraditionCourseLocation: LarkinBuilding,Room340(andonlinesection)ClassTimes: Wednesdays7pmto10pmPrerequisites: None
CourseDescription
PastoralcareintheOrthodoxChristiantraditionbeginswithathoroughunderstandingofthehumanpersonintheScripturesandinHolyTradition.OnlywithanunderstandingofhowwearecreatedbyGodandwhatHehascalledustobecomecanweidentifyanddiagnosethesicknessesanddisordersofthefallenstateandapplytheappropriatespiritualcure.
ThiscourseprovidestheologicalfoundationsforthepracticeofpastoralministryintheOrthodoxtraditionbyintroducingstudentstothemostsignificantteachingsinappliedOrthodoxtheologicalanthropology,beginningwiththeCappadocianfathers,MaximustheConfessorandothers.ThecoursewillalsoexploresomecontributionsbymodernscholarssuchasYannaras,Zizioulas,Nellas,Mantzaridis,Behr,Vlachos,andBreckwhohaveenrichedthestudyofthehumanpersoninOrthodoxtraditionandinformedappliedpastoralcare.Thiscoursewillalsocompareandcontrastpracticalanthropologicalideasdevelopedbywestern,moderneraphilosopherssuchasNietzsche,FreudandSartre.Thecourse
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willalsoexploresomemodernbioethical,technologicalandsocialissuesthatposenewquestionsregardingthehumanpersonandhavedirectimplicationsforthepracticeofpastoralministry.Studentswillbeevaluatedontheirclassparticipation,ashortpaper(8-10pages)andafinalpaper(15-20pages).
Fortheonlinesection,classroomlecturesandseminarswillberecordedandmadeavailabletoviewonthecourseportal.Participationwillbeviaonlinediscussionforums.
ExpandedCourseDescription
PastoralcareintheOrthodoxChristiantraditionbeginswithathoroughunderstandingofthehumanpersonintheScripturesandinHolyTradition.OnlywithanunderstandingofhowwearecreatedbyGodandwhatHehascalledustobecomecanweidentifyanddiagnosethesicknessesanddisordersofthefallenstateandapplytheappropriatespiritualcure.
TheOrthodoxChristianunderstandingofthehumanpersonstemsprimarilyfromDivineRevelation.IntheologicaltermsthequestionofGodandhumanityaretwoequations.Thefirstisapreconditionfortheother,andtheotherstemsfromthefirst.Thehumanpersonisacreaturethatemergesthroughrelationships,existingandeventuallyreachingitsfullnessindynamicrelationshipwithGodandallcreation.
PracticalOrthodoxChristiantheologicalanthropologyobservesthehumanpersonasacentralbeinginallcreation.Itsimportancestemsfromthefactthatallthingsexistthroughthehumanbeingandinthehumanbeingallcreationaccomplishesitsownsalvation.ThisaccomplishmentisactualizedthroughpersonalfreeunionwiththeuncreatedGod,inChrist.TospeakaboutthehumanpersoninChristianitymeanstospeaknotaboutthehumanbeingitself,independentofGod,theChurchandtheworld,butahumanwhoinfactisapersonthroughwhomtheessentialbondbetweencreationandGodismadepossible.Thesalvationoftheworldthroughthehumanpersonisdiscernedasaservice–liturgy–inwhichthehumanbeingisrealizedasatruepersonthatstrivestobecomeaneternalandunrepeatablebeingincommunionwithGodandtheworldinChrist.Inanyothercontext,thehumanbeingceasestobeaperson,theimageofGodinthegivenworld.ItisinthisfactthatwefindthefundamentaldifferencebetweenOrthodoxChristiananthropologyandmanyotheranthropologiesthatexist.
ThiscourseprovidestheologicalfoundationsforthepracticeofpastoralministryintheOrthodoxtraditionbyintroducingstudentstothemostsignificantteachingsinappliedOrthodoxtheologicalanthropology,beginningwiththeCappadocianfathers,MaximustheConfessorandothers.ThecoursewillalsoexploresomecontributionsbymodernscholarssuchasYannaras,Zizioulas,Nellas,Mantzaridis,Behr,Vlachos,andBreckwhohaveenrichedthestudyofthehumanpersoninOrthodoxtraditionandinformedappliedpastoralcare.Thiscoursewillalsocompareandcontrastpracticalanthropologicalideasdevelopedbywestern,moderneraphilosopherssuchasNietzsche,FreudandSartre.Thecoursewillalsoexploresomemodernbioethical,technologicalandsocialissuesthatposenewquestionsregardingthehumanpersonandhavedirectimplicationsforthepracticeofpastoralministry.
CourseResources
RequiredCourseReadings
Asetofreadingswillbemadeavailableonthecourseportaldrawingonselectionsfromthefollowingworks.
St.Athanasius.OntheIncarnation.TranslatedbyJohnBehr.St.Vladimir’sSeminaryPress,2011.
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St.BasiltheGreat.OntheHumanCondition.TranslatedbyNonnaVernaHarrison.Crestwood:St.Vladimir’sSeminaryPress,2011.
Behr,John.TheMysteryofChrist:LifeinDeath.Crestwood:St.Vladimir’sSeminaryPress,2006.
Breck,John.GodwithUs:CriticalIssuesinChristianLifeandFaith.Crestwood,NY:SVSPress,2003.
Breck,John.TheSacredGiftofLife:OrthodoxChristianityandBioethics.Crestwood,NY:SVSPress,2000.
Burnham,Douglas.TheNietzscheDictionary.London:BloomsburyPress,2015.
Burton-Christie,Douglas.TheWordintheDesert.NewYork,NY:OxfordUniversityPress,1993.
Cabasilas,Nicholas.TheLifeinChrist.Crestwood,NY:StVladimir’sSeminaryPress,1974.
EcumenicalPatriarchBartholomewI.CosmicGrace,HumblePrayer:TheEcologicalVisionoftheGreenPatriarchBartholomewI.EditedbyFr.JohnChryssavgis.GrandRapids,MI:EerdmansPub,2003.
EngelhardtJr.,H.Tristram.TheFoundationsofChristianBioethics.Lisse:Swets&ZeitlingerPub,2000.
Freud,Sigmund.Civilization,SocietyandReligion.EditedbyAlbertDickson.London:PenguinBooks,1985.
Gardner,Sebastian.Sartre’sBeingandNothingness.NewYork,NY:ContinuumPub.,2009.
Holmes,MichaelW.TheApostolicFathers.GrandRapids:BakerBooks,1999.
Sartre,Jean-Paul.BeingandNothingness.TranslatedbyHazelE.Barnes.NewYork,NY:PhilosophicalLibrary,1956.
Sartre,Jean-Paul.ExistentialismandHumanEmotions.NewYork,NY:CitadelPress,1985.
Sartre,Jean-Paul.“Jean-PaulSartre.”TheStanfordEncyclopediaofPhilosophy(April22,2004)<http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/sartre/>,December5,2011.
St.GregoryofNyssa.FromGlorytoGlory.IntroductionandselectionfromJeanDaniélou.St.Vladimir’sSeminaryPress,2001.
St.GregoryPalamas.TheTriads.NewYork,NY:PaulistPress,1983.
Heidegger,Martin.BeingandTruth.Bloomington,Indianapolis:IndianaUniversityPress,2010.
Korab-Karpowicz,W.J.“MartinHeidegger.”TheInternetEncyclopediaofPhilosophy<http://www.iep.utm.edu/heidegge/#H2>,November2016.
St.IgnatiusofAntioch.TheLetters.Crestwood:St.Vladimir’sSeminaryPress,2013.
St.IrenaeusofLyons.OnTheApostolicPreaching.Crestwood,NY:SVSPress,1997.
St.JohnofDamascus.ThreeTreatisesontheDivineImages.Crestwood,NY:SVSPress,2003.
Jung,Carl.TheCollectedWorksofC.G.Jung:VolumeII.EditedbyWilliamMcGuire.London:Routledge&KeganPaul,1973.
Louth,Andrew.MaximustheConfessor.London/NewYork:Routledge,1999.
St.MaximustheConfessor.OntheCosmicMysteryofJesusChrist.TranslatedbyPaulM.BlowersandRobertLouisWilken.St.Vladimir’sSeminaryPress,2003.
St.MaximustheConfessor.TwoHundredChaptersonTheology.Crestwood,NY:SVSPress,2015.
Mantzaridis,GeorgiosI.TheDeificationofMan.Crestwood:St.Vladimir’sSeminaryPress,1984.
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McLeod,Saul.“SigmundFreud’sTheories.”<http://www.simplypsychology.org/Sigmund-Freud.html>,Publishedonlinein2013.
McLeod,Saul.“CarlJung.”<http://www.simplypsychology.org/carl-jung.html>,Publishedonlinein2014.
McKenny,Gerald.“BiotechnologyandtheNormativeSignificanceofHumanNature:AContributionfromTheologicalAnthropology”inStudiesinChristianEthics,26(1),pp.18-36.
Nellas,Panayiotis.DeificationinChrist:OrthodoxPerspectivesontheNatureoftheHumanPerson.Crestwood:St.Vladimir’sSeminaryPress,1987.
Nietzsche,Freidrich.“Nietzsche’sMoralandPoliticalPhilosophy.”TheStanfordEncyclopediaofPhilosophy(August26,2004)<http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/nietzsche-moral-political/>,October7,2015.
Nietzsche,Freidrich.TheWilltoPower.TranslatedbyWalterKaufmannandR.J.Hollingdale.NewYork,NY:VintageBooks,1968.
Rubenson,Samuel.TheLettersofSt.Anthony:MonasticismandtheMakingofaSaint.Minneapolis,MN:FortressPress,1995.
Sartre,Jean-Paul.BeingandNothingness.TranslatedbyHazelE.Barnes.NewYork:PhilosophicalLibrary,1956.
St.SymeontheNewTheologian.OntheMysticalLife:TheEthicalDiscoursesVol.2.Crestwood:St.Vladimir’sSeminaryPress,1996.
St.SymeontheNewTheologian.OntheMysticalLife:TheEthicalDiscoursesVol.3.Crestwood:St.Vladimir’sSeminaryPress,1996.
Thunberg,Lars.ManandtheCosmos:TheVisionofSt.MaximustheConfessor.Crestwood:St.Vladimir’sSeminary,1985.
Vlachos,Hierotheos.ThePersonintheOrthodoxTradition.Levadia-Hellas:BirthoftheTheotokosMonastery,1998.
Yannaras,Christos.TheFreedomofMorality.Crestwood:St.Vladimir’sSeminaryPress,1984.
Zizioulas,JohnD.BeingasCommunion.Crestwood:St.Vladimir’sSeminaryPress,1985.
Zizioulas,JohnD.CommunionandOtherness.NewYork:T&TClarkPub,2006.
RecommendedBooks
Behr,John.BecomingHuman.Crestwood:StVladimir’sSeminaryPress,2013.
Behr,John.“TheRationalAnimal:ARereadingofGregoryofNyssa’sDehominisopificio.”JournalofEarlyChristianStudies,Vol.7,Number2,1999.pp.219-247.
Bulgakov,Sergius.TheBrideoftheLamb.TranslatedbyBorisJakim.GrandRapids:WilliamB.EerdmansPublishingCompany,2002.
Bulgakov,Sergius.UnfadingLight:ContemplationsandSpeculations.TranslatedbyThomasAllanSmith.GrandRapids:WilliamB.EerdmansPublishingCompany,2012.
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Cadenhead,Raphael.“CorporealityandAskesis:EthicsandBodilyPracticeinGregoryofNyssa’sTheologicalAnthropology”inStudiesinChristianEthics,26(3),281-299.
Clément,Olivier.OnHumanBeing:ASpiritualAnthropology.London:NewCity,2000.
Ellverson,Anna-Stina.TheDualNatureofMan:AStudyintheTheologicalAnthropologyofGregoryofNazianzus.Stockholm:Uppsala,1981.
St.GregoryofNyssa.OntheMakingofManinNiceneandPost-NiceneFathers,vol.5.EditedbyPhilipSchaffandHenryWace.Peabody:HendricksonPublishing,1999.
St.GregoryofNyssa.OntheSoulandtheResurrection.TranslatedbyCatharineP.Roth.Crestwood:St.Vladimir’sSeminaryPress,1993.
Lewis,C.S.TheAbolitionofMan.NewYork:HarperCollins,2001.
Loudovikos,Nikolaos.AEucharisticOntology:MaximustheConfessor’sEschatologicalOntologyofBeingasDialogicalReciprocity.Brookline:HolyCrossOrthodoxPress,2010.
Louth,Andrew.MaximustheConfessor.London/NewYork:Routledge,1999.
Niebuhr,Reinhold.MoralManandImmoralSociety.Westminister:JohnKnoxPress,2011.
Nietzsche,Friedrich.TheJoyfulWisdom,inExploringthePhilosophyofReligion,7thed.DavidStewart,ed.,UpperSaddleRiver,N.J.:PrenticeHall,2010.
Rubenson,Samuel.TheLettersofSt.Anthony:MonasticismandtheMakingofaSaint.Minneapolis,MN:FortressPress,1995.
Turcescu,Lucian.“’Person’versus‘Individual’,andotherModernmisreadingsofGregoryofNyssa”,ModernTheology,18:4,October2002,pp.527-539.
VonBalthasar,HansUrs.CosmicLiturgy:TheUniverseAccordingtoMaximustheConfessor.SanFrancisco:Communion-Ignatius,2003.
VonBalthasar,HansUrs.PresenceandThought:AnEssayontheReligiousPhilosophyofGregoryofNyssa.SanFrancisco:Communio-Ignatius,1995.
Ware,BishopKallistos.TheInnerKingdom.Crestwood:St.Vladimir’sSeminaryPress,2000.
Yannaras,Christos.PersonandEros.TranslatedbyNormanRussell.Brookline:HolyCrossOrthodoxPress,2007.
Zizioulas,JohnD.TheOneandtheMany:StudiesonGod,Man,theChurchandtheWorldToday.EditedbyFr.GregoryEdwards.Alhambra:SebastianPress,2010.
CoursePortal
ThiscoursewillmakeextensiveuseoftheUniversityofToronto’sLearningPortalalsoknownas‘Blackboard’.
Toaccesstheportal,gototheUofTportalloginpageathttps://portal.utoronto.caandloginusingyourUTORidandpassword.OnceyouhaveloggedintotheportalusingyourUTORidandpassword,lookfortheMyCoursesmodule,whereyou’llfindthelinktothewebsiteforallyourBlackboard-basedcourses.
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(YourcourseregistrationwithROSIgivesyouaccesstothecoursewebsiteatBlackboard.)Notealsotheinformationathttp://www.portalinfo.utoronto.ca/content/information-students.
Pleaseensurethatyouarefamiliarwithhowtoaccessthesystemandnavigatethroughit.Theportalwillbeusedinthefollowingways:
• Keepinganupdatedversionofthecoursesyllabusandcalendar• Providingcoursereadings,bibliographiesandotherhandouts• Sharingadditionalonlineresources• Communicatingclassnoticesandupdates• Issuingassignmentguidelinesanddeadlines• Acceptingassignmentsubmissions• Providingfeedbackandgradesforallassignmentsandothercourserequirements
Inaddition,fortheonlinesection,theportalwillbeusedinthefollowingways:
• Deliveringweeklycourselecturesandseminars(availablealsoforclassroom-basedstudentsforreview)
• Enablingstudentparticipationandinteractionintheblogs,discussionforumsandotheronlinecommunications(seecourserequirementsandevaluationbelow)
AuditorswhodonothaveaUTORidshouldspeaktotheinstructortoreceiveguestaccesstothecourseportal.
Asintheclassroom,onlinecommunicationmustbecarriedoutrespectfullyandcivillyatalltimes.Writingwithintheonlinemediaofblogs,discussionforumsisnotanexcuseforlaziness,lackofproperreflectionoruncivility.Argumentsmustbecarefullycrafted,respectfullypresentedandgroundedinsourcetextsandsolidreflection.Studentswhofailtoadheretotheseguidelineswillnotsucceedinthiscourse.
CourseLearningObjectives
Studentssuccessfullycompletingthiscoursewillbeableto:
• IdentifymajorpatristicteachingsinappliedOrthodoxanthropologyasthebasisforthepracticeofpastoralministry
• Identifymajoranthropologicalideasofmoderneraphilosopherswhichhaveanimplicationforpastoralcare,andcompareandcontrastmodernanthropologicalmodelstothoseofthepatristicera
• Identifyandcriticallydiscusspotentialproblems/benefitsofapplyingwithinthepracticeofpastoralcarethepatristicanthropologicalmodeltothemoderndayunderstandingof“theself”inlightofpressingsociological,bioethicalandevenpoliticalissues
ProgrammeOutcomes
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Onlinesectioncourseelements:pleasenotethatthelecturesandseminardiscussionswillberecordedandviewableinthecourseportalandfollowedbyonlinediscussion.
CourseOutcomes:KnowledgeoftheAreaofConcentration
CourseElements
ProgrammeOutcomes
Studentssuccessfullycompletingthiscoursewillbeableto:
Thisoutcomewillbeachievedthroughthesecourseelements:
ThiscourseoutcomecorrespondstotheseaspectsoftheBasicDegreeLearningOutcomes
IdentifymajorpatristicteachingsofOrthodoxanthropologyanthropologyasthebasisforthepracticeofpastoralministry
Lectures/seminardiscussions
Religiousheritage
Culturalcontext
Identifymajoranthropologicalideasofmoderneraphilosopherswhichhaveanimplicationforpastoralcare,andcompareandcontrastmodernanthropologicalmodelstothoseofthepatristicera
Lectures/seminardiscussions
Shortpaper
Finalpaper
Religiousheritage
Culturalcontext
Capacityforministry
Identifyandcriticallydiscusspotentialproblems/benefitsofapplyingwithinthepracticeofpastoralcarethepatristicanthropologicalmodeltothemoderndayunderstandingof“theself”inlightofpressingsociological,bioethicalandevenpoliticalissues
Lectures/seminardiscussions
Shortpaper
Finalpaper
Religiousheritage
Culturalcontext
Capacityforministry
Personalandspiritualformation
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Evaluation
Requirements–ClassroomSection
Thefinalgradeforthecoursewillbebasedonthefollowingareas:
1. ClassParticipation:regularattendanceandvigorousparticipationinweeklydiscussion,basedonreadings,willbeexpectedeveryweek–20%
2. ShortPaper(8-10pages)–30%(DueDate:TBA)
3. FinalPaper(15–20pages)–50%(DueDate:TBA)
Requirements–OnlineSection
Thefinalgradeforthecoursewillbebasedonthefollowingareas:
1. ClassParticipation:Regularandvigorousparticipationinweeklyonlinediscussionforums,basedonreadings,willbeexpectedeveryweek–20%
2. ShortPaper(8-10pages)–30%(DueDate:TBA)
3. FinalPaper(15–20pages)–50%(DueDate:TBA)
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GradingSystem
PolicyonLateAssignments
Theinstructorreservestherighttodeductupto2.5%ofthefinalassignmentgradeforeachweekthatanassignmentislate.Studentsaregenerallygranteda‘graceweek’providedtheinstructorisinformedofanyspecialcircumstancesbeforetheassignmentdeadline.
Thispenaltyisnotappliedtostudentswithmedicalorcompassionatedifficulties;studentsfacingsuchdifficultiesarekindlyrequestedtoconsultwiththeirfacultyadvisororbasicdegreedirector,whoshouldmakearecommendationonthemattertotheinstructor.Theabsolutedeadlineforthecourseistheexaminationdayscheduledforthecourse.Studentswhoforexceptionalreasons(forinstance,adeathinthefamilyoraseriousillness)areunabletocompleteworkbythisdatemayrequestanextension(SDF=‘standingdeferred’)beyondtheterm.AnSDFmustberequestedfromtheregistrar’sofficeinthestudent’scollegeofregistrationnolaterthanthelastdayofclassesinwhichthecourseistaken.TheSDF,whenapproved,willhaveamutuallyagreedupondeadlinethatdoesnotextendbeyondtheconclusionofthefollowingterm.IfastudenthasnotcompletedworkbuthasnotbeengrantedanSDF,afinalmarkwillbesubmittedcalculatingazeroforworknotsubmitted.
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CourseGrades
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Policies
Accessibility.Studentswithadisabilityorhealthconsiderationareentitledtoaccommodation.StudentsmustregisterattheUniversityofToronto’sAccessibilityServicesoffices;informationisavailableathttp://www.accessibility.utoronto.ca/.Thesoonerastudentseeksaccommodation,thequickerwecanassist.
Plagiarism.Studentssubmittingwrittenmaterialincoursesareexpectedtoprovidefulldocumentationforsourcesofbothwordsandideasinfootnotesorendnotes.Directquotationsshouldbeplacedwithinquotationmarks.(Ifsmallchangesaremadeinthequotation,theyshouldbeindicatedbyappropriatepunctuationsuchasbracketsandellipses,butthequotationstillcountsasadirectquotation.)Failuretodocumentborrowedmaterialconstitutesplagiarism,whichisaseriousbreachofacademic,professional,andChristianethics.AninstructorwhodiscoversevidenceofstudentplagiarismisnotpermittedtodealwiththesituationindividuallybutisrequiredtoreportittohisorherheadofcollegeordelegateaccordingtotheTSTBasicDegreeHandbook(linkedfromhttp://www.tst.edu/content/handbooks)andtheUniversityofTorontoCodeofBehaviouronAcademicMattershttp://www.governingcouncil.utoronto.ca/AssetFactory.aspx?did=4871.Astudentwhoplagiarizesinthiscourse.Studentswillbeassumedtohavereadthedocument“Avoidanceofplagiarismintheologicalwriting”publishedbytheGrahamLibraryofTrinityandWycliffeColleges(http://www.trinity.utoronto.ca/Library_Archives/Theological_Resources/Tools/Guides/plag.htm.
Otheracademicoffences.TSTstudentscomeunderthejurisdictionoftheUniversityofTorontoCodeofBehaviouronAcademicMattershttp://www.governingcouncil.utoronto.ca/policies/behaveac.htm).
Back-upcopies.Pleasemakeback-upcopiesofessaysbeforehandingthemin.
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Emailcommunicationwiththecourseinstructor.Theinstructoraimstorespondtoemailcommunicationsfromstudentsinatimelymanner.Allemailcommunicationsfromstudentsshouldbesentfromautorontoemailaddress.Emailcommunicationsfromotheremailaddressesarenotsecure,andalsotheinstructorcannotreadilyidentifythemasbeinglegitimateemailsfromstudents.Theinstructorisnotobligedtorespondtoemailfromnon-utorontoaddresses.
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CourseSchedule
CLASSTOPICSANDBIBLIOGRAPHY
Week1 Introduction–PhilosophyandTheology:Personhoodinthe1stCenturyA.D.
Reading(inclass):
• Introductionsoffacultyandstaff• Introductiontoterminology:Greekphilosophyvs.divinerevelation• PersonhoodintheBible:Gen.1:26-27,Lev.11:44-45,19:2,1Cor.11:17,15:45-50,2Cor.2:18,
Col.1:15,3:1-3,Heb.1:3,John1:1-13,10:21-22,30,17:3,17:11,Eph.4:22-24,5:1-2,Rom12:2• Philosophy:etymology,metaphysics,mindvs.nous,materialvs.immaterial,hedonismand
eudaemonism(escapism),realityvs.illusion(Plato)• Theology:Godasperson,Godaslove,soulandbody(hypostasis),positivenatureofmatter,
creationexnihilo,purificationandillumination,reasonvs.experience,personhoodas“becoming”
Week2 TheTheologyofthe“Anthropos”AccordingtheApostolicFathers
Reading:
• St.IgnatiusofAntioch.TheLetters.Crestwood:St.Vladimir’sSeminaryPress,2013.Pages11-23,29-41,67-75
• Holmes,MichaelW.TheApostolicFathers.GrandRapids:BakerBooks,1999.Pages528-555
GuidedDiscussionThemes
• IntroductiontoSt.IgnatiusofAntioch• IgnatiustotheEphesians• IgnatiustotheRomans• LettertoDiognetus(Early4thCChristianapology)
Week3 TheTheologyofPersonAccordingtotheEarlyFathers
Reading:
• Vlachos,Hierotheos.ThePersonintheOrthodoxTradition.Levadia-Hellas:BirthoftheTheotokosMonastery,1998.Pages68-81
• St.IrenaeusofLyons.OnTheApostolicPreaching.Crestwood,NY:SVSPress,1997.Pages39-50,59-65
• St.BasiltheGreat.OntheHumanCondition.TranslatedbyNonnaVernaHarrison.Crestwood:St.Vladimir’sSeminaryPress,2011.Pages31-64
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• St.GregoryofNyssa.OntheSoulandtheResurrection.TranslatedbyCatharineP.Roth.Crestwood:St.Vladimir’sSeminaryPress,1993.Page112-118,273-274
GuidedDiscussion
• St.IrenaeusofLyons:ProofoftheApostolicPreaching• St.BasiltheGreatontheOriginofHumanityDiscourse1:AccordingtotheImage• St.BasiltheGreatontheOriginofHumanityDiscourse2:OntheHumanBeing• St.GregoryofNyssa:RestoringGod’sImage• St.GregoryofNyssa:TheNewCreation
Week4 TheTheologyofthePersonAccordingtotheEarlyMonasticTradition
Reading:
• Vlachos,Hierotheos.ThePersonintheOrthodoxTradition.Levadia-Hellas:BirthoftheTheotokosMonastery,1998.Pages86-110
• Rubenson,Samuel.TheLettersofSt.Anthony:MonasticismandtheMakingofaSaint.Minneapolis,MN:FortressPress,1995.Pages68-71
• Burton-Christie,Douglas.TheWordintheDesert.NewYork,NY:OxfordUniversityPress,1993.Pages213-233
GuidedDiscussionThemes
• TheAsceticismofthePerson• St.AnthonytheGreat:ManasMind,SoulandBody• Self-RenunciationandtheRecoveryofParadise
Week5 TheTheologyofthePersonAccordingtoSt.MaximustheConfessorandSt.JohnofDamascus
Reading:
• St.MaximustheConfessor.OntheCosmicMysteryofJesusChrist.TranslatedbyPaulM.BlowersandRobertLouisWilken.St.Vladimir’sSeminaryPress,2003.Pages13-16,29-43,97-98,131-143
• St.MaximustheConfessor.TwoHundredChaptersonTheology.Crestwood,NY:SVSPress,2015.Pages61,93,96,97,165
• St.JohnofDamascus.ThreeTreatisesontheDivineImages.Crestwood,NY:SVSPress,2003.Pages7-14,70-77,82-88
GuidedDiscussionThemes
• IntroductiontoSt.MaximustheConfessor(OptionalReading)• AdThalassium1:MaximusonthePassionsandHumanNature• AdThalassium61:OntheLegacyofAdam’sTransgression• Maximus’TwoHundredChaptersonTheology:SelectedExcerpts• IntroductiontoSt.JohnofDamascus(OptionalReading)
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• InDefenseoftheHolyIconsTreatiseII(selectedexcerpts)• InDefenseoftheHolyIconsTreatiseIII(selectedexcerpts)
Week6 TheTheologyofthePersonAccordingtoSt.GregoryPalamasandSt.SymeontheNewTheologian
Reading:
• St.GregoryPalamas.TheTriads.NewYork,NY:PaulistPress,1983.Pages1-5,25-30(optional),57-69,
• St.SymeontheNewTheologian.OntheMysticalLife:TheEthicalDiscoursesVol.3.Crestwood:St.Vladimir’sSeminaryPress,1996.Pages7-13,147-156
• St.SymeontheNewTheologian.OntheMysticalLife:TheEthicalDiscoursesVol.2.Crestwood:St.Vladimir’sSeminaryPress,1996.Pages67-73,165-172
• Cabasilas,Nicholas.TheLifeinChrist.Crestwood,NY:StVladimir’sSeminaryPress,1974.Pages43-49,195-197,203-204,215-222
GuidedDiscussionThemes
• St.GregoryPalamas:IntrotoThemes• PhilosophyDoesNotSave(fromoptionalreading)• St.GregoryPalamas:DeificationinChrist• St.SymeontheNewTheologian:IntrotoThemes• St.SymeontheNewTheologian:BeingOnewithGod• St.SymeontheNewTheologian:OntheOldmanvs.theNewMan• AlexanderGolitzin(Commentary):OntheImageofGodinMan• NicholasCabasilas:TheLifeinChrist• NicholasCabasilas:Self-Surrender
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Week7 PersonhoodAccordingtoModernOrthodoxTheologians:Zizioulas,Yannaras
Reading:
• Zizioulas,JohnD.BeingasCommunion.Crestwood:St.Vladimir’sSeminaryPress,1985.Pages27-65
• Zizioulas,JohnD.CommunionandOtherness.NewYork:T&TClarkPub,2006.Pages213-236,237-247
• Yannaras,Christos.TheFreedomofMorality.Crestwood:St.Vladimir’sSeminaryPress,1984.Pages13-24
GuidedDiscussionThemes
• JohnZizioulas:PersonhoodandBeing
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• JohnZizioulas:PersonhoodasEkstasisandHypostasisofBeing• JohnZizioulas:PersonhoodintheLightofChristology&Pneumatology• ChristosYannaras:TheMasksofMoralityandtheEthosofthePerson
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Week8 ModernTheologiansContinued:MantzaridisandNellas
Reading:
• Mantzaridis,GeorgiosI.TheDeificationofMan.Crestwood:St.Vladimir’sSeminaryPress,1984.Pages15-33,127-129
• Nellas,Panayiotis.DeificationinChrist:OrthodoxPerspectivesontheNatureoftheHumanPerson.Crestwood:St.Vladimir’sSeminaryPress,1987.Pages44-53,121-139
GuidedDiscussionThemes
• GeorgiosI.Mantzaridis:Man’sDeification• GeorgiosI.Mantzaridis:Conclusions• PanayiotisNellas:The“GarmentsofSkin”–GeneralAnthropologicalContent• PanayiotisNellas:TheChristificationofMan’sBeing
Week9 PersonhoodAccordingtoFreudandHeidegger
Reading:
• McLeod,Saul.“SigmundFreud’sTheories.”<http://www.simplypsychology.org/Sigmund-Freud.html>,Publishedonlinein2013.Pages1-10
• Freud,Sigmund.Civilization,SocietyandReligion.EditedbyAlbertDickson.London:PenguinBooks,1985.Pages122-128(OPTIONALREADING)
• McLeod,Saul.“CarlJung.”<http://www.simplypsychology.org/carl-jung.html>,Publishedonlinein2014.Pages1-5
• Jung,Carl.TheCollectedWorksofC.G.Jung:VolumeII.EditedbyWilliamMcGuire.London:Routledge&KeganPaul,1973.(Selections)(OPTIONALREADING)
• Korab-Karpowicz,W.J.“MartinHeidegger.”TheInternetEncyclopediaofPhilosophy<http://www.iep.utm.edu/heidegge/#H2>,November2016.Pages1-13
• Heidegger,Martin.BeingandTruth.Bloomington,Indianapolis:IndianaUniversityPress,2010.Pages15-22(OPTIONALREADING)
GuidedDiscussionThemes
• SigmundFreud:BasicTeachings• CarlJung:BasicTeachings• MartinHeidegger:BasicTeachings• MartinHeidegger:ChristianMetaphysics
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Week10 PersonhoodAccordingtoSartreandNietzsche
Reading:
• Nietzsche,Freidrich.“Nietzsche’sMoralandPoliticalPhilosophy.”TheStanfordEncyclopediaofPhilosophy(August26,2004)<http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/nietzsche-moral-political/>,October7,2015.Pages1-19
• Nietzsche,Freidrich.TheWilltoPower.TranslatedbyWalterKaufmannandR.J.Hollingdale.NewYork,NY:VintageBooks,1968.Pages9-10,12-13,100-103
• Burnham,Douglas.TheNietzscheDictionary.London:BloomsburyPress,2015.(Selections)–OPTIONALREADING
• Sartre,Jean-Paul.“Jean-PaulSartre.”TheStanfordEncyclopediaofPhilosophy(April22,2004)<http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/sartre/>,December5,2011.Pages1-8
• Sartre,Jean-Paul.BeingandNothingness.TranslatedbyHazelE.Barnes.NewYork,NY:PhilosophicalLibrary,1956.Pages617-628
• Sartre,Jean-Paul.ExistentialismandHumanEmotions.NewYork,NY:CitadelPress,1985.Pages60-83
• Gardner,Sebastian.Sartre’sBeingandNothingness.NewYork,NY:ContinuumPub.,2009.Pages1-28–OPTIONALREADING
GuidedDiscussionThemes
• Nietzsche’sMoralPhilosophy• NietzscheonNihilismandReligion• Sartre:BasicThought• Sartre:ExistentialismasOntology• Sartre:WantingtobeGod,ExistentialPsychoanalysis
Week11 PersonhoodinBioethicalIssues:Fr.JohnBreckandTristramH.EngelhardtJr.
Reading:
• Breck,John.TheSacredGiftofLife:OrthodoxChristianityandBioethics.Crestwood,NY:SVSPress,2000.Pages55-80,
• Breck,John.GodwithUs:CriticalIssuesinChristianLifeandFaith.Crestwood,NY:SVSPress,2003.Pages22-24,28-31,35-61
• EngelhardtJr.,H.Tristram.TheFoundationsofChristianBioethics.Lisse:Swets&ZeitlingerPub,2000.Pages309-313,327-337
GuidedDiscussionThemes
• Breck:Sexuality&Gender• Breck:BeginningofLife&Cloning• Breck:Abortion• Engelhardt:EndofLife,Suicide,Euthanasia
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Week12 ThePersonandtheEnvironment,EcumenicalDialogue,BringingitAllTogether:CCC,EcumenicalPatriarchBartholomewIandFr.JohnBehr
Reading:
• EcumenicalPatriarchBartholomewI.CosmicGrace,HumblePrayer:TheEcologicalVisionoftheGreenPatriarchBartholomewI.EditedbyFr.JohnChryssavgis.GrandRapids,MI:EerdmansPub,2003.Pages123-129
• CanadianCouncilofChurches:FaithandWitnessCommission.BecomingHuman:OnTheologicalAnthropologyinanAgeofEngineeringLife.Toronto:CanadianCouncilofChurches,2005.
• Behr,John.TheMysteryofChrist:LifeinDeath.Crestwood:St.Vladimir’sSeminaryPress,2006.Pages173-181
GuidedDiscussionThemes
• PatriarchBartholomew:OrthodoxyandtheEnvironment• CCC:EcumenicalConsensusonHumanAnthropology• Behr:APremodernFaithforaPostmodernEra
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