Thursday, February 11, 2021

WCC NEWS: Bossey Ecumenical Institute invites applications for online course, expands repertoire

The World Council of Churches (WCC) Ecumenical Institute at Bossey sets out to broaden its repertoire of courses in Ecumenical Studies to include a course now offered fully online.
Photo: Albin Hillert/WCC
11 February 2021

Applications are now open for the new online course, entitled “Together Towards Unity. Being Church in a Fragmented World.”

Starting in April 2021, the course aims to expand opportunities for students to explore the biblical, theological, ethical, societal, interreligious and missiological dimensions of ecumenism as envisioned at Bossey.

“The Ecumenical Institute is unique in how it has taught and promoted ecumenical encounter for the past 75 years,” reflects Ecumenical Institute dean Rev. Fr Dr Lawrence Iwuamadi.

“This new online course builds on the long established Ecumenical Studies courses at Bossey in addressing the current changing dynamics and configurations of ecumenism through a new medium,” Iwuamadi adds, noting an online course as one way to make Ecumenical Studies accessible during a time marked by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Rev. Dr Simone Sinn, vice dean and professor at Bossey continues: “This course offers succinct introductions into the classic dimensions of ecumenical studies, guiding students to explore ecumenical relations in their local contexts, share about them in a global cohort of students and deepen their understanding through theological study.

“Strengthening the students’ agency and their capacity for theological discernment is vital in this study program,” Sinn says. 

Deadline for application is 1 March. The course runs 5 April – 12 June.

Course details: Bossey online course in Ecumenical Studies

Apply now: Bossey online course in Ecumenical Studies

Learn more
The World Council of Churches on Facebook
The World Council of Churches on Twitter
The World Council of Churches on Instagram
The World Council of Churches on YouTube
World Council of Churches on SoundCloud
The World Council of Churches' website
The World Council of Churches promotes Christian unity in faith, witness and service for a just and peaceful world. An ecumenical fellowship of churches founded in 1948, today the WCC brings together 350 Protestant, Orthodox, Anglican and other churches representing more than 550 million Christians in over 120 countries, and works cooperatively with the Roman Catholic Church. The WCC interim general secretary is Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca, from the Orthodox Church in Romania.

Media contact: +41 79 507 6363; www.oikoumene.org/press
Our visiting address is:
World Council of Churches
150 route de Ferney
Geneve 2 1211
Switzerland

No comments:

Post a Comment