Catholic Theological College

Exploring some connections between religious belief and ethics, this session considers the implications of these for both personal and societal ethical decision making in the Australian context.

This session we will consider Charles Taylor, a philosopher whose cultural analysis helps those of us who want to understand why belief in God is more difficult today than it was 500 years ago.

This session explores Luke’s inclusion of women in the life and ministry of Jesus, points to his further inclusion of women in Acts, and investigates the implications for today.

This session will introduce participants to the topic of interculturality—the mutual exchange of cultural ideas. We will discuss how it relates to various church contexts and the challenge of mission.

Many people say (or fear?) that God and science don’t mix. This session is an introduction to the “conflict myth” and will offer some clues about how to understand the science–faith relationship as a harmonious one.

St Anselm’s Cur Deus Homo (“Why God became human”) is justifiably famous, but rarely read and often misunderstood. It is not about an angry God who needs someone to punish. Rather, directed against non-believers who refuse to worship a crucified God, it talks of the cross as a place of wisdom, freedom, and honour.

This session is a brief introduction to artificial intelligence (including large language models like ChatGPT) and transhumanism, in which we will reflect on how Christians might think about future developments.

We will look at how the experience of beauty helps us understand some theological concepts; and also how, therefore, the Church has understood the place of art.