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Cardiff Adult Christian Education Centre Courses Enrolment information Accreditation information AUTUMN TERM 2008 INTRODUCTION TO BIBLICAL HEBREW WELSH BEGINNERS WELSH INTERMEDIATE THE BIBLE AS LITERATURE NEW TESTAMENT CHRISTIAN HYMNODY THE FIVE FESTIVAL SCROLLS AUTUMN SEMINAR GLOBAL DIALOGUE TODAY
ENROLMENT INFORMATION You can enrol at the centre at the first lecture. For CACEC/UWC courses you can also enrol in advance at the Centre for Lifelong Learning. Tel 029 2087 0000. Please Note: if insufficient people enrol on the first lecture, the course may be cancelled. Please let us know if you intend to enrol for a course but cannot make it to the first lecture. Back to top
ACCREDITATION INFORMATION Many of our courses are accredited as part of the study scheme that is operated by the Cardiff University Centre for Lifelong Learning. This means that if you successfully complete the course assignments, you will be awarded the number of credits indicated below each course title, where it applies. The aim, if you wish, is to build up your credits to 120, when you will be awarded the University's Certificate of Higher Education. Alternatively youcan work towards a Foundation Certificate for which 60 credits are needed. These credits are nationally recognised and can be combined with credits from other institutions. Please contact Mr Richard Cawley on 029 2087 5611 or email cawleyr@cardiff.ac.uk for further information on The Foundation Certificate in Religion. Back to top
INTRODUCTION TO BIBLICAL HEBREW Lecturer TBA; a CACEC/Cardiff University Course Mondays, 7.30 - 9.30 pm starts 22nd September Fee: £68.50 (Concessions: £55.00) 10 weeks Back to top
WELSH BEGINNERS Lecturer Mrs Diana Bianchi; a CACEC Course Wednesdays, 7.30 - 9.30 pm starts 24th September Fee: £26 per term (no concessions) 3 terms, 10 weeks per term This course is for people who have little or no understanding of the Welsh language. Diana Bianchi is a very experienced teacher who has taught Welsh at all levels throughour Cardiff and the Vale. Back to top
WELSH INTERMEDIATE Lecturer Mrs Diana Bianchi; a CACEC Course Mondays, 7.30 - 9.30 pm starts 22nd September Fee: £26 per term (no concessions) 3 terms, 10 weeks per term Join this higher level conversational class which will enable you to use conversational Welsh in all types of situations. Diana Bianchi is a very experienced teacher who has taught Welsh at all levels throughour Cardiff and the Vale. Back to top
THE BIBLE AS LITERATURE Lecturer Rev Dr Tom Arthur; a CACEC Course Mondays, 7.30 - 9.30 pm starts 22nd September Fee: £20 (concessions £14) 10 weeks Most explorations of the Bible ask what it means. In this course we will ask how it means. Studying the Bible as literature helps us develop a form of biblical literacy that is more than familiarity with biblical content. Biblical literacy needs to include understanding the literary conventions and techniques that constitute biblical writers' tools for constructing meaning. The interest in this course will be in discovering a literary tool kit from biblical times far different from our own, and in gaining a deeper appreciation for how skilful biblical authors were in using these tools. Tom Arthur is the minister at City United Reformed Church. In addition to his theological studies he has a PhD in English Literature and an MA and BA in comparative literature. Before entering the ministry he taught Shakespeare and modern fiction at Loyola University in Chicago. Back to top
NEW TESTAMENT Lecturer Revd Simon Woodman; a CACEC/Cardiff University Course Wednesdays, 7.30 - 9.30 pm starts 24th September Fee: £68.50 (concessions £55.00) 10 weeks This course will study the canon of the New Testament together with consideration of selected texts. We shall consider the context from which the texts emerged and look at the litereray genres of the New Testament as well as examining its prevailing themes. Back to top
CHRISTIAN HYMNODY Lecturer Rev. Canon Alun Luff; a CACEC Course Wednesdays, 7.30 - 9.30 pm starts 8th October Fee: £15.00 (concessions £14) The course presents the history of the place of song in Christian worship from the earliest times to the present. It begins with the psalms of the Old Testament and deals with the hymns of Watts and Wesley, the hymns of William Williams and Welsh Hymnody, the developments of the 19th century and the explosion of hymns in the 20th century. The Reverend Canon Alan Luff is a retired cleric of the Church in Wales, and an acknowledged specialists in the subject of hymns and hymn writing. He was the Precentor at Westminster Abbey from 1979 to 1992 Back to top
THE FIVE FESTIVAL SCROLLS Lecturer Revd Dr Jason Bray; a CACEC Course Wednesdays, 2.00 - 4.00 pm starts 24th September Fee: £20 (concessions £14) In this course Dr Bray continues his study in depth of the books of the Old Testament. The Five Festival Scrolls are the readings used on the principle feasts of the Jewish liturgical year. They are Ruth, Song of Songs, Ecclesiastes, Lamentations and Esther. The Reverend Dr Jason Bray is Vicar of Blaenavon and is the Old Testament tutor on the South Wales Ordination Course, and Assistant Director of Continuing Ministerial Education in the Diocese of Monmouth. Back to top
AUTUMN SEMINAR GLOBAL DIALOGUE TODAY Lecturer Revd Robin Morrison Friday 21st November 7.30 pm Fee: £5 The Reverend Robin Morrison is the Provincial Officer for Church and Society in the Church in Wales. With the Muslim Council for Wales and the International Institute for Wales he has recently organized a very successful series of Consultations on "Fear, Democracy and Religion". In this lecture he will relate his experiences to the present international situation and suggest ways for the development of dialogue in Wales today. Back to top