Byzantine Online is pleased to partner with the Orientale Lumen Foundation to offer an online, one credit class called DT 105:聽 Ecumenism: Orientale Lumen.聽 This online course offers videotaped presentations of keynote speakers and discussions from the 2018 Orientale Lumen Conference (June 18-21, Washington, DC), an annual conference dedicated to Catholic-Orthodox dialogue in hopes, 鈥渢hat they all may be one鈥� (John 17:21).聽 This year鈥檚 conference is entitled, 鈥淪ister Churches: Fact or Fiction among the Laity.鈥�
Students enrolled in this class for credit will virtually experience the conference
speakers as well as roundtable and panel discussions and prepare a paper in
conjunction with faculty-led readings and discussions which focus on ecumenism.
Students will learn the following:
- Engagement with current state of Catholic-Orthodox dialogue
- Familiarity with timely ecumenical topics
- Modes of dialogue with significant theological issues from Catholic and Orthodox
perspectives
The cost to take this online course for credit is $410 or audit for $310. In addition, anyone who attended the actual conference in person but wanted to take the course and receive credit would pay half price, or $205.聽 Registration will open in May; the course will launch Monday, July 2, 2018.
For more information about the Orientale Lumen conference and the list of invited speakers, visit聽. For more information about the online class, contact Byzantine Online at聽online@bcs.edu聽or call 412-321- 8383, ext. 23.