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Michaelmas 2026 Term Card

Inter-faith Theology and the Doctrine of God

Date Time Session Texts
Oct 14th 7pm
Oct 21st 7pm Can God be named?
Selections from Dao de jing
Pseudo-Dionysius, Mystical theology (chs 1, 5)
Oct 28th 7pm Can God be known?
Selections from Upaniṣads
Augustine, Confessions VII.10.16–VII.11.17
Nov 4th 7pm Is the world created?
Selections from Jinasena, Ādipurāṇa
Thomas Aquinas, Summa theologiae I, q. 44, a. 1
Nov 11th 7pm Can God appear?
Selections from Bhagavad Gītā
Philippians 2:5–11
Nov 18th 7pm God: One or three?
Selections from Holy Qurʾān
Athanasian Creed
Nov 25th 7pm Does theology need God?
Selection from Dhammapada and Nāgārjuna, Mūlamadhyamakakārikā
Thomas Aquinas, De ente et essentia
Dec 2nd 7pm Is doctrine possible?
Selections from Zhuangzi
The Definition of Chalcedon
Dec 9th 7pm
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