The MTS - Theology, Spirituality, and the Arts Stream is designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary to interpret and analyze the theological dimension of the arts and culture.
This stream of the MTS program:
• Allows students to receive focused academic content in the area of theology, spirituality and the arts within the existing learning objectives and structure of the MTS.
• Explores the range of ways that the arts intersect with theological understanding.
• Builds relationships with artists [painters, sculptors, architects, writers, musicians, performers, filmmakers, etc.] art experts, academics, therapists, and the public and private cultural institutions of Toronto and beyond.
• Supports student exploration of the possible role of theology in arts related vocations.
• Uses interdisciplinary methodologies from theology, aesthetics theory, art history, pastoral theology, liturgy and material culture studies, and other related disciplines.
• Prepares students for preparation for an advanced research degree.
Program Summary
Eight courses in Level 1, and 12 courses for Level 2, for a total of 20 credits, with required Emmanuel College Core Courses, Designated Electives, and additional Electives for the Stream. Electives are designed to focus academic content in the area of theology, spirituality and the arts.
The degree can be done full-time in two years, but may be completed purely on a part-time basis, and up to eight years are allowed for completion.
Master of Theological Studies
Designated Elective Courses
Theology
RGT3728H Philosophy and Theology of Beauty
RGT3601H Faith and Culture
RGT3281H Hans Urs von Balthasar
RGT3661H Mystical Landscape Art: From Vincent van Gogh to Emily Carr
RGP3207H Spirituality and Suffering
RGT3745H Issues in the Philosophy of Religion and The Brothers Karamazov
RGP3855H Spirituality and Literature
RGP3271H The Imagination of Spirit
SMT1104H Foundations of Eastern Christian Theology
SMT2141H Byzantine Christian Sacraments
SMT2401H Introduction to Liturgy
SMT3540H Interfaith in the City
SMT3633H lnculturation and Spirituality
SMT3641H Twentieth-Century Eastern Christian Sacramental Theology
TRT2841H The Theology of Dostoevsky
TRT2876H Faith and Film
TRT2111H Iconology: Doctrinal and Liturgical Theology of Iconography
TRT3981H Justice and Reconciliation
ICT3732H Ricoeur: Language and the Sacred
ICT3734H Philosophy at the Limit: Richard Kearney on Language and Religion
WYT3855H Theology of Culture
Any other TST Theology course approved by MTS Program Advisors
Bible
RGB3902H Interpreting the Bible in the Early Church
EMB2951H Jesus and the Games We Play
EMB5401H Qumran: Scripture and Worship
SMB2910H Hermeneutics and Exegesis in Eastern Christianity
SMB3083H Old Testament Spiritualities
SMB3551H The Role of Emotions in the Letters of St. Paul
SMB3603H Interpreting the Passion Narratives
TRB1001H Introduction to the Old Testament
TRB3321H Wisdom Literature
Any other TST Bible course approved by MTS Program Advisors
History
RGH3755H Eastern Christian Icons
RGH3227H Jesuits and Globalization
RGH3721H Pilgrim Souls: Theology, Art and Architecture in Britain from William Blake to William Morris
RGT3661H Mystical Landscape Art: From Vincent van Gogh to Emily Carr
SMH2801H A Journey Through History: The Jesuit Missions In Early Modern Canada
SMH3058H Early Christian Art Theology
TRH2201H From Puginesque to Punk: Introduction to the Gothic
TXJ2401H The History, Theology, and Practice of Anglican Liturgy
ICH3350H Art, Religion and Theology: Theologies of Art in the Christian Tradition
ICH3758H Grace as an Aesthetic Concept
ICH3757H Beauty: Theology, Ethics, or Aesthetics?
ICH3761H Reconsidering Kant’s Aesthetics
ICH5752H With/Out Reason: Art and Imagination in the Western Tradition
ICH5751H The Aesthetics of Compassion
ICH3153H Matter, Body and Gender in the Thought of Hildegard of Bingen, Bernardus Sylvestris, Alan of Lille and Thomas Aquinas
ICH5720H Rhetoric as Philosophy from Isocrates to the Age of Abelard and Heloise
Any other TST History course approved by MTS Program Advisors
Moral Theology
RGT2943H Social Faith, Eco-Justice and Transforming Beauty
SMT2610H Eco-Theology Faith and Practice
RGT3745H Issues in the Philosophy of Religion and The Brothers Karamazov
Any other TST Moral Theology course approved by MTS Program Advisors
Pastoral
RGP3214H Spirituality and Culture
RGP3855H Spirituality and Literature
RGP3271H The Imagination of Spirit
RGP3273H Prayer and Meditation Through Pencil, Pastel, and Ink Sketching
RGP3207H Spirituality and Suffering
RGP3815H Spirituality in Rembrandt and Van Gogh with Henri Nouwen as Guide
RGT3661H Mystical Landscape Art: From Vincent van Gogh to Emily Carr
EMP2875H Toronto School of Theology Choir
EMP2861H Songs of the Church
EMP3014H Writing Religion
EMP3651H Narrative Therapy
EMP1101H Foundations of Christian Public Worship
EMP3121H Worship and Theology: Dislocating Perspectives
EMP3476H Creativity and Spirituality
EMP5120H Liturgical Theology
EMP5121H Liturgy as Ritual
EMP3858H Sacred Music in Christian History: An Overview
EMP3855H Global and Contemporary Worship Song Leadership
EMP3113H Worship Team Practicum
EMP3881H Worship and the Arts
SMP1102H Introduction to Byzantine Christian Worship
SMP2271H Explorations in Eastern Christian Spirituality
SMP3124H Eucharist: Liturgy & Theology
TRP2134H Shaping Space for Worship
TRP2859H History and Practice of Orthodox Liturgical Music
TRP2826H Writing Sacred Stories and Worshipful Plays
TRP2871H Liturgical Drama
ICP3851H Experiential Learning in Faith and the Arts
WYP2121H Church Music: Theology and Practice
Any other TST Pastoral course approved by MTS Program Advisors
Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of the Master of Theological Studies program will be able to demonstrate
- Knowledge of scripture, history, ethics, and theology that is substantial and relevant.
- Comprehension of intercultural, interreligious and contextual issues bearing upon theological research and scholarship.
- Skills and practices of theological scholarship.