Faith Issues Today

Faith Issues Today is a continuous learning and Professional Development Series offered at Regis College. This series offers non-credit courses on scripture, church history, theology and its relevancy in today’s world.

…dark secrets, distant hopes…: a narrative film series about human trafficking, presented by Adelmo Dunghe, SJ

Mondays, October 2, 16, and 30, 6:00pm-8:00pm. In-Person Only. $80

“The hidden figure of crime.” This is how the United Nations describes the 20- to 40-million people who are being held in slavery today. The lesser-known but powerful films in our brief series consider the evils of human trafficking via some popular genres. The Lost Son is a crime drama, while La Sconosciuta takes the form of a thriller. And Once You’re Born… is an adventure full of unexpected twists and turns. These are films, mostly in foreign languages, with English subtitles and address difficult themes with explicit content.

• The Lost Son (France/UK 2000) – “Innocence isn’t lost – it’s taken…”
• La Sconosciuta (The Unknown Woman) (Italy 2006) – The painful cost of independence…
• Quando sei nato non puoi piu nasconderti (Once You’re Born, You Can’t Hide Anymore) (Italy 2005) – It’s not just an adventure…

Film selection is subject to confirmation.

Registration

Click the link to register below. A credit card is required.

Register by mail by downloading the registration form and completing by hand. Enclose cheque payable to “Regis College” and mail to Regis College, 100 Wellesley Street West, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 2Z5.

Postcolonial Theology and Cinema, presented by Adelmo Dunghe, SJ

Mondays, April 8 to May 13, 6:00pm-8:00pm. In-Person Only. $160

This course explores the emerging discipline of postcolonial theology.

Considering the challenges posed by contemporary Third World theologians, the course explores

• some of the ways in which their concerns have been manifested in a selection of recent narrative film works
• how Christianity’s historical relationship with empire has shaped recent and contemporary understandings of non-western traditions and interpretative frameworks.

List of films with discussion topics:

• Chocolat – (Cameroon, 1960s) – a question of nostalgia
• Vers le sud – (Haiti) – exploitation and love
• Queimada! (director’s cut) – (Portuguese Antilles) – sentiment and economics
• Shooting Dogs – (Rwanda) – “failures of humanity”
• Mister Johnson – (Nigeria) – the tragedy of translation
• White Material – (Cameroon, 2010s) – “they’re just white material”

Film selection is subject to confirmation.

Registration

Click the link to register below. A credit card is required.

Register by mail by downloading the registration form and completing by hand. Enclose cheque payable to “Regis College” and mail to Regis College, 100 Wellesley Street West, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 2Z5.

Read the conditions of enrolment below before enrolling.

Additional Information

Regis College is located at 100 Wellesley Street West, Toronto, near the corner of Queen’s Park Crescent East. Regis College is on the 94 Wellesley TTC bus route and a short walk (south) from the Museum subway station. Public parking is available in the University of St. Michael’s College parking lot on St. Joseph Street, one block north of Regis College. The venue is accessible.

For more information about the Faith Issues Today Continuous Learning Series, please contact regis.communications@utoronto.ca or call 416-922-5474 x231.

Conditions of Enrolment

Before registering, please read the conditions of enrolment.

• Faith Issues today courses are non-credit courses. No record of attendance or payment receipt will be issued.
• Participation in each course is restricted to registrants only.
• Cancellation must be requested in writing prior to the course. Only completed forms with full payment will be processed. Confirmation will be emailed to applicants.
• Regis College reserves the right to cancel or change the course offered.
• Privacy Notice: Contact information provided in the registration process will be retained and used by Regis College in accordance with its privacy policy.

If you experience difficulty, please contact regis.communications@utoronto.ca or call 416-922-5474 x231.

Regis College is the Jesuit School of Theology at the University of Toronto and a Founding Member of the Toronto School of Theology.

Regis College cooperates with the University of St. Michael’s College to operate the Regis St. Michael’s Faculty of Theology