This course is available to anyone. It is conducted online through a combination of interactive online video conferenced meetings in the evening, reading assignments, and asynchronous online discussions through the Schoology educational software platform.
It is 2 credits and will follow the Saint Vincent academic calendar.
Registration deadline: Aug 14, 2023
Registration will be limited to 15 students per course.
Taught by Dr. Michel Therrien.
Time: 6:30-8:15 p.m. Mondays
This course explores the major biblical and theological themes of Pope St. John Paul II’s Theology of the Body. It will also address the cultural and historical context of the Sexual Revolution to which the Theology of the Body is a response. Further consideration is given to TOB’s relevance to the LGBTQ movement and its challenges to Christian anthropology. The primary source for the course will be the second edition of the Theology of the Body text, Man and Woman He Created Them: A Theology of the Body.
Note: All are welcome to take it for credit or to audit.
