What's Included
The videos are from a previously recorded in-person Poets for the Kingdom course. You can watch them on your own schedule, but we suggest committing 1-3 hours per week in order to get through all of the material. You will not have access to the videos beyond the end date of the course.
Full participation in this course counts towards Certification and the Master’s Degree Programs. Students who wish to receive full credit for this course must watch all of the videos and complete a multiple-choice exam at the end of the course. A passing grade of 80% is required for the exam.
Each video session is complete with the resources used in the course, as well as directions for helping to make this online course, not only intellectually stimulating, but also spiritually fruitful.
Refund requests made within 24 hours of purchase and before accessing online course content will be eligible for a full refund, less a $30 processing fee. If you cancel within 7 calendar days of purchase, you will be given a 50% refund. After 7 days, no refunds will be given.
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Taught by Bill Donaghy
Perhaps no two authors in the last century have touched so many millions of lives with their deeply Christian imaginations than Lewis and Tolkien. Their intention to create "new mythologies" for England has quite literally touched the whole world, baptizing and evangelizing the imagination with a prophetic vision that speaks powerfully and critically to our reductionistic and "demythologized age". This course, combined with the sacramental vision of St. John Paul II in the Theology of the Body and his Letter to Artists, will delve deeply into the fellowship of these two great men, revealing how their personal histories and shared experiences shaped the writings that continue to shape new generations of readers. We will also explore their sacramental imagination through a host of their novels, stories, poems and letters. As St. John Paul II wrote, "Humanity in every age, and even today, looks to works of art to shed light upon its path and its destiny." (Letter to Artists)
Registrants for this online course, will receive access to a filmed version of our in-person 5-day Poets for the Kingdom course and a digital course workbook. You will receive access as soon as you purchase it, and have an entire semester (120 days) to complete the graduate level course. Registrants should plan to watch approximately 2 hours of materials per week to complete the course in the given timeframe.
Students are to complete the assigned readings before or during the course. The reading list for this course can be found in the course syllabus. For those enrolled in the Certification or the MSA Programs, completion of these readings is required. For all others, pre-reading is recommended.
Bill Donaghy has worked in mission, evangelization, and education for over 25 years, with a background in visual arts, philosophy, and systematic theology. He has taught biblical studies and theology courses for a private high school for boys, and served for over 13 years as an adjunct professor for Immaculata University. Presently, he teaches theology at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary as well as for Homeschool Connections online, offering live, interactive courses for middle and high school age students. Bill is a senior lecturer for the Theology of the Body Institute as well as a Certification Program instructor, national and international speaker. He has been giving talks, retreats, and course to bishops, priests, deacons, consecrated men and women, and the lay faithful throughout the world since 2006.