‘Is there any reason to hope?’ ‘Can the Church govern itself?’ ‘Is God to be found in suffering?’ ‘Can we avoid suffering?’ ‘How do we speak to God in the midst of dark recessionary times?’  ‘How can we make sense of all that is happening?’

Questions such as these are at the heart of an imaginative on line theology course which is provided free of charge by NOSTRA, at the Department of Theology and Religious Studies (TRS), Mary Immaculate College (MIC), Limerick.

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Lecture 1: Can God be found in human suffering?Prof. Eamonn Conway

Lecture 2: Talking to, for and about God in dark timesDr. Jessie Rogers

Lecture 3: On HopeDr. Rik Van Nieuwenhove

Lecture 4: Can the Church govern itself?Dr. Patrick Connolly

Lecture 5: Discerning God’s presence in all thingsDr. Eugene Duffy