Preaching, Liturgy, & Ritual
School:
Boston College School of Theology & Ministry
BTI Category:
Preaching, Liturgy, & Ritual
TMPS7223
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.
Professor Name
Class Time
Richard J. Clifford, S.J.
4 SATURDAYS: Sept 10, 24, Oct 15, 22
9:00 - 12:00
Online?
N
Professor Approval Required?
N
Credits:
1
Prerequisites?
N
Notes:
N
School:
Boston College School of Theology & Ministry
BTI Category:
Preaching, Liturgy, & Ritual
TMPS8119
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.
Professor Name
Class Time
Joseph Weiss, S.J.
F
9:00 - 12:00
Online?
N
Professor Approval Required?
N
Credits:
3
Prerequisites?
Y
Notes:
PREREQ: Introduction to Liturgy
School:
Boston College School of Theology & Ministry
BTI Category:
Preaching, Liturgy, & Ritual
TMST7193
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.
Professor Name
Class Time
John F. Baldovin, S.J.
M
3:00 - 4:50 pm
Online?
N
Professor Approval Required?
N
Credits:
3
Prerequisites?
N
Notes:
N
School:
Boston University School of Theology
BTI Category:
Preaching, Liturgy, & Ritual
STH TA721
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
Professor Name
Class Time
Kidd
TW
Tues 5PM-6:15PM; Wed 10:10AM-11:55AM
Online?
N
Professor Approval Required?
N
Credits:
1
Prerequisites?
N
Notes:
N
School:
Boston University School of Theology
BTI Category:
Preaching, Liturgy, & Ritual
STH TA808
Marsh Chapel Choir
Audition required. Schedule includes Sunday worship in Marsh Chapel and several major concerts.
Professor Name
Class Time
Jarrett
R, SUN
R 6:30-9:15PM; Sun 9AM-12PM
Online?
N
Professor Approval Required?
N
Credits:
1
Prerequisites?
Y
Notes:
Audition required as prereq
School:
Boston University School of Theology
BTI Category:
Preaching, Liturgy, & Ritual
STH TA811
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.
Professor Name
Class Time
Feyerherm
W
8AM-10:45AM
Online?
N
Professor Approval Required?
N
Credits:
3
Prerequisites?
N
Notes:
N
School:
Boston University School of Theology
BTI Category:
Preaching, Liturgy, & Ritual
STH TC816
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").
Professor Name
Class Time
Jacobsen
M
2:30PM-5:15PM
Online?
N
Professor Approval Required?
N
Credits:
3
Prerequisites?
Y
Notes:
PREREQ: STH TC715 Introduction to Preaching or its equivalent.�
School:
Boston University School of Theology
BTI Category:
Preaching, Liturgy, & Ritual
STH TC817
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.
Professor Name
Class Time
Westerfield Tucker
TR
9:30AM-10:45AM
Online?
N
Professor Approval Required?
N
Credits:
3
Prerequisites?
Y
Notes:
Please choose a discussion section for this course. PREREQ: STH TF701 Intro to Christian Traditions & STH TF702 Christianity Engaging Modernity or their equivalents
School:
Boston University School of Theology
BTI Category:
Preaching, Liturgy, & Ritual
STH TC817 X1
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
Professor Name
Class Time
Westerfield Tucker
T
11:15AM-12:05PM
Online?
N
Professor Approval Required?
N
Credits:
0
Prerequisites?
Y
Notes:
Discussion Section Full - please contact sthregfa@bu.edu to be added to the waitlist; PREREQ: STH TF701 Intro to Christian Traditions & STH TF702 Christianity Engaging Modernity or their equivalents
School:
Boston University School of Theology
BTI Category:
Preaching, Liturgy, & Ritual
STH TC817 X2
Introduction to Christian Worship [DISCUSSION]
Discussion section
Professor Name
Class Time
Westerfield Tucker
F
10:10AM-11AM
Online?
N
Professor Approval Required?
N
Credits:
0
Prerequisites?
Y
Notes:
This is a discussion section for Introduction to Christian Worship. Please also register for the lecture section. PREREQ: STH TF701 Intro to Christian Traditions & STH TF702 Christianity Engaging Modernity or their equivalents
School:
Boston University School of Theology
BTI Category:
Preaching, Liturgy, & Ritual
STH TC817 X4
Introduction to Christian Worship [DISCUSSION]
Discussion section
Professor Name
Class Time
Westerfield Tucker
M
11:15AM-12:05PM
Online?
N
Professor Approval Required?
N
Credits:
0
Prerequisites?
Y
Notes:
This is a discussion section for Introduction to Christian Worship. Please also register for the lecture section. PREREQ: STH TF701 Intro to Christian Traditions & STH TF702 Christianity Engaging Modernity or their equivalents
School:
Boston University School of Theology
BTI Category:
Preaching, Liturgy, & Ritual
STH TC817 X5
Introduction to Christian Worship [DISCUSSION]
Discussion section
Professor Name
Class Time
Westerfield Tucker
R
11:15AM-12:05PM
Online?
N
Professor Approval Required?
N
Credits:
0
Prerequisites?
Y
Notes:
This is a discussion section for Introduction to Christian Worship. Please also register for the lecture section. PREREQ: STH TF701 Intro to Christian Traditions & STH TF702 Christianity Engaging Modernity or their equivalents
School:
Boston University School of Theology
BTI Category:
Preaching, Liturgy, & Ritual
STH TC849
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.
Professor Name
Class Time
Jacobsen
T
12:30PM-3:15PM
Online?
N
Professor Approval Required?
N
Credits:
3
Prerequisites?
N
Notes:
N
School:
Hartford International University
BTI Category:
Preaching, Liturgy, & Ritual
CH-628
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
Professor Name
Class Time
Schaper
M
9:30 AM - 4:00 PM
Online?
N
Professor Approval Required?
N
Credits:
3
Prerequisites?
N
Notes:
Intensive course which meets 9/12, 10/10, 11/7, 12/5 and 12/19
School:
Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology
BTI Category:
Preaching, Liturgy, & Ritual
LITG 5301
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.
Professor Name
Class Time
Rev. Dr. Philip Zymaris
R
2:20-3:30p
Online?
N
Professor Approval Required?
N
Credits:
1.5
Prerequisites?
N
Notes:
N
School:
Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology
BTI Category:
Preaching, Liturgy, & Ritual
LITG 6355
The Sacrament of Initiation
This class will cover initiation (baptism, christmation and the Eucharist) from a historical, theological, liturgical and pastoral point of view.
Professor Name
Class Time
Rev. Dr. Philip Zymaris
TBD
TBD
Online?
TBD
Professor Approval Required?
N
Credits:
3
Prerequisites?
N
Notes:
N
School:
Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology
BTI Category:
Preaching, Liturgy, & Ritual
MUSB 5011
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.
Professor Name
Class Time
Mr. Georgios Theodoridis
F
2-3:20p
Online?
N
Professor Approval Required?
N
Credits:
1.5
Prerequisites?
Y
Notes:
Prereq: Byzantine Music I and Ecclesiastical Chant in English.
School:
Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology
BTI Category:
Preaching, Liturgy, & Ritual
MUSB 5101
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).
Professor Name
Class Time
Rev. Dr. Romanos Karanos
MW
12:10-1p
Online?
N
Professor Approval Required?
N
Credits:
1.5
Prerequisites?
Y
Notes:
N
School:
Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology
BTI Category:
Preaching, Liturgy, & Ritual
MUSB 6301
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).
Professor Name
Class Time
Mr. Georgios Theodoridis
F
3:30-5p
Online?
N
Professor Approval Required?
N
Credits:
1.5
Prerequisites?
Y
Notes:
Byzantine Music I-II
School:
Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology
BTI Category:
Preaching, Liturgy, & Ritual
MUSB 6501
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.
Professor Name
Class Time
Mr. Georgios Theodoridis
W
3:20-5p
Online?
N
Professor Approval Required?
N
Credits:
1.5
Prerequisites?
Y
Notes:
Byzantine Music I-IV
School:
Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology
BTI Category:
Preaching, Liturgy, & Ritual
MUSB 6701
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.
Professor Name
Class Time
Rev. Dr. Romanos Karanos
T
2:30-4:30p
Online?
N
Professor Approval Required?
N
Credits:
1.5
Prerequisites?
Y
Notes:
Byzantine Music I-VI
School:
Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology
BTI Category:
Preaching, Liturgy, & Ritual
MUSB 6831
Byzantine Music IX
The material taught in this course is equivalent to the material taught in the 4th year of Greek 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 Liturgy of St. Basil. Prerequisites: Byzantine Music I-V.
Professor Name
Class Time
Rev. Dr. Romanos Karanos
R
11a-1p
Online?
N
Professor Approval Required?
N
Credits:
1.5
Prerequisites?
Y
Notes:
Byzantine Music I-VIII
School:
Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology
BTI Category:
Preaching, Liturgy, & Ritual
MUSB 6913
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 occasions. 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.
Professor Name
Class Time
Rev. Dr. Romanos Karanos
M
6:40-9p
Online?
N
Professor Approval Required?
N
Credits:
3
Prerequisites?
N
Notes:
N
School:
Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology
BTI Category:
Preaching, Liturgy, & Ritual
MUSW 5351
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.
Professor Name
Class Time
TO BE ANNOUNCED
T
3-3:50p
Online?
N
Professor Approval Required?
N
Credits:
0.5
Prerequisites?
N
Notes:
N
School:
Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology
BTI Category:
Preaching, Liturgy, & Ritual
MUSW 5352
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.
Professor Name
Class Time
TO BE ANNOUNCED
T
4-4:50p
Online?
N
Professor Approval Required?
N
Credits:
0.5
Prerequisites?
N
Notes:
N
School:
Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology
BTI Category:
Preaching, Liturgy, & Ritual
PAST 7201
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.
Professor Name
Class Time
Rev. Luke A. Veronis
TR
9:10-10:30a
Online?
N
Professor Approval Required?
N
Credits:
3
Prerequisites?
N
Notes:
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
PAST 7212
Preaching Practicum
A required practicum for those enrolled in PAST 7201 in the current/previous semester.
Professor Name
Class Time
Rev. Luke A. Veronis
TBD
TBD
Online?
TBD
Professor Approval Required?
N
Credits:
0
Prerequisites?
N
Notes:
A required practicum for those enrolled in PAST 7201 in the current/previous semester.