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Evening & Weekend School
Our Evening and Weekend School programs provide opportunity for sustained study and reflection on the integration of faith and daily life, especially for those busy during the day. You’ll be challenged to think more about what you’re doing in your workplace, home and church; have the opportunity to upgrade your education; or even work towards a Master’s degree.
Winter 2008 Classes
Vocation, Work, and Ministry
Dates January 14 - April 18, 2008
Time Wednesdays 6:30 - 9:30 pm
Instructors Paul Williams, Gray Poehnell, and Paul Stevens
Course Overview This course aims to help students answer two fundamental questions about themselves:
1. Who am I?
2. What should I do with my life?
Combining biblical exposition, theology, cultural analysis, self assessment tools, personal counseling, prayer retreats and discussion groups, the course is a reflective experience in discernment concerning the way you have been made and the path to which the Creator and Shepherd of your life is leading. While some of the application will concern finding or remaining in suitable employed work, the emphasis will be larger and deeper than finding the right job. In today's world most people are in fairly continuous vocational transition. But the approach of the course will be to take the largest understanding of calling or vocation: the invitation of God to live and work wholeheartedly and fruitfully before Him. There will be a balance of teaching, small group interaction and guided personal solitude. Handouts, inventories and work sheets will be provided.
The course can be taken for 2 or 3 credit hours, or for audit.
Click here to download the syllabus (Please note that the latest syllabus will be available before or on the first day of the class, should there be any changes to the current syllabus.) Contact for additional registration information at registration@regent-college.edu or pwilliams@regent-college.edu
Summer Classes 2008
Globalization, the Religions, and Christian Mission
Dates June 2 - 13, 2008
Time 1:15 - 3:45 pm
Instructor Harold Netland
Course Overview Our world is undergoing massive changes, many of which are associated with globalization. This course will examine the concept of globalization, especially as it affects culture and religion. Two quite different religious trends are associated with globalization—the rise in religious extremism / religious violence and the tendency toward religious pluralism. The course will explore the nature of these trends and their implications for Christian mission. Participants in the course should gain increased understanding of some of the religious dynamics evident today and be challenged to consider what it means to be disciples of Jesus Christ in our globalizing world.
The course can be taken for 2 or 3 credit hours, or for audit.
Taking Your Soul to Work
Dates June 30 - July 11, 2008
Time 1:15 - 3:45 pm
Instructor Paul Stevens
Course Overview This course will explore the integration of spirituality and work (business, trades, professions, volunteer service and public service). In contrast with the dualistic approach (the upper level for the contemplative and the lower for the person engaging in a societal occupation) and the compartmentalization of Sunday from Monday, a fully biblical spiritual theology will be discovered as both applied and practical. The course will consider various approaches to integration, and the rich and diverse traditions of spirituality in the history of the people of God, especially the “mixed life.” Further, issues raised in the workplace—worklife balance, success, ethics, failure, drivenness, ambition and creativity—will be seen as opportunities to become a deeper person and to grow in faith, thus demonstrating that the journey inward and the journey outward are interdependent.
The course can be taken for 2 or 3 credit hours, or for audit.
Christianity and the Political Economy of Capitalism
Dates June 30 - July 11, 2008
Time 8:30 - 11:00 am
Instructor Paul Williams
Course Overview This course aims to explore the relationship between
Christianity and capitalism. It will consider capitalism
both as an economic system and as arguably the
dominant ideology of our age. The course is designed
to meet four major objectives for students:
- To develop a deeper understanding of capitalist economic thought and its historical and ideological origins in both the Enlightenment and the Christian faith;
- To appreciate how compelling the logic of capitalism is even in the face of the widespread criticism that has been directed at it in recent times;
- To explore the ways in which capitalism functions ideologically in modern culture and as such seeks to colonize and influence all areas of culture, beyond the commercial realm, including the church, the family and the polity;
- To consider and develop what a transformative engagement of the gospel with modern capitalism might be.
The course can be taken for 2 or 3 credit hours, or for audit.
The Christian Leader in the Secular World of Work
Dates July 28 - August 1, 2008
Time 1:15 - 4:15 pm
Instructor Peter Shaw
Course Overview This course is designed to equip Christian leaders to be inspirational and effective in the secular world of work. It starts from mirroring Jesus as visionary, servant, teacher, coach, radical and healer. It looks at the power of conversation as a leader, drawing from examples of Jesus’ conversations. We will look at making difficult decisions and the moments that count as a leader. We will examine key leadership concepts and discuss them in the context of Christian values. It will draw from the practical experience of Christian leaders in diverse worlds. The course will equally be relevant to Christian ministers working with leaders in the secular world.
The course can be taken for 1 or 2 credit hours, or for audit.
Continuing Studies Audio Courses
The Continuing Studies department of Regent College is delighted to offer you audio courses while you continue other aspects of your calling. They are courses that will encourage you to learn in your community contexts and interact with our worldwide network of Regent students.
Current courses of interest include:
Business Ethics
Instructors David Gill and Paul Stevens
Course Overview Business ethics is too often little more than a negative, reactive, damage-control affair. Drawing deeply on biblical insights, and illustrated by contemporary business examples, this intensive course explores a postive, proactive, mission-control approach. A value-embedded culture and a principle-guided set of practices aligned with an inspiring mission and vision: how do we figure it all out, and then carry it out? Relevant to for-profit as well as non-profit enterprises, and to managers and leaders at all levels of experience and responsibility.
See the Regent College Continuing Studies section for full details.