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Certificate
Programme:
credit
bearing
courses from
the
University
of Cambridge
St Albans Centre for Christian Studies is a local centre for the University of Cambridge’s Institute of Continuing Education. The Certificate Programme in Theological Studies comprises three core modules and a variety of optional modules. The certificate is awarded when students have successfully completed the core modules and two additional modules. Core modules 1 and 2 are normally taken together over one academic year
(The St
Albans
Certificate
in
Theology),
but it is
possible to
take module
2 before
taking
module 1 and
to take
either
module as a
'stand
alone'
course. No
prior
experience
or study is
required.
The
programme is
a level 1
university
course (i.e.
equivalent
to the first
year at
undergraduate
level).
Students on
certificate
programme
course are
required to
complete a
written
assignment
for each
module. For
full details
of the
Certificate
programme
this term
please
follow this
link:
St Albans
Certificate
in Theology
Saturday
Study Days
Study days
aim to open
up areas of
interest and
provide a
basic
introduction
to a topic
which might
be studied
more deeply
on other
courses or
by private
reading.
Designed for
busy people
the days are
intended to
be
comprehensive
and clear.
Each day
includes a
break for
morning
coffee
(provided)
and for
lunch
(please make
your own
provision).
The Bible...
in a day
Saturday
24 April
2010
This study day is aimed at people
looking for
a way into a
deeper
knowledge of
the
Christian
Bible. The
day will
offer a
basic
overview and
framework
into which
to fit
existing
knowledge,
and a
foundation
on which
further
reading or
study can be
based.
Sessions
will cover
both the Old
Testament
(with Dr
Kevin
Walton), the
texts which
Christians
share with
Judaism, and
the New
Testament
(with Dr
Dennis
Stamps).
Both tutors
are
specialists
in their
field and
bring to the
day a wealth
of personal
knowledge
and
experience.
If you have
been looking
for a way to
understand
and approach
the less
familiar
parts of the
Bible, this
day
is for you!
Tutor:
Revd Dr
Dennis
Stamps
and Revd Dr
Kevin Walton
Venue:
The Chapter
House Crypt,
St Albans
Cathedral
Date:
Saturday 24
April 2010
Time:
10.30 am to
3.30
pm
Cost: £18 (including morning coffee
& biscuits)
There will be a lunch break, please bring a packed lunch
or take
lunch in the
Cafe at the
Abbey.
Creative
Writing
Quiet Day
Saturday
8 May 2010
Creative writing can be a vehicle for prayer and
a means of
developing a
relationship
with God. It
can take
many forms,
from writing
a diary or
journal to
poetry. It
might be a
way forward
for you in
your
spiritual
life: one
you may not
have
considered
before, or
one you may
have tried
and given
up.
It may be that you have never written much more
than a
shopping
list or a
note to the
milkman, but
writing
could still
be an
opening to
God that
will
surprise
you! We can
easily let
our past
educational
experience
lead us to
believe that
we can’t
write, but
this could
be to lose a
God-given
gift. On the
other hand,
you may
write
frequently,
keep a
diary, write
long letters
to friends
or even
fiction or
poetry, but
have never
considered
writing as a
way of
prayer.
Whatever
your
experience,
this day
event could
inspire you.
It requires
no previous
experience,
although
those with
experience
are welcome
too.
The workshop aims to provide a means of
encouragement
and
motivation.
It gives an
opportunity
to make a
start,
restart or
develop this
aspect of
your
spiritual
life.
The workshop will be led by Revd Paul Booth, an
Anglican
priest,
spiritual
director and
group
facilitator,
with
considerable
experience
in this
area.
Tutor:
Revd Paul
Booth,
the
Annunciation
Trust
Venue:
The Chapter
House Crypt,
St Albans
Cathedral
Date:
Saturday 8
May 2010
Time:
10.00 am to
3.30
pm
Cost: £18 (including morning coffee
& biscuits)
There will be a lunch break, please bring a packed lunch
or take
lunch in the
Cafe at the
Abbey.
El Siglo de
Oro:
Christian
art in the
golden age
of Spain
Saturday
22 May 2010
In the late sixteenth century, and on
into the
seventeenth,
the great
flowering of
Spanish
culture
known as
el
siglo de oro,
the golden
century,
produced a
series of
major
artists,
many of whom
produced
passionately
devout and
spiritually
intense
works on
Christian
themes. This
study day
will
introduce
the work of
El Greco,
and the
painters
working
under the
influence of
Velázquez:
in
particular,
Francisco de
Zurbarán,
Bartolomé
Esteban
Murillo and
Juan Valdés
Leal. These
artists
produced
some of the
most
striking
works of
baroque art,
and in their
religious
compositions
blended
profound
mysticism
with a
realism
which is at
times
disturbing.
Tutor:
Iain Lane,
Administrator
StACCS
Venue:
The Chapter
House Crypt,
St Albans
Cathedral
Date:
Saturday 22
May 2010
Time:
10.30 am to
3.30
pm
Cost: £18 (including morning coffee
& biscuits)
There will be a lunch break, please bring a packed lunch
or take
lunch in the
Cafe at the
Abbey.
Short
courses
Many people
find evening
classes
difficult to
attend: the
hectic pace
of modern
life makes
it difficult
to get to
ten
consecutive
Tuesday
evenings,
and after a
long day at
work energy
levels can
be low.
However, a
short course
of two or
three
evening
sessions is
often more
accessible,
so each term
we offer a
small number
of short
courses on a
variety of
themes.
T. S.
Eliot's Four
Quartets
Tuesdays
20 & 27
April 2010
This poem, often quoted in devotional
writings and
sermons, is
one of the
deepest and
richest
works of the
twentieth
century.
Resonant
with echoes
of many
earlier
texts and
events in
Eliot’s
life,
Four Quartets, whose main subject is religious
experience,
repays quiet
contemplation.
These two
lectures are
step by step
guides to
the poem,
opening the
way for
further
exploration.
Participants
will benefit
from
bringing a
copy of the
poem with
them to the
two
evenings.
Tutor:
Dr
Dave
Dickinson,
Director StACCS
Venue:
The Chapter
House, St
Albans
Cathedral
Date:
Tuesdays 20
& 27 April
2010
Time:
8.00 pm
Cost:
£16
St Luke,
storyteller
and
theologian
Tuesdays
11, 18 & 25
May 2010
Many
churches
this year
are focusing
in their
Sunday
services on
readings
from the
Gospel
according to
Luke.
Following up
on the
lecture in
January
introducing
this gospel
given by Dr
Jeffrey
John, we
offer this
term a short
course
exploring
the gospel
in more
depth. The
course
explores the
style and
artistry of
the
narrative
and the
underlying
theology,
enriching
our
understanding
of familiar
readings,
and helping
the text
come to
life.
Tutor:
Dr
Dennis
Stamps
Venue:
The Chapter
House, St
Albans
Cathedral
Date:
Tuesdays 20
& 27 April
2010
Time:
8.00 pm
Cost:
£24
A history of
religious
nonconformity
in
Hertfordshire
Tuesdays
1, 8, 15 &
22 June 2010
Jonathan Rodell is an enthusiastic
teacher with
a great
depth of
knowledge in
his field at
both local
and national
level. In
this course
he will
share his
enthusiasm
for the
history of
nonconformity,
looking at
Lollardy,
the first
Protestants
and
Separatists;
the Civil
Wars and
their
aftermath,
early
Independents,
Baptists and
Quakers, the
Great
Ejectment
and English
Presbyterianism;
the
Evangelical
Revival and
the growth
of
Methodism,
Unitarianism
and the
revival of
older
Dissent; and
finally the
more recent
history of
the Free
Churches,
their
political
impact and
causes of
numerical
decline. In
each session
the national
developments
will be
explored
through
their
expression
in
Hertfordshire,
linking in
to the local
story behind
many of
today’s
churches and
chapels.
Tutor:
Dr Jonathan
Rodell
Venue:
The Chapter
House, St
Albans
Cathedral
Date:
Tuesdays 1,
8, 15 & 22
June
2010
Time:
8.00 pm
Cost:
£32
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