School:

Boston College School of Theology & Ministry

BTI Category:

Preaching, Liturgy, & Ritual

Preaching and Teaching Luke's Gospel

A study of the context and setting of Luke's Gospel, its literary and theological themes, and the use of that knowledge for catechists and preachers.

School:

Boston College School of Theology & Ministry

BTI Category:

Preaching, Liturgy, & Ritual

Liturgical Preaching for Ordained Ministry

This course is an introduction to the art of liturgical preaching. Included will be discussion of the nature, content, and context of the homily with emphasis on developing skills of preparation, composition, and delivery. There will be opportunity for frequent student preaching with the use of videotape for teacher, peer, and self-evaluation.

School:

Boston College School of Theology & Ministry

BTI Category:

Preaching, Liturgy, & Ritual

Sacraments: Theology and Practice

This course will be a basic introduction to sacramental theology and pastoral practice geared toward the sacraments requirement for MA students. It will cover basic and general issues like the nature of sacraments in general and the nature and function of ritual and symbol. Each of the Church's seven sacraments will be dealt with from a number of perspectives e.g., feminist and liberationist. Students will be expected to do a "live" analysis of a Eucharistic liturgy as well as one other sacramental liturgy.

School:

Boston University School of Theology

BTI Category:

Preaching, Liturgy, & Ritual

Seminary Singers

Open to all students who are interested in singing. Participation in one weekly rehearsal and chapel service, including any special concerts/events/tours that may come up during the semester. Please note: students who are employed by the Seminary Singers may not take the course for credit

School:

Boston University School of Theology

BTI Category:

Preaching, Liturgy, & Ritual

Marsh Chapel Choir

Audition required. Schedule includes Sunday worship in Marsh Chapel and several major concerts.

School:

Boston University School of Theology

BTI Category:

Preaching, Liturgy, & Ritual

Book of Common Prayer

This course provides an overview of the development of the Book of Common Prayer beginning with sixteenth-century England and leading up to the Book of Common Prayer 1979 of the Episcopal Church. Attention will be paid especially to the content and theology of the current BCP and the supplemental materials found in Enriching Our Worship, as well as to current discussions about ongoing liturgical revision in The Episcopal Church.

School:

Boston University School of Theology

BTI Category:

Preaching, Liturgy, & Ritual

Homiletical Options

This course is an advanced homiletics seminar that in alternate years either reviews contemporary homiletic theory ("Homiletical Options") or explores practices of sermon analysis ("Homiletical Analysis").

School:

Boston University School of Theology

BTI Category:

Preaching, Liturgy, & Ritual

Introduction to Christian Worship [LECTURE]

An introduction to the spirit and structure of Christian worship. Word, sacraments, calendar, music, and pastoral offices are analyzed and described in terms of their relevance to congregational life, spirituality, catechesis, and mission. When registering for this course, you must also register for a discussion section.

School:

Boston University School of Theology

BTI Category:

Preaching, Liturgy, & Ritual

Introduction to Christian Worship [DISCUSSION]

[This discussion section is full. Please contact sthregfa@bu.edu to be added to the waitlist or choose a different disucssion section for this course.] Discussion

School:

Boston University School of Theology

BTI Category:

Preaching, Liturgy, & Ritual

Introduction to Christian Worship [DISCUSSION]

Discussion section

School:

Boston University School of Theology

BTI Category:

Preaching, Liturgy, & Ritual

Introduction to Christian Worship [DISCUSSION]

Discussion section

School:

Boston University School of Theology

BTI Category:

Preaching, Liturgy, & Ritual

Introduction to Christian Worship [DISCUSSION]

Discussion section

School:

Boston University School of Theology

BTI Category:

Preaching, Liturgy, & Ritual

Narrative Sermon

In this course, students will learn approaches to preaching narratively. By the end of the course, students will also begin to integrate their homiletical practice with their own emerging narrative theology of preaching. 

School:

Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary-Hamilton

BTI Category:

Preaching, Liturgy, & Ritual

Preaching: Principles and Practices

(Requires knowledge of Greek or Hebrew.) An introduction to the principles of preparing relevant biblical sermons. Lectures and exercises cover a stage-by-stage explanation of how preachers think as they prepare to preach. Recitation sessions provide opportunity for students to preach with critique by the professor.

School:

Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary-Hamilton

BTI Category:

Preaching, Liturgy, & Ritual

Preaching, Persuasion & Leadership

Examines the nature and place of persuasion in communication and homiletics. Appreciation of rhetorical theory as a tool for analyzing and improving preaching. Students assess their own ethos and preach persuasive messages. Consideration of the ethics of persuasive preaching. Lectures, reading, discussion, and exercises

School:

Hartford International

BTI Category:

Preaching, Liturgy, & Ritual

Beyond Candles: Public Rituals

This course explores the role of chaplains and other religious leaders in populist ritual. It shows the delightful public necessity of interfaith life and living. It also examines what will be needed going forward in a post-secular world where more crises can be anticipated. Hurricanes, floods and other natural disasters will also be discussed as well as the occasional joyful gathering when a good thing happens. This course appreciates, analyzes, and prepares people for a more sophisticated understanding of the kind of religion the public wants and creates for itself. It is for chaplains, religious professionals and public ritual makers or democratic citizens themselves. You will leave a more experienced maker of rituals, one that uses ancient as well as contemporary methods.

Course meets on the following dates 9/12, 10/10, 11/7, 12/5, 12/19

School:

Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology

BTI Category:

Preaching, Liturgy, & Ritual

Teleturgics I

A liturgical practicum designed to help the candidate for ordination develop a liturgical ethos, style, and presence. The course offers an analysis of the structural elements of the divine services and instruction on the use of the liturgical books of the Orthodox Church. The course is especially concerned to help the student develop skills for the proper conduct and celebration of the divine services. The class allows for role-playing and analysis. Teleturgics I deals specifically with vespers, orthros the preparatory rites for the Divine Liturgy, i.e., Kairos, vesting and proskomide. The development, care and meaning of vestments is also dealt with.

School:

Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology

BTI Category:

Preaching, Liturgy, & Ritual

The Sacrament of Initiation

This class will cover initiation (baptism, christmation and the Eucharist) from a historical, theological, liturgical and pastoral point of view.

School:

Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology

BTI Category:

Preaching, Liturgy, & Ritual

Ecclesiastical Chant II in English

The sacraments and services found in the Great Euchologion are studied for practical use. Prereq: Byzantine Music I and Ecclesiastical Chant in English.

School:

Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology

BTI Category:

Preaching, Liturgy, & Ritual

Byzantine Music I

This course is a systematic introduction to the basic theory and notation of the Psaltic Art. It will provide a solid foundation for a further study of the liturgical repertoire of the Greek Orthodox Church. Topics to be covered include the history and function of the notation, a thorough examination of key musical concepts (e.g. note, interval, scale, tempo, rhythm, genus, mode, tetrachord, etc.), and a study of the role of music in Greek Orthodox worship. By the end of the semester students will be able to sight-read and perform simple hymns written in the New Method of Analytical Notation in both parallage (solmization) and melos (melody).

School:

Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology

BTI Category:

Preaching, Liturgy, & Ritual

Byzantine Music III

This course is a systematic study of the theoretical and practical aspects of the Third, Fourth and Plagal First Modes of the Psaltic Art within the context of the Anastasimatarion. By the end of the semestet students will be able to petfotm the tesuttectional hymns of the litutgical book of Octoechos ot Parakletike of the afotementioned modes in both parallage (solmization) and melos (melody).

School:

Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology

BTI Category:

Preaching, Liturgy, & Ritual

Byzantine Music V

This course is a systematic study of (i) the model melodies (prologoi-prosomoia) commonly used in musical settings of Byzantine hymns, and (ii) the hymns chanted in sacraments and other services of the Greek Orthodox Church (baptism, wedding, funeral, sanctification of water, etc.). By the end of the semester students will be able to perform the majority of hymns found in the liturgical books without relying on a musical score.

School:

Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology

BTI Category:

Preaching, Liturgy, & Ritual

Byzantine Music VII

This course is a systematic study of Byzantine hymns chanted during major feast days of the ecclesiastical year of the Greek Orthodox Church within the context of the Doxastarion. A great emphasis will be placed on studying the idiomela and doxastika for the feasts of Christmas, Theophany, Annunciation, Dormition of the Virgin Mary, as well as the idiomela and doxastika for the periods of Triodion and Pentecostation. Prerequisites: Byzantine Music I-V.

School:

Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology

BTI Category:

Preaching, Liturgy, & Ritual

Byzantine Music IX

The material taught in this course is equivalent to the material taught in the 4th year of Gteek conservatories and provides comprehensive preparation for the final examination required for a Holy Cross Certificate in Byzantine Music. Students are expected to become competent in performing more technically demanding repettoire, including Gregoty Ptotopsaltis' chetubic hymns, Pettos the Peloponnesian's communion hymns, Pettos the Peloponnesian's Kytie i en pollais amattiais, Ioannis Koukouzelis' Anothen oiprofitai, the ancient hymn Ton despotin kai archierea, and the anaphota hymns for the Divine Litutgy of St. Basil. Prerequisites: Byzantine Music I-V.

School:

Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology

BTI Category:

Preaching, Liturgy, & Ritual

Kalophonic Heirmologion

This course is a systematic study of the post-Byzantine para-liturgical genre of kalophonic heirmos, intended for soloistc performance after the end of the Divine Liturgy, at banquets, visits of eminent secular or religious figures, and other festive accasions. We will study the history, development and musical morphology of the genre, as well as it's manuscript and print tradition and the lives and works of it's composers.

School:

Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology

BTI Category:

Preaching, Liturgy, & Ritual

Voice Class

Although open to all students, this semester-long course is required of all seminarians. The class aims to improve individual voices while working with a class. The fundamentals of chanting/singing will be used, which include: attitude, posture, control of breath, attacks and releases, the jaw (neck and throat), registers, resonance, enunciation, etc. It is recommended that seminarians take the course during their first year.

School:

Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology

BTI Category:

Preaching, Liturgy, & Ritual

Voice Class

Although open to all students, this semester-long course is required of all seminarians. The class aims to improve individual voices while working with a class. The fundamentals of chanting/singing will be used, which include: attitude, posture, control of breath, attacks and releases, the jaw (neck and throat), registers, resonance, enunciation, etc. It is recommended that seminarians take the course during their first year.

School:

Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology

BTI Category:

Preaching, Liturgy, & Ritual

Preaching: Proclaiming the Kingdom

This course is a preparation for the ministry of proclaiming the word of the kingdom. Students are exposed to the theology of preaching, and methods of interpretation, preparation, and production of sermons. Lectures examine the listening assembly and the listening pulpit, the Liturgy and the homily, experiencing and expressing the word. The emphasis is on the prophetic, as well as on the practical, dimension of preaching. While this course is taught in the fall semester, the practical segment continues in the Fr. Veronis spring semester.

School:

Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology

BTI Category:

Preaching, Liturgy, & Ritual

Preaching Practicum

A required practicum for those enrolled in PAST 7201 in the current/previous semester.

School:

Hebrew College

BTI Category:

Preaching, Liturgy, & Ritual

Introduction to Basic Cantillation

This class is an introduction to basic concepts of Torah cantillation. It is not just about learning the ‎melodies. Students will acquire and/or improve skills to chant Torah on weekdays, Sabbaths and ‎Festivals using a common Ashkenazi trope. Topics will also include the rituals surrounding the Torah ‎service, the history of cantillation/trope, correct contemporary pronunciation of Biblical Hebrew, and ‎the underlying syntactic structure of the whole system of cantillation. While this course is primarily for ‎Rabbinical students, others are welcome (depending on size of the class), provided they have ‎adequate sense of musical pitch and the ability to read and translate Biblical Hebrew (with the help of ‎a dictionary).‎