Talking about God in Today’s Culture

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Length: 5 hrs and 8 mins
Professor Emerita of Systematic Theology,
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God is the source of all joy, hope, and peace. Now, you are invited on a powerful exploration of the mystery of God.

From the beginning of time, God has remained constant, but our understanding of the Holy has evolved. In this 12-lecture course, you will journey from the beginning of human history to our own multifaceted era. You will explore how early humans understood the Divine, and you will learn how to engage in interreligious dialogue today.

Under the guidance of renowned theology professor Sr. Carla Mae Streeter, O.P., you will gain a firm understanding of Trinitarian theology. Then, you will look at the origins of our beliefs, exploring revelation and how early humans encountered God. From there, you will look at the ways people talked about God during Jesus’ time and in the early Church. You will also explore the different ways the Eastern Orthodox and Western Catholic Church use language about God.

Finally, you will explore contemporary issues of talking about God. How do you talk about God to those who are non-Christian or non-reli

God is the source of all joy, hope, and peace. Now, you are invited on a powerful exploration of the mystery of God.

From the beginning of time, God has remained constant, but our understanding of the Holy has evolved. In this 12-lecture course, you will journey from the beginning of human history to our own multifaceted era. You will explore how early humans understood the Divine, and you will learn how to engage in interreligious dialogue today.

Under the guidance of renowned theology professor Sr. Carla Mae Streeter, O.P., you will gain a firm understanding of Trinitarian theology. Then, you will look at the origins of our beliefs, exploring revelation and how early humans encountered God. From there, you will look at the ways people talked about God during Jesus’ time and in the early Church. You will also explore the different ways the Eastern Orthodox and Western Catholic Church use language about God.

Finally, you will explore contemporary issues of talking about God. How do you talk about God to those who are non-Christian or non-religious? Or even former Catholics who have drifted away from the Church?

Explore these questions and much more. Communicating in the language of faith will transform you and bring you closer to the Divine. Embark on this powerful journey today.

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Sr. Carla Mae Streeter, O.P., Th.D., is presently Professor Emerita of Systematic Theology and Spirituality at Aquinas Institute of Theology. A Dominican sister, she completed doctoral studies with the Canadian Jesuits at Regis College at the University of Toronto School of Theology in 1986. She was co-recipient of the first Jean-Marc Laporte Scholarship Award for academic excellence, and the first woman to complete a theological doctorate at Regis College. She is the author of Foundations of Spirituality: The Human and the Holy and Religious Love in Bernard Lonergan as Hermeneutical and Transcultural. She serves on the Board of the Interfaith Partnership of Metropolitan St. Louis and the Board of the Institute for the Theological Encounter with Science and Technology.
Praise for Carla Mae Streeter
“Her great skills as a communicator enable her to uncover why people are interested in thinking and talking about God. She provides questioning and commitment, substance and sensitivity, profundity and poetry, clarifications and illustrations.” – Louis Roy, O.P., Professor of Theology, Dominican University College in Ottawa
“As a teacher and author Sr Carla Mae’s mystical sensibility and unbridled imagination makes her vision of the Christian story consistently fresh, invigorating, bold and faithful.” – Fr. David Caron, O.P., President of Aquinas Institute
“Sister Carla Mae Streeter, OP, S.T.L., Th.D is the quintessential Systematic Professor of Theology. She embodies the rigor, scholasticism, and passion necessary to impart systematics to graduate students in any program of theological study.” – Donna M. Branca, MSW, ACSW, BCD, LCSW

  • Beginnings
  • Revelation as a Process
  • Early God-Talk
  • The Mystery before Jesus
  • Jesus and the Mystery of God
  • The Distinctive Christian Worldview of God
  • God as One and Triune
  • God in Eastern Orthodoxy
  • The Western Catholic Church
  • Gender and Language Challenges
  • The Needs of Our Time
  • Summing It All Up

3 reviews for Talking about God in Today’s Culture

  1. Barbara

    Exceptionally insightful

    Exceptionally insightful. Addresses many issues that non-believers raise. Thank you Sr. Carla and Now You Know for making this available. I am ordering a second copy to give to niece and her husband.

  2. Lynn

    Clear, enthusiastic, insightful presentation!

    Clear, enthusiastic, insightful presentation that paints in very effective language the evolution of human understanding of the Divine.

  3. Sr. Patricia C., KY

    Summer Survey: July 2017

    Excellent overview of concepts of God through history and meeting challenges of talking about God today. Presentation on ways of looking at Trinity were useful in teaching. Loved idea of Word as Big Bang

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