The Priory Institute

The Priory Institute The Priory Institute is a Dominican centre for theological, biblical and philosophical studies. We offer academic programmes by the distance learning.

The Priory Institute is a centre for theological, biblical and philosophical studies. What is distinctive about The Priory Institute is that it offers academic programmes by distance learning. The distance learning approach is particularly suitable for those who cannot attend classes regularly or who are unable to uproot themselves and move to some distant university. The Priory Institute is part

of the Dominican tradition, with nearly a thousand years of theology behind it. It is Catholic and ecumenical in its approach. It seeks to engage with the best rational thinking of our times and brings the insights of different philosophical and religious thinkers to bear on the study of theology.

09/11/2021

Study Theology Online, is this for You?
Online Open Evening Thursday 2 December 7.00pm
Register here https://bit.ly/3wvB60f

01/07/2020

Online Summer School 2020
Featuring 10 online talks by Fr Pat Collins C.M.

01/07/2020

Theology, Spirituality and Religious Experience

This summer we are offering a two-week online summer school on 'Theology, Spirituality and Religious Experience'. The course consists of 10 online lectures by Fr Pat Collins C.M. given over two weeks and is very flexible as it is delivered entirely online so you can watch the talks when suits you and is offered twice.

13 - 24 July and

10 - 21 August

Participants can interact on our e-learning platform and there will be a streamed question and answer session following the final lecture. No previous knowledge of theology is required.
It could be argued that in contemporary Christianity the centre of gravity has shifted from the experience of religious authority to the authority of religious experience, whether theistic or non-theistic. Writing about the tension that exists between subjective religious experience and objective Christian truth, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (subsequently Pope Benedict XVI) wrote: “What is the relation between personal experience and the common faith of the Church? Both factors are important: a dogmatic faith unsupported by personal experience remains empty; mere personal experience unrelated to the faith of the Church remains blind.”[1] This course will not only look at the tension that necessarily exists between religious experience and Christian dogma, ritual, and spirituality, but also the danger it poses when one element prevails at the expense of the other. It will do so in an interdisciplinary way by having recourse to such topics as theology, Church history, anthropology, psychology, neuroscience and empirical research. The course will aim to demonstrate that when religious experience and Christian truth are kept in balance, the Christian life is animated by meaning and relevance. While each talk will be a standalone topic, the series will be interconnected.
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11/05/2017

A little tip from one of our students - try your best to get the work done - no matter what the weather is like!

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05/01/2017

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This Advent we are offering four online weekly reflections in preparation for Christmas. The four speakers are Fr Terenc...
24/10/2016

This Advent we are offering four online weekly reflections in preparation for Christmas. The four speakers are Fr Terence Crotty OP, Mary McCaughey, Fr John Harris OP and Anne Marie Lee.

The first talk will be available on the 27th November. Please find more information here http://bit.ly/2dCY5fw Please share this post with your friends.

Three separate reading seminars. Meet at the Priory Institute on Tuesday/Thursday evenings to discuss the chosen works. ...
27/09/2016

Three separate reading seminars. Meet at the Priory Institute on Tuesday/Thursday evenings to discuss the chosen works. Find out more here http://bit.ly/2au5H6Z

Fr Michael Commane's newspaper column for the Independent News and Media regional papers this week is on The Priory Inst...
06/09/2016

Fr Michael Commane's newspaper column for the Independent News and Media regional papers this week is on The Priory Institute. Check it out here.

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