Update 19/10/2018: Unfortunately, due to a technical issue, this event has now been cancelled. We apologise for any inconvenience caused
Leaving Certificate Religious Education Exam Preparation Day
- New insights & fresh ideas
- Meet professional Theologians
- Friendly & supportive academic staff
PUGIN HALL: COFFEE, REGISTRATION AND WELCOME
9.00 Registration
9.45 Introduction to the Day (sessions will take place in Loftus Halls on the South Campus of St Patrick’s College)
PART 1
THE SEARCH FOR MEANING & VALUES
10.00 - 10.45 The Quest for Meaning, Dr Michael Shortall
10.50 - 11.35 The Response to the Quest, Dr John Paul Sheridan
11.40 - 12.25 Concepts of God, Dr Noel O’Sullivan
12.30 - 1.15 LUNCH
Participants will be able to meet academic staff and graduate students during lunch
PART 2
FOUR SEMINARS RUNNING SIMULTANEOUSLY
AT 1.20 – 2.00 / REPEATED AT 2.05 – 2.45
Christianity: Origins & Contemporary Expressions, Dr. Neil Xavier O’Donoghue
World Religions, Dr Patrick Claffey
Moral Decision-Making, Dr Kevin O'Gorman
Worship, Prayer and Ritual, Prof. Liam Tracey
PART 3
PRESCRIBED TITLES FOR PRACTICAL COURSEWORK 2019
THREE SEMINARS RUNNING SIMULTANEOUSLY AT 2.50 – 3.30PM
Religion and Gender
- The connection between the understanding of God/gods/the transcendent and the roles men and women perform in Buddhism and Hinduism today (Dr. Patrick Claffey)
- A profile of the role played in salvation history by either one man or woman whose life story and faith is described in the Hebrew Scriptures (Ms. Ann Guinee)
The Bible: Literature and Sacred text
- Storytelling is an important feature of Bible literature. An investigation into the evidence for for this statement making reference to the Book of Job in the Hebrew Scriptures and one of Jesus’ parables in the Gospels. (Dr. Jeremy Corley)
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