PHILOSOPHY COURSE
(Synopsis of the Subjects)

Goal: The Philosophy Course at Rachol Seminary aims to evolve a Christian vision that
would promote personal, social as well as ecological wellbeing.
This aim is actualized through the following objectives:
To promote integral understanding human life and activity so as to shed light on what it
is that we do in the world and on what is good. (F.R. no 81)
To build openness to the things that transcend empirical data so as to enter the word of
metaphysics that reaches the first principles. (F.R. no 82)
To promote integral understanding of the human person, world and the Divine.
To promote creative thinking rooted in experience to build a disposition to understand
and live our Catholic faith.

OBLIGATORY BASIC SUBJECTS
(58 Credits)

BO.0l. INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY (2 Credits)
Rev. Dr. Victor Ferrão

This Course attempts to offer a general introduction to Philosophy. It deals with the
meaning of Philosophy, its scope, divisions and methods of doing philosophy. The main
thrust of the Course is an approach to philosophy from the attitude and perspective of
philosophizing. The Course has programmatic and pragmatic concerns of the entire two
years of Philosophy.
Bibliography:
Artigas, Mariano, Introduction to Philosophy, Manila: Sinag-tala Publishers, 1990.
Borchert, Donald, ed. Encyclopaedia of Philosophy, 10 Vols. New York: Thomson
Gale, 2006.
Heidegger, Martin, What is Philosophy? Tr. William Kluback and Jean T. Wilde,
Plymouth: Vision, 1989.
Kaminsky, Jack Kaminsky, Alice: Logic: A Philosophical Introduction, London:
Addison – Wesley Publishing Company, 1974.

BO.02. PHILOSOPHY OF WORLD RELIGIONS (4 Credits)
Rev. Dr. Agnelo Pinheiro

Human person by nature is a relational being. The quality of a relationship is largely
determined by the depth of bonding that exists between dialogical partners. This in turn
requires an unbiased knowledge of each other’s ‘life-world’, which involves beliefs,
values, practices etc. Religious plurality is a distinctive feature of Indian ethos. The
value of secularism enshrined in the very preamble of our Indian Constitution makes it
binding on every citizen to accept, respect and protect one another’s religious identity
and legacy. The present course endeavours to carry students into the heart of the world’s
great enduring faiths so that they know how they guide and motivate the lives of their
followers. This understanding is meant to help them to value and to celebrate diversity
of religions aimed at promoting unity, harmony and peace in society. Asia being the
cradle of world’s major religions, the curriculum of study is divided into3 main
categories: I. Religions of South Asia (India): Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism &
Sikhism; II. Religions of West Asia (Palestine, Persia & Arabia): Judaism,
Zoroastrianism, Christianity, Islam & Baha-I; III. East Asia (China & Japan):
Confucianism, Taoism & Shintoism). The course is summed up with insights drawn
from the distinctive features of Tribal Religions.
Bibliography:
Ahmad, Khurshid, ed. Islam: Its Meaning and Message, Leicester, England: The
Islamic Foundation, 1980.
Anderson, Norman Sir, ed. The World’s Religions, London: Inter-Varsity Press, 1975.
Barth, A., The Religions of India, Tr. Wood J., New Delhi: Light & Life Publishers,
1978.
Hick, J., Philosophy of Religion, New Delhi: Prentice Hall of India, Pvt. Ltd., 1981.
Hinnels, J.R., ed. A Handbook of Living Religions, Penguin Books, 1984, Reprint,
1991.
Llyod Ridgeon, ed., Major World Religions from Origins to the Present, London:
Rutledge Curzon, 2003.

BO.03. HISTORY OF WESTERN PHILOSOPHY I: ANCIENT & MEDIEVAL
(4 Credits)
Rev. Dr. Agnelo Pinheiro

Philosophy attempts to investigate critically some of the fundamental questions
affecting human life. It examines freely and profoundly presuppositions and
assumptions that are usually unquestioned. On the background of this endeavour of
philosophy, this course aims to expound the thoughts of the various schools with their
pioneering thinkers seeking to unravel the perennial dilemmas that have riveted human
mind of every age. This systematic exploration originated and achieved potent
fortification with the Greeks, nurtured further by the Romans and later developed by the
Medieval scholars, particularly Christian philosophers. Hence the present course
curriculum, which encompasses not only the beginnings of philosophy, but also the
foundations of Western civilization, seeks to analyse two strands of ideas. The first
extends from the Ancient acumen of the Greek thinkers to the Roman period. The
wonder of the creation got them engrossed in understanding its origin, nature and the
role of the human person in this cosmic ‘miracle’. The second deals with how this
ancient wisdom was incorporated in the Medieval worldview, which was very much
influenced by Christian doctrine. An integral comprehension of these two outstanding
strands of ideas will contribute to understand their impact and relevance for the present
line of thought.
Bibliography:
Allen, D. J., The Philosophy of Aristotle, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1970.
Burnet, J., Early Greek Philosophy, London: Methuen, Fourth Edition, 1930.
Collins W, Lucas, Plato, New Delhi: Deep and Deep Publishers, 1990.
Copleston, Frederick, A History of Philosophy, 9 Vols. NewYork: Image Books, 1993-
1994.
Copleston, Frederick. A History of Philosophy: Greece and Rome, From the Pre-
Socratics to Plotinus, Vol. 1. New York: Double Day, 1993.
Norman Geisler, A History of Western Philosophy: Ancient and Medieval, Create Space
Independent Publishing Platform, 2016.

BO.04. LOGIC (4 Credits)
Rev. Dr. Victor Ferrão

This Course offers an introduction to the traditional Aristotelian logic. It concentrates
on the acts of the mind in so far as they are directed to obtain correct knowledge. The
three acts of the mind are formation of concepts, expression of judgement and
deductive reasoning. Besides, the course also introduces inductive reasoning and
various fallacies involved in the process of reasoning.
Bibliography:
Bhattacharya, Birendra Kumar, Inference in Indian and Western Logic, Calcutta:
Sanskrit Pustak Bhandar, 1976.
Copi, lrving M., Introduction to Logic, New York: Macmillan Publishing Company,
1986.
Harrison, Frank R., Logic and Rational Thought, New York: West Publishing
Company, 1992.
Hurley, Patrick J., A Concise Introduction to Logic, California: Wadworth Publishing
Company, 1988.
Parry, William T., and Hacker Edward A., Aristotlian Logic, Albany: State University
of New York Press, 1991.

BO.05. HISTORY OF WESTERN PHILOSOPHY II: MODERN (4 Credits)
Rev. Dr. Victor Ferrão

In this course we continue our survey of the Western thought. This course is made up of
two parts.
The first part deals with what is called as ‘Modern Philosophy’ (i.e., from the
Renaissance to Kant). In the second part, we discuss the full flowering of ‘Modernism’.
Hence, we will discuss some schools of thought, such as Idealism, Positivism and
Analytic Philosophy (1).
Bibliography:
Bennet, J., Locke, Berkeley, Hume: Central Themes, Oxford: Oxford University Press,
1971.
Copleston, Frederich, Descartes to Leibniz: A History of Philosophy. Vol. 4. New York:
Image Books, 1963.
Falckenberg, Richard A., History of Modern Philosophy from Nicolas of Cusa to the
Present Time, London: H. Holt and Company, 1893.
Kant, Immanuel, Critique of Judgement [Kritik der Urtheilskraft 1790], trans. J. H.
Bernard, 2nd ed., London: Macmillan, 1914; New York: Hafner Press, 1951.
Kenny, Anthony, The Rise of Modern Philosophy, New York: Clarendon Press, 2006.

BO.06. HISTORY OF INDIAN PHILOSOPHY I: CLASSICAL NASTlKA
SCHOOLS (4 Credits)
Rev. Fr. Heston Ferrão

The introductory course in Indian Philosophy initiates the students to the emergence
and growth of rich intuitive and mystical wisdom of India. It is meant to motivate them
to develop an appreciation of Indian thought and openness to inculturation. The course
gives a bird’s eye view of Indian Philosophy and then goes on to discuss its salient
features, the methods of philosophising in India and the Vedic thought with special
reference to the Upanishads. It also analyses the philosophical overview of the three
heterodox (nastika) schools – Carvaka, Jaina and Bauddha.
Bibliography:
Chatterjee, Satishandra, Datta, Dhirendramohan, An Introduction to Indian
Philosophy, New Delhi: Rupa Publications, 2007.
Radhakrishnan, S., Indian Philosophy, Vol. I, London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd.,
1941.
Radhakrishnan, S., Indian Philosophy, Vol. II, London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd.,
1941.
Sharma, S.P.N. Rai, Indian Philosophy, Lucknow: Prakashan Kendra, 1969.
Surendranath Das Gupta, History of Indian Philosophy, Vol. I Delhi: Motilal
Banarsidas, 1997.

BO. 07. HISTORY OF INDIAN PHILOSOPHY II: CLASSICAL ASTlKA
SCHOOLS & CONTEMPORARY THINKERS (4 Credits)
Rev. Fr. Heston Ferrão

It aims to appraise the students of the trends in Indian Philosophy and stimulate
philosophising in the Indian context. Analysis and critical appreciation of the six
classical systems (Darsanas) of Indian Philosophy, viz., Nayaya, Vaisesika, Samkhya,
Yoga, Mimansa and Vedanta. The various schools are dealt by focussing on their main
philosophical themes of metaphysics, epistemology, ethics and anthropology and also
their converging and diverging points of view of reality. This course also familiarizes
the students with the modem and contemporary trends of Indian thought. The
philosophical insights of some outstanding modem and contemporary thinkers are
critically discussed.
Bibliography:
Chatterjee, S.G. and Datta, D.M., An Introduction to Indian Philosophy. Calcutta:
University of Calcutta Press, 1960.
Dasgupta, Surendra, A History of Indian Philosophy. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass,
1991.Vols. III & IV.
Hiriyanna, M., The Essentials of Indian Philosophy. London: George Allen and Unwin
Press, 1932.
Muller, F.M., The Six Systems of Indian Philosophy. London: Longmans Green and Co.
Publication, 1928.
Radhakrishnan, S., Indian Philosophy, Vol. 2, London: George Allen & Unwin
Publication, 1927.

BO.08. HISTORY OF WESTERN PHILOSOPHY III: CONTINENTAL &
ANALYTIC (4 Credits)
Rev. Dr. Victor Ferrão

In this course, we continue our survey of the Western thought. This course is made up of
two parts. The first part studies How Modem Philosophy undergoes its decadence.
Hence, we will study schools of thought like Phenomenology, Existentialism. Analytic
Philosophy (II). In the second part we discuss How Modernism is being re-constructed
in contemporary philosophy. Hence, we will discuss topics like Hermeneutics, process
philosophy, structuralism, post structuralism and postmodernism. We shall also
consider the critical theory of the Frankfurt School with the special emphasis on
Habermas.
Bibliography:
Gross, Barry R., Analytic Philosophy, California: Pegasus, 1970.
Deleuze, Gilles. Nietzsche and Philosophy, New York: Columbia University Press, 1983.
Grossmann, Reinhardt, Phenomenology and existentialism: An Introduction, London:
Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1984.
Guess, Raymond, The Idea of a Critical Theory. Habermas and the Frankfurt School,
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991.
Jackson, Frank & Smith, Michael, (ed), The Oxford Handbook of Contemporary
Philosophy, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007.

BO.09. POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY I: INTRODUCTORY &
CONTEMPORARY ISSUES (4 Credits)
Rev. Dr. Victor Ferrão

The quality of good life of an individual is linked to the quality of a community. A
consideration like the above draws us to the realm of the political.
This course attempts to study ancient, modem and contemporary Political theorists and
aims to understand issues such as democracy, state, nation, nationalism, citizenship,
commons, public ideologies, conflicts, regimes, power, authority, consent, human
rights and their violation, etc.
Bibliography:
Kymlicka, Will, Contemporary Political Philosophy: An Introduction, 2nd ed., Oxford:
Oxford University Press, 2001.
Miller, David, Political Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford: Oxford
University Press, 2003.
Simmons, A. J., Political Philosophy, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007.
Swift, A., Political Philosophy: A Beginner’s Guide for Students and Politicians,
Cambridge, MA: Polity, 2006.
Wolff, J., An Introduction to Political Philosophy, Cambridge, UK: Polity, 2006.

BO.10. PHILOSOPHY OF KNOWLEDGE I: EPISTEMOLOGY (4 Credits)
Rev. Fr. Heston Ferrão

The question, “What is knowledge?” is basic to any philosophical inquiry. Hence this
course attempts a philosophical treatment of the nature, scope, sources and limitations
of human knowledge. It provides a philosophical treatment of the nature, types and the
various classical theories of truth. The students are also initiated to the understanding of
Hermeneutics and its relationship to Epistemology. Finally, we attempt to understand
critically the phenomenon of religious knowledge and language.
Bibliography:
Audi, Robert, Epistemology: A Contemporary Introduction to the Theory of
Knowledge, London, New York: Routledge, 1998.
Ayer, A. J., The Problem of Knowledge, London: Cambridge University Press, 1956.
Bhatt, Govardhan P., The Basic Ways of Knowing, Delhi: Motilal Banarasidass
Publishers, 1962.
Capaldi, Nicholas, Human Knowledge: A Philosophical Analysis of Its Meaning and
Scope, New York: Pegasus, 1969.
Goldman, Alvin I., Epistemology and Cognition, Cambridge: Harvard University
Press, 1986.

BO. 11. PHILOSOPHY OF NATURE: CLASSICAL & CONTEMPORARY
COSMOLOGY (4 Credits)
Rev. Fr. Movin Menezes

This course is made up of two main parts. The first one deals with cosmology while the
second attempts to take up the meta-cosmological reflections. We follow the historicocritical
method and try to understand the changing conceptions of humans as regard the
origin, the nature and the end of the cosmos. In the second part, we enter the Arena of
Philosophy of Science in the strict sense as we study the four schools of Philosophy of
Science, along with a consideration of the concepts like observation, experimentation,
explanation, confirmation, etc. We close our reflection with a serious note on the
meeting points between Western Science and eastern mysticism.
Bibliography:
Ackermann, Robert, The Philosophy of Science: An Introduction, New York: Pegasus,
1970.
Augros, Rober M. & Stanciu George N., The New Story of Science, Lake Bluff:
Gateway Editions, 1984.
Cohen, L. B., The Birth of a New Physics, London: Penguin Books, 1992.
Dolling, Lisa M., Gianelli, Arthur F. and Statile, Glenn N. eds., The Tests of Time, New
Jersey: Princeton University Press, 2003.
Sambursky S., The Physical World of the Greeks, London: Routledge and Kegan Paul,
1960.

BO.12. METAPHYSICS: CLASSICAL & CONTEMPORARY (4 Credits)
Rev. Fr. Jonas D’Souza

This course tries to understand the relevance of metaphysics for a sound Philosophical and
Christian understanding of the world, humanity and God. It takes up the quest of the
meaning of being that is fundamental in every philosophical tradition. Hence, we attempt
to make a critical and reflective inquiry into the mystery of being and beings with a special
emphasis on the transcendental method of Joseph Marechal and Martin Heidegger. It also
strives to introduce the students to the modes of Indian metaphysical thinking.
Bibliography:
Alvira, Tomas, Luis Clavell, & Melendo Tomas, Metaphysics, Manila: Sinag-Tala
Publishers, INC., 1991.
Aquinas, Thomas, Summa Theologica, Tr. Fathers of the English Dominican Province,
New York: Benziger Brothers, 1947.
Aristotle, Metaphysics, (In: Commentary on the Metaphysics of Aristotle by Thomas
Aquinas), Tr. John P Rowan, Vol. I, Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1961.
Bittle, Celestine N., The Domain of Being, Milwaukee: The Bruce Publishing
Company, 1939.
Bogliolo, Luigi, Metaphysics, Bangalore: Theological Publications in India, 1987.

BO.13. ANTHROPOLOGY I: PHILOSOPHY OF HUMAN PERSON (4 Credits)
Rev. Dr. Agnelo Pinheiro

Every act of philosophizing presupposes an understanding of human person. This
course endeavours to provide us with the necessary framework to actualise and
appreciate our vocation as persons and to build up human communities where human
persons are treated in a holistic manner.
Thus, the human person is studied in his/her commonality (similarities with other
beings) as well as in his/her uniqueness. The human person is discussed both from the
Indian as well as from the Western context. Finally, we try to focus on the salient
features of philosophical anthropology like human freedom, love, religious quest and
life after death thereby attempting to situate the human person in an integral paradigm.
Bibliography:
Mondin, Battista, Philosophical Anthropology, Bangalore: T.P.I., 1985.
Barbo, Francesca Rivetti, Philosophy of Man: An Outline, Roma: Edizioni Hortus
Conclusus, 2001.
Bogliolo, Louis, Philosophical Anthropology, Shillong: Sacred Heart Theological
College, 1984.
Boon, J.A., “Anthropology, Ethnology and Religion”, The Encyclopaedia of Religion,
Vol. l, New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1987, 308-317.
Crick, F. J., Life Itself: Its Origin and Nature. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1981.

BO.14. MORAL PHILOSOPHY/ETHICS (4 Credits)
Rev. Dr. Agnelo Pinheiro

“The life which is unexamined is not worth living”, observed Socrates. This phrase
inspires us to reflect on the purpose of life. The moral excellence of human life to a great
extent is shaped, guided, motivated and directed by the choices we make, decisions we
take and the values we inculcate. Values that we nourish, live and instil in others
enhances the quality and purpose of individual as well as the communitarian life. These
values, which steer human actions, emerge from different sources such as one’s
upbringing, education, experiences, or personal reflection. Moral philosophy, which is
construed as theorizing about the proper regulating mechanisms for human actions with
practical implications, plays a decisive role in the analysis, evaluation and betterment of
life based on sound value systems. This course on Ethics is divided into two main parts:
General Ethics and Applied Ethics. The former deals with the nature and scope of
ethics; the various theories of moral standard; analysis of human acts; human freedom;
understanding of law; concepts of rights and duties and metaethics. The latter
deliberates on the application of moral standards to specific moral issues such as
suicide, euthanasia, violence and terrorism, abortion and capital punishment.
Bibliography:
Beauchamp, Tom L., Philosophical Ethics: An Introduction to Moral Philosophy,
Boston: Mc Graw Hill, 2001.
Billington, Ray, Living Philosophy: An Introduction to Moral Thought (3rd ed.).
London: Routledge, 2003.
Composta, Dario, Moral Philosophy and Social Ethics. Bangalore: TPI, 1988.
Composta, D., Moral Philosophy and Social Ethics, Bangalore: TPI, 1988.
Finnis, John, Fundamentals of Ethics, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1983.

BO.15. NATURAL THEOLOGY I: CLASSICAL AND CONTEMPORARY
(4 Credits)
Rev. Dr. Agnelo Pinheiro

This treatise strives to make a Philosophical study of God. Since people experience,
understand and generally live their relationship with the divine within the framework of
religion, the course surveys the phenomenon of religion and moves on to God-in-
himself. We further take up the study of God as related-to-us where we attempt to
grapple with the mystery of creation, human freedom and the problem of evil. Finally,
we consider some related issues like the problems of religious experience and religious
language and verification of the same.
Bibliography:
Beckwith, Burnham Putnam, Religion, Philosophy, and Science; an Introduction to
Logical Positivism, New York: Philosophical Library, 1957.
Chandrankunnel, Mathew, The End of the Trial of Galileo and of the Church,
Bangalore: ATC Publications, 2009.
Dalley, Stephanie. Myths from Mesopotamia. Creation, The Flood, Gilgamesh, and
Others, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1989.
Ian, Hacking, ed., Scientific Revolutions, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1981.
Lakatos, The Methodology of Scientific Research Programmes: Philosophical Papers,
Vol. 1, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1977.

SUPPLEMENTARY OBLIGATORY SUBJECTS
(30 Credits)

SO.01. PHILOSOPHY OF KNOWLEDGE II: HERMENEUTICS (2 Credits)
Rev. Dr. Agnelo Pinheiro

This course deals with the question of understanding and meaning. It takes up the issues
centred around pre-understanding, hermeneutical circle, semantic autonomy, fusion of
horizons, surplus meaning and knowledge and human interests and the like.
Bibliography:
Dilthey, Wilhelm, Introduction to the Human Sciences: Selected Works, Vol. 1. Edited
with an Introduction by Rudolf A. Makkreel and Frithjof Rodi, Princeton: Princeton
University Press, 1989.
Karuveli, S. J., George, Hermeneutics and Post-Hermeneutic Epistemology, Pune: JD,
1996.
Palmer, Richard E., Hermeneutics: Interpretation Theory in Schleiermacher, Dilthey,
Heidegger and Gadamer, Evanston: Northwestern University Press, 1969.
Ricouer, Paul, Hermeneutics and the Human Sciences, New York: Cambridge
University Press, 1984.
Schleiermacher, Friedrich, Hermeneutics and Criticism and Other Writings, translated
and edited by Andrew Bowie, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998.

SO.02. TRIBAL AND DALIT & SUBALTERN PHILOSOPHY (4 Credits)
Rev. Fr. Jonas D’Souza

Our country has the largest concentration of tribals in the world. This gigantic
population is distributed into nearly 500 tribes and sub-tribes all over the country.
Along with them we have a large section of our people who live as oppressed castes and
communities, suffering at the hands of the culture of caste, superstition and exploitation
of the high castes in our society. This Course will attempt to curl out a view of life
(Philosophy of Life) of the tribal and the depressed people of our country, seeks ways
and means to understand these socially de-recognized people and propose some ways
of seeking some affirmative solutions to their plight.
Bibliography:
Aerthayil, Mathew, Impact of Globalization on Tribals: In the Context of Kerala,
Jaipur: Rawat Publications, 2008.
Ambedkar, B. R., Annihilation of Caste, Bangalore: Dalit Sahitya Akademy, 1945.
Ambedkar, B. R. The Untouchables, Bangalore: Dalit Sahitya Akademy, 1948.
Omvedt, Gail, Dalits and the Democratic Revolution – Dr. Ambedkar and the Dalit
Movement in Colonial India. New Delhi: Sage Publications, 1994.
Bulsara S. D., Legal Aspects of Untouchability in Social Legislation in India, Vol. I &
Vol. II. ed. Gangrade, K.D. New Delhi: Concept Publishing Co., 1978.

SO.03. POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY II: ISSUES OF WOMEN (2 Credits)
Rev. Dr. Victor Ferrão

The central concern of this course is issues of Women. The main thrust of this Course is
to approach the issues of women as co-equal not just to men but illumine the fact of their
difference.
Bibliography:
Alanen, Lilli and Charlotte Witt (eds.), Feminist Reflections on the History of
Philosophy, Dordrecht/Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2004.
Bar On, Bat-Ami (ed.), Modern Engendering: Critical Feminist Readings in Modern
Western Philosophy, Albany: SUNY Press, 1994.
Nye, Andrea, Feminist Theory and the Philosophies of Man, London: Croom Helm, 1988.
Spelman, Elizabeth, Inessential Woman: Problems of Exclusion in Feminist Thought,
Boston: Beacon Press, 1988.
Tuana, Nancy, The Less Noble Sex: Scientific, Religious, and Philosophical
Conceptions of Woman’s Nature, Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1993.

SO.04. NATURAL THEOLOGY II: SOCIAL APPROACHES (4 Credits)
Rev. Fr. Heston Ferrão

This Course approaches the phenomenon of sociology. It will deal with the perspective
of sociologists like Emile Durkheim, Karl Marx, Max Weber, Peter Berger, etc. It will
also attempt to understand contemporary religious fundamentalism, violence,
terrorism and quest for peace.
Bibliography:
Alston, William P., “Religious Language”, In: Routledge Encyclopaedia of Philosophy,
Vol. 8, edited by Edward Crois.
Austin, J. L, How to Do Things with Words, Cambridge: Mass, 1975.
Craig, William Lane., ed., Philosophy of Religion, New Jersey: Rutgers University
Press, 2002.
Forman, Robert K. C., Mysticism, Mind, Consciousness, Albany: State University of
New York Press, 1999.
Masih, Y., Introduction to Religious Philosophy, Delhi: Motilal Banarasidass
Publishers, 1998.

SO.05. NATURAL THEOLOGY III: PSYCHOLOGY OF RELIGION (4 Credits)
Rev. Fr. Elvis Dias

The search for the sacred happens in various ways. The psychology of religions is an
empirical path in this search. The course will give the student psychological
understanding of religions and spiritual experiences, faiths, beliefs, rites and ritual; and
their positive and negative effects. The student will be informed about these
understandings through changing and evolving understandings and through various
scientific methodologies and studies being done in the field.
Bibliography:
Fuller, Andrew R., Psychology and religion: Classical theorists and contemporary
developments, 4th ed., Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2008.
Paloutzian, Raymond F. and Park, Crystal L., Handbook of the psychology of religion
and spirituality, New York: Guilford, 2005.
Putnam, Robert D., Campbell, David E. and Garrett, Shaylyn Romney, American
grace: How religion divides and unites us, New York: Simon & Schuster, 2010.
Hood, Ralph W. Jr., Hill, Peter C. and Spilka, Bernard, The Psychology of Religion:
Empirical Approach, London: The Guilford Press, 2009.
Spilka, Bernard and McIntosh Daniel N., The psychology of religion: Theoretical
approaches. Boulder, CO: Westview, 1997.

SO.06. PHILOSOPHY OF SOCIAL COMMUNICATION AND PUBLIC
RELATIONS (4 Credits)
Rev. Fr. Barry Cardozo
One can never overstate the importance of Social Communication in the formation of
our future priests and Church leaders. Several documents of the Church have called
Seminaries to integrate Social Communication in the priestly formation. In view of the
same, this course intends to introduce the students to the World of Social
Communications with a special focus on communications for Pastoral leadership.
Bibliography:
Arneson, Pat, ed., Perspectives on philosophy of communication, West Lafayette, IN:
Purdue Univ. Press, 2007.
Barber, Alex and Stainton, Robert J., eds., Concise encyclopaedia of philosophy of
language and linguistics, Oxford: Elsevier, 2010.
Chang, Briankle G. and Butchart, Garnet C., eds., Philosophy of communication,
Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2012.
Cook, Melissa A. and Holba, Annette M., eds., Philosophies of communication:
Implications for everyday experience, New York: Peter Lang, 2008.
Floridi, Luciano, ed., The Blackwell guide to the philosophy of computing and
information. Blackwell Philosophy Guides, Oxford: Blackwell, 2004.

SO.07. ANTHROPOLOGY II: SOCIOLOGICAL APPROACH (4 Credits)
Rev. Fr. Rosario Oliveira
Its aim is to prepare the students to face a post-modern society with new problems and
riddles in the light of the scientific principles, as well as in the light of the Gospel values
and the social teaching of the Church. It includes sociological methods and theories of
Auguste Comte, Karl Marx, Emile Durkheim, Wilfredo Pareto, Max Weber, Herbert
Spencer, Pitrim A. Sorokin, Charles Horton Cooley, Ferdinand Tonnies and Thorstein
Veblen. It studies also human basic rights, heredity laws, genetic theory, ecology,
family and marriage, status of women, social stratification, social change and deviation,
urban and rural communities, population problem, work, strike, trade union, planning
in India, co-operative movement, social analysis and study of social problems in the
world, in India and in Goa.
Bibliography:
Beattie, J., Other Cultures: Aims, Methods and Achievements in Social Anthropologv,
London: Reutledge and Kegan Paul, 1964.
Cooley, C.H., “Primary Groups”, In: L.A. Coser and B. Rosenberg (eds.), Sociological
Theory, New York: Collier-Macmillan, 1964.
Ogburn and Nimkoff, A Handbook of Sociology, New Delhi: Eurasian Publishing
House, 1972.
Brown, Radcliffe A. R., Structure and Function in Primitive Society, London: Cohen
and West, 1964.
Ritzer, G. Karnmeyer, K.C.W. and Yetman N.R., Sociology: Experiencing a Changing
Society, Boston: Allan and Bacon Ind., 1979.

SO.08. PHILOSOPHY OF TECHNOLOGY (4 Credits)
Rev. Fr. Movin Menezes
We are living in a world of Science and Technology. Our country has made tremendous
progress in the field of Science and Technology. Hence, it has become imperative to
understand its impacts and influence on our life. The course on Philosophy of
Technology attempts to bring about a philosophical appropriation of the growing world
of the world of Science and Technology.
Bibliography:
Bijker, Wiebe E. and Law, John (eds.), Shaping Technology/Building Society: Studies
in Sociotechnical Change, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1992.
Darwin, C. R., On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the
Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, London: John Murray, 1859.
Davis, Michael, Thinking Like an Engineer: Studies in the Ethics of a Profession, New
York/Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998.
Feenberg, Andrew, Questioning Technology, London/New York: Routledge, 1999.
Harris, Charles E., Pritchard Michael S. and Rabins Michael J., Engineering Ethics:
Concepts and Cases, fourth edition, Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 2008.
SO.09. RESEARCH PAPER (2 Credits)
The student is expected to write a scientific paper on a relevant philosophical theme
under the guidance of any Teacher of Philosophy with prior approval of the Director of
Philosophy Course

OPTIONAL ADDITIONAL SUBJECTS
(32 Credits)

AO.01. METHODOLOGY OF STUDY AND SCIENTIFIC WORK (2 Credits)
Rev. Fr. Movin Menezes
One can get nowhere without a method; if a method is a bad one, it results in useless
work and sometimes even injures the mind. On the other hand, a good method
disciplines the mind and leads it to the truth often with a minimum of effort.
This course is divided into two parts: in the first part, we shall try to evolve a
methodology for effective study and in the second, we shall focus on the methodology
of reading, writing and analysing a scientific work.
Bibliography:
Gibaldi, Joseph, MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 6th ed., New York:
MLA, 2003.
Girden, E.R., Evaluating Research Articles, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 1996.
Goode, J. William and Hatt, K. Paul. Methods in social Research, Tokyo: Mc-Graw-
Hill Ltd, 1982.
Coggings, Gordon, A Guide to Writing Essays and Research Papers, Toronto: Van
Nostrand Reinhold Limited, 1977.
Anthony, Grafton, The FootNote: A Curious History, Harvard: Harvard University
Press, 1999.

AO.02. AFFECTIVE MATURITY (2 Credits)
Ms. Sandya Menezes
Affective maturity is one of the pillars of adaptation of an individual in a new
environment. A seminarian is in continual relationship with his associates, educators,
and mentors in the community in which he lives and hence he experiences numerous
emotions and moods that are an integral part of his day-to-day life. The course is aimed
at facilitating the management of emotions in relationships, the ability to respond to the
environment especially to tough situations and perform well under stress by setting a
sense of “calmness amid the storm” which is essential for a meaningful and efficacious
life.
Bibliography:
Barlow, David H. and Durand, V. Mark, Abnormal Psychology and Integrative
Approach Belmont: Wadsworth, 2012.
Imoda Franco, SJ, ed., Journey to Freedom: Interdisciplinary Approach to the
Anthropology of Formation, Leuven: Peteers, 2000.
Fiumara, Gemma Corradi, The Mind’s Affective Life: Psychoanalytic and
Philosophical Enquiry, Philadelphia: Runner – Rutledge, 2001.
Carlson Janet F., ed., Personality and Abnormal Psychology, New York: Facts on the
File, 2012.
Zionts, Paul, Zionts, Laura and Simpsons, Richard L., Emotional and Behavioural
Problems: Handbook for Understanding and Handling Students, New Delhi: Sage
Publications, 2002.

AO.03. PSYCHOLOGY OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT (2 Credits)
Rev. Dr. Joaquim Fernandes svd
This course concentrates on the developmental psychology and attempts to provide an
insight into the different pedagogical approaches. This course tries to prepare the
student to accompany the children/students in the parish catechetical ministry as well as
the school ministry in the future.
Bibliography:
Baltes, Paul, ed. Life-span development and behavior, 10 vols., New York: Academic
Press, 1978-1990.
Baltes, Paul and Baltes, Margret, eds. Successful aging: Perspectives from the
behavioral sciences, New York: Cambridge Univ. Press, 1993.
Bronfenbrenner, Urie, Toward an experimental ecology of human development in
American Psychologist, 32:513-531, 1977.
Erikson, Erik, Childhood and Society, New York: Norton, 1963.
Fingerman, Karen L., Berg, Cynthia, Smith, Jacqui and Antonucci, Toni C., eds.
Handbook of life-span development, New York: Springer, 2011.

AO.04. CHRISTIAN VISION (2 Credits)
Rev. Fr. Mariano D’Costa
This course will initiate us into the mystery of God’s Love and His Salvific plan for
humankind made manifest in the history of the Old and the New Israel. Celebration of
important salvific events in form of various festivals will be dealt with. The mystery of
Christ will be focused on the basis of the teachings found in the Canonical Gospels,
Salvific words and deeds of Jesus will be given due importance and different facets of
the life of Jesus will be analysed. The mystery of the Church will be seen in the light of
the Acts of the Apostles and Lumen Gentium.
Bibliography:
Hart, David Bentley, The Story of Christianity: The history of the first 2000 years of the
Christian faith, Quercus, 2013).
Ford, David, The Modern Theologians: An introduction to Christian theology since
1918, Blackwell, third edition, with Rachel Muers, 2005.
Wilken, Robert Louis, The First Thousand Years: A global history of Christianity,
London: Yale University Press, 2012.
Lane, Tony, A Concise History of Christian Thought, Continuum, 2006.
Karkkainen, Veli-Matti, One with God: Salvation as deification and justification,
Liturgical Press, 2004.

AO. 05. COUNSELLING PSYCHOLOGY (2 Credits)
Ms. Rochelle Pereira
Counselling is an indispensable Pastoral skill. This course introduces the students to
various counselling therapies that address emotion, social, developmental concerns,
and presents ways of responding to series of mental illness, and indicate ways and
means to alleviate distress and resolve crisis.
Bibliography:
Altmaier, E. M. and Hansen J. C., eds., The Oxford handbook of counselling
psychology, New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 2012
Berk, Laura E., Child Development, New Delhi: Prentice Hall of India Pvt. Ltd., 2013.
Brown, S. D. and Lent R. W., eds., Handbook of counselling psychology, 4th ed,
Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2008.
Fouad, N. A., Carter J. A. and Subich L. M., eds., APA handbook of counselling
psychology, 2 vols. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 2012.
Whiteley, J. M. The history of counselling psychology, Belmont, CA: Wadsworth,
1980.

AO.06. FAMILY EDUCATION (2 Credits)
Rev. Fr. Kenneth Teles
Family is the vital cell of our society. Family life education builds on the strengths as
well as considers the challenges faced by families today and attempt to evolve ways of
assisting them to respond to them so that every family is led to read its highest potential
and is able to live its vocation to the fullest.
Bibliography:
Clemens, Alphonse H., Marriage and the Family, NJ: Prentice-Hall-INC-Englewood,
1957.
Murpy, Ann & John, Sex Education and Successful Parenting, Mumbai: St. Paul Press
Training School, 1994.
Areus, M. E., Schvaneveldt, J. D., Moss, J. J., (eds.) Handbook of Family Life Education
(Foundation of Family Life Education), Sage Publications, Vol. 1 & Vol. 2, 1993.
Archer, J & Lloyd, B., Sex and Gender, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1982.
Familia Et Vita (2004), Vol VI, No. 3,2001, Vol VII, No. 2-3, 2002, Vol VIII, No. 1-2,
2003 and Vol IX, No. 1-2.

AO.07. INTRODUCTION TO LITURGICAL LIFE (2 Credits)
Rev. Fr. Afonso Mendonca
This short course will be divided into two parts: the first part will orient our minds to the
history of Liturgy and the main periods of the evolution of the Roman Rite with due
importance to the nature and importance of Liturgy; Postures and gestures, objects and
vestments, common formulas and the qualities of participation, and the twelve points of
adaptation will be emphasized. The second part will introduce the students to the
Liturgical Year with much focus on Liturgical Days and Seasons.
Bibliography:
Bouley, Allan, ed., Catholic Rites Today, Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1992.
Bouyer, Louis. The Liturgy Revived: A Doctrinal Commentary on the Conciliar
Constitution on the Liturgy, Notre Dame: Univ. of Notre Dame Press, 1964.
Flannery, Austin, ed. Vatican Council II: Conciliar and Post-Conciliar Documents.
The Vatican Collection, Vol. 1, Revised ed., Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1992.
International Commission on English in the Liturgy (ICEL), ed. Documents on the
Liturgy, 1963-1979: Conciliar, Papal, and Curial Texts, Collegeville, MN: Liturgical
Press, 1982.
Weller, Philip T., ed., The Roman Ritual in Latin and English, Milwaukee: Bruce, 1952.

AO.08. INTRODUCTION TO PORTUGUESE (2 Credits)
Rev. Fr. Avinash Rebelo
The colonial past has left its mark on the Goan society. The ecclesiastical archives with
birth, marriage, etc. records of pre-1961 period continue to exist in the Portuguese
language. This course introduces the students to the basics of the Portuguese language
in view of the practical utility of reading and understanding the Church records and
documents.
Bibliography:
D’Souza, Carmo, ed., Portuguese Language and Literature in Goa: Past, Present and
Future, Margao: Cinnamonteal Publishing, 2014.
Williams, Edwin B., Introductory Portuguese Grammar, New York: Dover
Publications, 1976.
Leiria, Isabel, Vascancelas, Manuela, “Falar Portuguese I” coordinated by Joao
Molace Casteleiro, ed. by “Oireccao dos Servicos de Educaccao of Macau”.
Parochial Records of Baptism, Marriage and Death of Archdiocese of Goa.
Walker, Russel and Tavares, Rafael, Language Lover’s Guide to Learning Portuguese,
Alberto Publishing, 2014.

AO.09. INTRODUCTION TO ENGLISH (2 Credits)
Ms. Synex Souza
This course is part one of the foundation course in English. It deals with reading and
listening comprehension, vocabulary, grammar and usage, and writing, which also
include conversation and pronunciation.
Bibliography:
Azar, B. S., Fundamentals of English Grammar, 2nd ed., New York: Pearson, 1992.
Beason, L. and Lester M., Now I get it: A commonsense guide to grammar and usage,
New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1997.
Biber, D., Johansson, S., Leech, G., Conrad, S. and Finegan, E., Longman grammar of
spoken and written English, New York: Longman, 1999.
Brown, H. D., Strategies for success: A practical guide to learning English White
Plains, NY: Longman, 2001.
Swan, M., Practical English usage, New York: Oxford University Press, 1996.

AO.10. ADVANCED ENGLISH (2 Credits)
Ms. Synex Souza
This course is part two of the foundation course in English. It deals with (i) the writings
of paragraphs i.e. the topic of the sentence, how the topic is developed, the coherence in
the paragraph and the transitional devices used; (ii) the development of a paragraph i,.e.
illustration, description, cause and effect, definition, comparison and contrast; (iii) the
writing of a composition i.e. types of composition, what is required to write a good
composition; (iv) the writing of an expository composition and the various methods
used in its development.
Bibliography:
Alward Edgar C. and Alward Jean A., Punctuation: Plain and Simple, New York:
Barnes and Noble Books, 1917.
Grellet, Francois, Writing for Advanced Learners English, Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press, 1996.
Jones, Leo, New Cambridge Advanced English, Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press, 2006.
Troyka, Lynn Quitman, Simon and Schuster’s Handbook for Writers, New Jersey:
Prentice Hall, 1993.
Murphy, Raymond, Intermediate English Grammar, New Delhi: Cambridge
University Press, 2001.

AO.11. INTRODUCTION TO CATECHETICS (2 Credits)
Rev. Fr. Heston Ferrão
This course gives them some practical inputs on what is Catechesis; how to prepare a
catechism talk/class; the methodology of giving a catechism talk/class, etc as well as
inputs on the resource material that needs to be necessarily referred to and used while
preparing and giving the catechism talk/class.
Bibliography:
Catechism of the Catholic Church, Washington: United States Catholic Bishops’
Conference, 1994.
Congregation for the Clergy, General Directory of Catechesis, Vatican City: Libreria
Editrice Vaticana, 1997.
Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, Guide for Catechists, 1993, The
Catechetical Documents, Chicago: Liturgy Training Publications, 1996.
Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults, Chicago: Liturgy Training Publications, 1988.
To Teach as Jesus Did: A Pastoral Message on Catholic Education, 1972, The
Catechetical Documents. Chicago: Liturgy Training Publications, 1996.

AO.12. ADVANCED KONKANI (2 Credits)
Mr. Vincy Quadros
Konkani, being the mother tongue of Goans, is the chief liturgical and pastoral language
of our Archdiocese. Although the students study the language at the school and even at
the college level, this course attempts to help the students to study how to apply/use the
linguistic skills and techniques in their pastoral ministry especially the ministry of
preaching.
Bibliography:
Antao, Melba M. C., ‘One Language, Two Scripts’, in: Goan Observer, February 18- 24,
2006, pp. 6-7, 11.
Coutinho, V., Education and Development in Goa, Rome: ICSS, 1987.
Da Cunha, J. Gerson, The Konkani Language and Literature, New Delhi: Asian
Educational Services, 1991 (originally 1881).
Sardessai, Manoharai, The History of Konkani Literature (From 1500-1992), Pune:
Sahitya Akademi, 2000.

AO.13. MUSIC I (2 Credits)
Rev. Fr. Mathew Rebello
This course deals with the stave, writing of high and low notes, Treble and Bass clefs,
Middle C, Notes in treble and bass clefs, Note values, rests, bars, bar lines and time
signatures, Tones and Semitones, Accidentals, Keys-C, G and F major, Key Signatures,
intervals, Circle of 5thS, Arpeggios, Grouping of notes and beaming quavers, Grouping
of rests, Ostinato, some musical words and symbols. Singing exercises from Solfeggio
Exercises Vol. lA by Albert Lavignac.
Bibliography:
Lavignac, Albert, Solfeggio Exercises Vol. lA.
Yandell, Naomi, Theory of Music Workbook for Trinity Guildhall written
examinations: Grade 1, UK: Trinity College London, 2007.
Yandell, Naomi, Theory of Music Workbook for Trinity Guildhall written
examinations: Grade 2, UK: Trinity College London, 2007.

AO.14. MUSIC II (2 Credits)
Rev. Fr. Mathew Rebello
This course will introduce some more notes in treble and bass clefs. It will also impart
knowledge about quaver rest, some more time signatures, slow-fast beats, syncopation,
natural and harmonic minor scales of A, D and E minors, intervals in major and minor
2nds and 3rds, first inversions, minor arpeggios, broken chords, perfect intervals, circle
of 5ths – major and minor keys, sequences, transposing tunes up or down an octave,
writing own tunes to a given rhythm, voice ranges, some more musical words and
symbols, and analysis. Singing exercises in treble and bass clefs from Solfeggio
Exercises Vol. lA by Albert Lavignac (cont. from Part I).
Bibliography:
Lavignac, Albert, Solfeggio Exercises Vol. lA.
Yandell, Naomi, Theory of Music Workbook for Trinity Guildhall written
examinations: Grade 3, UK: Trinity College London, 2007.
Yandell, Naomi, Theory of Music Workbook for Trinity Guildhall written
examinations: Grade 4, UK: Trinity College London, 2007.
Yandell, Naomi, Theory of Music Workbook for Trinity Guildhall written
examinations: Grade 5, UK: Trinity College London, 2007.

AO.15. BASIC ACCOUNTANCY (2 Credits)
Mr. Agnelo Fernandes
Priests, besides being pastors, are also administrators of the material/temporal
goods and properties of the Church/parish. This course introduces the students
into the world of Book Keeping and Accountancy, in view of this important
responsibility.
Bibliography:
Backer, M., ed. Modern Accounting Theory: A Revision of Handbook of Modern
Accounting Theory, Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1966.
Baldvinsdottir, G., Mitchell F. and Nerreklit H., “Issues in the relationship between
theory and practice III management accounting” in Management Accounting
Research, June,2010: 79-82.
Donatila Agrap-San Juan, Fundamental of Accounting: Basic Accounting Principles
Simplified for Accounting Students, Bloomington: Author House, 2007.
Hendrickson, H. and P. Williams, ed., Accounting Theory: Essays by Carl Thomas
Divine. Routledge, 2004.
Hendriksen, E. S. Accounting Theory. 3rd. ed., Richard D. Irwin, Inc., 1977.
Sofat, Rajni and Hiro, Preeti, Basic Accounting, New Delhi: PHI Learning, 2010.

AO.16. ARCHAEOLOGY & SACRED ART (2 Credits)
Rev. Fr. Mansueto Fernandes
The Church of Goa is blessed with several magnificent churches and religious
structures. This course attempts to equip the students to appreciate the Sacred Art
with a special emphasis on the way it adorns our Churches in Goa. It will also delve
on conservation and preservation of our heritage for the future.
Bibliography:
Beckwith, John. Early Christian and Byzantine Art, 2d ed., New York: Penguin,
1979.
Evans, Helen C., Wixom, William D., The glory of Byzantium: art and culture of the
Middle Byzantine era, A.D. 843-1261, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art,
1997.
Grabar, Andre, Christian iconography, a study of its origins, USA: Princeton
University Press, 1968.
Lourenco, Jose. The Parish Churches of Goa, Goa: Amazing Goa Publications,
2005.
Williamson, Beth, Christian Art: A Very Short Introduction, UK: Oxford University
Press, 2004.

ADDITIONAL COURSES FOR III YEAR
PHILOSOPHY COURSE

01. MUSIC III (2 Credits)
Rev. Fr. Mathew Rebello
This course deals with compound time signatures, grouping notes and rests in
6/8, 9/8 and 12/8, anacrusis, quaver triplets, grouping of quaver triplet rests,
melodic minor scale, second inversions of tonic triads, working out the key of a
piece, intervals-major and minor 6ths and 7ths, dominant triads in major and
minor keys and chord progression. Singing of some hymns/bhajans with
various time signatures musical words and symbols. Singing exercises in treble
and bass clefs from Solfeggio Exercises Vol. lA by Albert Lavignac. (continued
from Part 11).

02. COMMUNITY NUTRITION (2 Credits)
Rev. Fr. Joaquim Rebello
Good nutrition is essential for the good health of the individual and in turn of
the community. This course attempts to help the students to study the
importance of a balanced diet that provides healthy nutrition in view of their
future pastoral ministry.

03. Advanced English (2 Credits)
Ms. Saynex Souza
This course is part of the foundation course in English. It deals with the writing
of paragraphs, various grammar topics such as types of: adjectives, adverbs,
conjunctions and their usage. It also deals with the type of sentences in English
based on their function and usage. This course also attempts to introduce the
students to conditionals, interchange of sentences without changing the
meaning, the Phrase and the Clause etc. Short stories and poems will further
enhance the reading and writing skills of the students.

04. Introduction to Basic Legislations (2 Credits)

Rev. Fr. Chrysler D’Souza
The course strives at acquainting the students with the fundamental knowledge of
certain criminal and civil terminology and legislations, such as, the basics of
drafting and filing of criminal complaints, F.I.R., etc. It endeavours to deal with
the synopsis of the Goa Children’s Act, the POCSO Act, Protection of Women
from Domestic Violence Act, the basics of the law of succession and Divorce in
the state of Goa, the Goa Tenancy Act, the Mundkars (Protection from Eviction)
Act, effecting Mutation and Partition of the Survey Records, etc. As our students
prepare and form themselves for a life that holds a prominent role in a
community, basic knowledge of law would equip them with the essential skills
and wisdom in their ministry, to advise, guide and support the pursuit of truth,
justice and harmony. The course shall serve as an introduction in which some key
legal topics, which are beneficial to our everyday life will be covered.

05. Pastoral Counselling (2 Credits)
Rev. Fr. Edison Fernandes SDB
Troubled people often turn to their spiritual advisors for counselling. In fact, research
has shown that nearly fifty percent of the population, whether Roman Catholic or any
other denomination asked for help from their religious leaders before anything else.
And, increasingly, even secular counsellors are integrating spirituality into their
counselling practices. The two credit course is designed to assist the seminarians in
aiding people who are seeking guidance for emotional, relational, social, or religious
struggles. The theoretical and practical content of this course will enhance the
confidence of anyone called on as the first line of defence in helping those who are
facing life’s knottiest dilemmas. The course is intended to provide the seminarians/
future religious leaders with clinically proven directions for counselling. The
perspective from which is course is drawn is Judeo-Christian and should be helpful for
anyone that draws on the writings and experiences of the Bible.PHILOSOPHY COURSE
(Synopsis of the Subjects)

Goal: The Philosophy Course at Rachol Seminary aims to evolve a Christian vision that
would promote personal, social as well as ecological wellbeing.
This aim is actualized through the following objectives:
To promote integral understanding human life and activity so as to shed light on what it
is that we do in the world and on what is good. (F.R. no 81)
To build openness to the things that transcend empirical data so as to enter the word of
metaphysics that reaches the first principles. (F.R. no 82)
To promote integral understanding of the human person, world and the Divine.
To promote creative thinking rooted in experience to build a disposition to understand
and live our Catholic faith.

OBLIGATORY BASIC SUBJECTS
(58 Credits)

BO.0l. INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY (2 Credits)
Rev. Dr. Victor Ferrão
This Course attempts to offer a general introduction to Philosophy. It deals with the
meaning of Philosophy, its scope, divisions and methods of doing philosophy. The main
thrust of the Course is an approach to philosophy from the attitude and perspective of
philosophizing. The Course has programmatic and pragmatic concerns of the entire two
years of Philosophy.
Bibliography:
Artigas, Mariano, Introduction to Philosophy, Manila: Sinag-tala Publishers, 1990.
Borchert, Donald, ed. Encyclopaedia of Philosophy, 10 Vols. New York: Thomson
Gale, 2006.
Heidegger, Martin, What is Philosophy? Tr. William Kluback and Jean T. Wilde,
Plymouth: Vision, 1989.
Kaminsky, Jack Kaminsky, Alice: Logic: A Philosophical Introduction, London:
Addison – Wesley Publishing Company, 1974.

BO.02. PHILOSOPHY OF WORLD RELIGIONS (4 Credits)
Rev. Dr. Agnelo Pinheiro
Human person by nature is a relational being. The quality of a relationship is largely
determined by the depth of bonding that exists between dialogical partners. This in turn
requires an unbiased knowledge of each other’s ‘life-world’, which involves beliefs,
values, practices etc. Religious plurality is a distinctive feature of Indian ethos. The
value of secularism enshrined in the very preamble of our Indian Constitution makes it
binding on every citizen to accept, respect and protect one another’s religious identity
and legacy. The present course endeavours to carry students into the heart of the world’s
great enduring faiths so that they know how they guide and motivate the lives of their
followers. This understanding is meant to help them to value and to celebrate diversity
of religions aimed at promoting unity, harmony and peace in society. Asia being the
cradle of world’s major religions, the curriculum of study is divided into3 main
categories: I. Religions of South Asia (India): Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism &
Sikhism; II. Religions of West Asia (Palestine, Persia & Arabia): Judaism,
Zoroastrianism, Christianity, Islam & Baha-I; III. East Asia (China & Japan):
Confucianism, Taoism & Shintoism). The course is summed up with insights drawn
from the distinctive features of Tribal Religions.
Bibliography:
Ahmad, Khurshid, ed. Islam: Its Meaning and Message, Leicester, England: The
Islamic Foundation, 1980.
Anderson, Norman Sir, ed. The World’s Religions, London: Inter-Varsity Press, 1975.
Barth, A., The Religions of India, Tr. Wood J., New Delhi: Light & Life Publishers,
1978.
Hick, J., Philosophy of Religion, New Delhi: Prentice Hall of India, Pvt. Ltd., 1981.
Hinnels, J.R., ed. A Handbook of Living Religions, Penguin Books, 1984, Reprint,
1991.
Llyod Ridgeon, ed., Major World Religions from Origins to the Present, London:
Rutledge Curzon, 2003.

BO.03. HISTORY OF WESTERN PHILOSOPHY I: ANCIENT & MEDIEVAL
(4 Credits)
Rev. Dr. Agnelo Pinheiro
Philosophy attempts to investigate critically some of the fundamental questions
affecting human life. It examines freely and profoundly presuppositions and
assumptions that are usually unquestioned. On the background of this endeavour of
philosophy, this course aims to expound the thoughts of the various schools with their
pioneering thinkers seeking to unravel the perennial dilemmas that have riveted human
mind of every age. This systematic exploration originated and achieved potent
fortification with the Greeks, nurtured further by the Romans and later developed by the
Medieval scholars, particularly Christian philosophers. Hence the present course
curriculum, which encompasses not only the beginnings of philosophy, but also the
foundations of Western civilization, seeks to analyse two strands of ideas. The first
extends from the Ancient acumen of the Greek thinkers to the Roman period. The
wonder of the creation got them engrossed in understanding its origin, nature and the
role of the human person in this cosmic ‘miracle’. The second deals with how this
ancient wisdom was incorporated in the Medieval worldview, which was very much
influenced by Christian doctrine. An integral comprehension of these two outstanding
strands of ideas will contribute to understand their impact and relevance for the present
line of thought.
Bibliography:
Allen, D. J., The Philosophy of Aristotle, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1970.
Burnet, J., Early Greek Philosophy, London: Methuen, Fourth Edition, 1930.
Collins W, Lucas, Plato, New Delhi: Deep and Deep Publishers, 1990.
Copleston, Frederick, A History of Philosophy, 9 Vols. NewYork: Image Books, 1993-
1994.
Copleston, Frederick. A History of Philosophy: Greece and Rome, From the Pre-
Socratics to Plotinus, Vol. 1. New York: Double Day, 1993.
Norman Geisler, A History of Western Philosophy: Ancient and Medieval, Create Space
Independent Publishing Platform, 2016.

BO.04. LOGIC (4 Credits)
Rev. Dr. Victor Ferrão
This Course offers an introduction to the traditional Aristotelian logic. It concentrates
on the acts of the mind in so far as they are directed to obtain correct knowledge. The
three acts of the mind are formation of concepts, expression of judgement and
deductive reasoning. Besides, the course also introduces inductive reasoning and
various fallacies involved in the process of reasoning.
Bibliography:
Bhattacharya, Birendra Kumar, Inference in Indian and Western Logic, Calcutta:
Sanskrit Pustak Bhandar, 1976.
Copi, lrving M., Introduction to Logic, New York: Macmillan Publishing Company,
1986.
Harrison, Frank R., Logic and Rational Thought, New York: West Publishing
Company, 1992.
Hurley, Patrick J., A Concise Introduction to Logic, California: Wadworth Publishing
Company, 1988.
Parry, William T., and Hacker Edward A., Aristotlian Logic, Albany: State University
of New York Press, 1991.

BO.05. HISTORY OF WESTERN PHILOSOPHY II: MODERN (4 Credits)
Rev. Dr. Victor Ferrão
In this course we continue our survey of the Western thought. This course is made up of
two parts.
The first part deals with what is called as ‘Modern Philosophy’ (i.e., from the
Renaissance to Kant). In the second part, we discuss the full flowering of ‘Modernism’.
Hence, we will discuss some schools of thought, such as Idealism, Positivism and
Analytic Philosophy (1).
Bibliography:
Bennet, J., Locke, Berkeley, Hume: Central Themes, Oxford: Oxford University Press,
1971.
Copleston, Frederich, Descartes to Leibniz: A History of Philosophy. Vol. 4. New York:
Image Books, 1963.
Falckenberg, Richard A., History of Modern Philosophy from Nicolas of Cusa to the
Present Time, London: H. Holt and Company, 1893.
Kant, Immanuel, Critique of Judgement [Kritik der Urtheilskraft 1790], trans. J. H.
Bernard, 2nd ed., London: Macmillan, 1914; New York: Hafner Press, 1951.
Kenny, Anthony, The Rise of Modern Philosophy, New York: Clarendon Press, 2006.

BO.06. HISTORY OF INDIAN PHILOSOPHY I: CLASSICAL NASTlKA
SCHOOLS (4 Credits)
Rev. Fr. Heston Ferrão
The introductory course in Indian Philosophy initiates the students to the emergence
and growth of rich intuitive and mystical wisdom of India. It is meant to motivate them
to develop an appreciation of Indian thought and openness to inculturation. The course
gives a bird’s eye view of Indian Philosophy and then goes on to discuss its salient
features, the methods of philosophising in India and the Vedic thought with special
reference to the Upanishads. It also analyses the philosophical overview of the three
heterodox (nastika) schools – Carvaka, Jaina and Bauddha.
Bibliography:
Chatterjee, Satishandra, Datta, Dhirendramohan, An Introduction to Indian
Philosophy, New Delhi: Rupa Publications, 2007.
Radhakrishnan, S., Indian Philosophy, Vol. I, London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd.,
1941.
Radhakrishnan, S., Indian Philosophy, Vol. II, London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd.,
1941.
Sharma, S.P.N. Rai, Indian Philosophy, Lucknow: Prakashan Kendra, 1969.
Surendranath Das Gupta, History of Indian Philosophy, Vol. I Delhi: Motilal
Banarsidas, 1997.

BO. 07. HISTORY OF INDIAN PHILOSOPHY II: CLASSICAL ASTlKA
SCHOOLS & CONTEMPORARY THINKERS (4 Credits)
Rev. Fr. Heston Ferrão
It aims to appraise the students of the trends in Indian Philosophy and stimulate
philosophising in the Indian context. Analysis and critical appreciation of the six
classical systems (Darsanas) of Indian Philosophy, viz., Nayaya, Vaisesika, Samkhya,
Yoga, Mimansa and Vedanta. The various schools are dealt by focussing on their main
philosophical themes of metaphysics, epistemology, ethics and anthropology and also
their converging and diverging points of view of reality. This course also familiarizes
the students with the modem and contemporary trends of Indian thought. The
philosophical insights of some outstanding modem and contemporary thinkers are
critically discussed.
Bibliography:
Chatterjee, S.G. and Datta, D.M., An Introduction to Indian Philosophy. Calcutta:
University of Calcutta Press, 1960.
Dasgupta, Surendra, A History of Indian Philosophy. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass,
1991.Vols. III & IV.
Hiriyanna, M., The Essentials of Indian Philosophy. London: George Allen and Unwin
Press, 1932.
Muller, F.M., The Six Systems of Indian Philosophy. London: Longmans Green and Co.
Publication, 1928.
Radhakrishnan, S., Indian Philosophy, Vol. 2, London: George Allen & Unwin
Publication, 1927.

BO.08. HISTORY OF WESTERN PHILOSOPHY III: CONTINENTAL &
ANALYTIC (4 Credits)
Rev. Dr. Victor Ferrão
In this course, we continue our survey of the Western thought. This course is made up of
two parts. The first part studies How Modem Philosophy undergoes its decadence.
Hence, we will study schools of thought like Phenomenology, Existentialism. Analytic
Philosophy (II). In the second part we discuss How Modernism is being re-constructed
in contemporary philosophy. Hence, we will discuss topics like Hermeneutics, process
philosophy, structuralism, post structuralism and postmodernism. We shall also
consider the critical theory of the Frankfurt School with the special emphasis on
Habermas.
Bibliography:
Gross, Barry R., Analytic Philosophy, California: Pegasus, 1970.
Deleuze, Gilles. Nietzsche and Philosophy, New York: Columbia University Press, 1983.
Grossmann, Reinhardt, Phenomenology and existentialism: An Introduction, London:
Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1984.
Guess, Raymond, The Idea of a Critical Theory. Habermas and the Frankfurt School,
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991.
Jackson, Frank & Smith, Michael, (ed), The Oxford Handbook of Contemporary
Philosophy, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007.

BO.09. POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY I: INTRODUCTORY &
CONTEMPORARY ISSUES (4 Credits)
Rev. Dr. Victor Ferrão
The quality of good life of an individual is linked to the quality of a community. A
consideration like the above draws us to the realm of the political.
This course attempts to study ancient, modem and contemporary Political theorists and
aims to understand issues such as democracy, state, nation, nationalism, citizenship,
commons, public ideologies, conflicts, regimes, power, authority, consent, human
rights and their violation, etc.
Bibliography:
Kymlicka, Will, Contemporary Political Philosophy: An Introduction, 2nd ed., Oxford:
Oxford University Press, 2001.
Miller, David, Political Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford: Oxford
University Press, 2003.
Simmons, A. J., Political Philosophy, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007.
Swift, A., Political Philosophy: A Beginner’s Guide for Students and Politicians,
Cambridge, MA: Polity, 2006.
Wolff, J., An Introduction to Political Philosophy, Cambridge, UK: Polity, 2006.

BO.10. PHILOSOPHY OF KNOWLEDGE I: EPISTEMOLOGY (4 Credits)
Rev. Fr. Heston Ferrão
The question, “What is knowledge?” is basic to any philosophical inquiry. Hence this
course attempts a philosophical treatment of the nature, scope, sources and limitations
of human knowledge. It provides a philosophical treatment of the nature, types and the
various classical theories of truth. The students are also initiated to the understanding of
Hermeneutics and its relationship to Epistemology. Finally, we attempt to understand
critically the phenomenon of religious knowledge and language.
Bibliography:
Audi, Robert, Epistemology: A Contemporary Introduction to the Theory of
Knowledge, London, New York: Routledge, 1998.
Ayer, A. J., The Problem of Knowledge, London: Cambridge University Press, 1956.
Bhatt, Govardhan P., The Basic Ways of Knowing, Delhi: Motilal Banarasidass
Publishers, 1962.
Capaldi, Nicholas, Human Knowledge: A Philosophical Analysis of Its Meaning and
Scope, New York: Pegasus, 1969.
Goldman, Alvin I., Epistemology and Cognition, Cambridge: Harvard University
Press, 1986.

BO. 11. PHILOSOPHY OF NATURE: CLASSICAL & CONTEMPORARY
COSMOLOGY (4 Credits)
Rev. Fr. Movin Menezes
This course is made up of two main parts. The first one deals with cosmology while the
second attempts to take up the meta-cosmological reflections. We follow the historicocritical
method and try to understand the changing conceptions of humans as regard the
origin, the nature and the end of the cosmos. In the second part, we enter the Arena of
Philosophy of Science in the strict sense as we study the four schools of Philosophy of
Science, along with a consideration of the concepts like observation, experimentation,
explanation, confirmation, etc. We close our reflection with a serious note on the
meeting points between Western Science and eastern mysticism.
Bibliography:
Ackermann, Robert, The Philosophy of Science: An Introduction, New York: Pegasus,
1970.
Augros, Rober M. & Stanciu George N., The New Story of Science, Lake Bluff:
Gateway Editions, 1984.
Cohen, L. B., The Birth of a New Physics, London: Penguin Books, 1992.
Dolling, Lisa M., Gianelli, Arthur F. and Statile, Glenn N. eds., The Tests of Time, New
Jersey: Princeton University Press, 2003.
Sambursky S., The Physical World of the Greeks, London: Routledge and Kegan Paul,
1960.

BO.12. METAPHYSICS: CLASSICAL & CONTEMPORARY (4 Credits)
Rev. Fr. Jonas D’Souza
This course tries to understand the relevance of metaphysics for a sound Philosophical and
Christian understanding of the world, humanity and God. It takes up the quest of the
meaning of being that is fundamental in every philosophical tradition. Hence, we attempt
to make a critical and reflective inquiry into the mystery of being and beings with a special
emphasis on the transcendental method of Joseph Marechal and Martin Heidegger. It also
strives to introduce the students to the modes of Indian metaphysical thinking.
Bibliography:
Alvira, Tomas, Luis Clavell, & Melendo Tomas, Metaphysics, Manila: Sinag-Tala
Publishers, INC., 1991.
Aquinas, Thomas, Summa Theologica, Tr. Fathers of the English Dominican Province,
New York: Benziger Brothers, 1947.
Aristotle, Metaphysics, (In: Commentary on the Metaphysics of Aristotle by Thomas
Aquinas), Tr. John P Rowan, Vol. I, Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1961.
Bittle, Celestine N., The Domain of Being, Milwaukee: The Bruce Publishing
Company, 1939.
Bogliolo, Luigi, Metaphysics, Bangalore: Theological Publications in India, 1987.

BO.13. ANTHROPOLOGY I: PHILOSOPHY OF HUMAN PERSON (4 Credits)
Rev. Dr. Agnelo Pinheiro
Every act of philosophizing presupposes an understanding of human person. This
course endeavours to provide us with the necessary framework to actualise and
appreciate our vocation as persons and to build up human communities where human
persons are treated in a holistic manner.
Thus, the human person is studied in his/her commonality (similarities with other
beings) as well as in his/her uniqueness. The human person is discussed both from the
Indian as well as from the Western context. Finally, we try to focus on the salient
features of philosophical anthropology like human freedom, love, religious quest and
life after death thereby attempting to situate the human person in an integral paradigm.
Bibliography:
Mondin, Battista, Philosophical Anthropology, Bangalore: T.P.I., 1985.
Barbo, Francesca Rivetti, Philosophy of Man: An Outline, Roma: Edizioni Hortus
Conclusus, 2001.
Bogliolo, Louis, Philosophical Anthropology, Shillong: Sacred Heart Theological
College, 1984.
Boon, J.A., “Anthropology, Ethnology and Religion”, The Encyclopaedia of Religion,
Vol. l, New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1987, 308-317.
Crick, F. J., Life Itself: Its Origin and Nature. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1981.

BO.14. MORAL PHILOSOPHY/ETHICS (4 Credits)
Rev. Dr. Agnelo Pinheiro
“The life which is unexamined is not worth living”, observed Socrates. This phrase
inspires us to reflect on the purpose of life. The moral excellence of human life to a great
extent is shaped, guided, motivated and directed by the choices we make, decisions we
take and the values we inculcate. Values that we nourish, live and instil in others
enhances the quality and purpose of individual as well as the communitarian life. These
values, which steer human actions, emerge from different sources such as one’s
upbringing, education, experiences, or personal reflection. Moral philosophy, which is
construed as theorizing about the proper regulating mechanisms for human actions with
practical implications, plays a decisive role in the analysis, evaluation and betterment of
life based on sound value systems. This course on Ethics is divided into two main parts:
General Ethics and Applied Ethics. The former deals with the nature and scope of
ethics; the various theories of moral standard; analysis of human acts; human freedom;
understanding of law; concepts of rights and duties and metaethics. The latter
deliberates on the application of moral standards to specific moral issues such as
suicide, euthanasia, violence and terrorism, abortion and capital punishment.
Bibliography:
Beauchamp, Tom L., Philosophical Ethics: An Introduction to Moral Philosophy,
Boston: Mc Graw Hill, 2001.
Billington, Ray, Living Philosophy: An Introduction to Moral Thought (3rd ed.).
London: Routledge, 2003.
Composta, Dario, Moral Philosophy and Social Ethics. Bangalore: TPI, 1988.
Composta, D., Moral Philosophy and Social Ethics, Bangalore: TPI, 1988.
Finnis, John, Fundamentals of Ethics, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1983.

BO.15. NATURAL THEOLOGY I: CLASSICAL AND CONTEMPORARY
(4 Credits)
Rev. Dr. Agnelo Pinheiro
This treatise strives to make a Philosophical study of God. Since people experience,
understand and generally live their relationship with the divine within the framework of
religion, the course surveys the phenomenon of religion and moves on to God-in-
himself. We further take up the study of God as related-to-us where we attempt to
grapple with the mystery of creation, human freedom and the problem of evil. Finally,
we consider some related issues like the problems of religious experience and religious
language and verification of the same.
Bibliography:
Beckwith, Burnham Putnam, Religion, Philosophy, and Science; an Introduction to
Logical Positivism, New York: Philosophical Library, 1957.
Chandrankunnel, Mathew, The End of the Trial of Galileo and of the Church,
Bangalore: ATC Publications, 2009.
Dalley, Stephanie. Myths from Mesopotamia. Creation, The Flood, Gilgamesh, and
Others, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1989.
Ian, Hacking, ed., Scientific Revolutions, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1981.
Lakatos, The Methodology of Scientific Research Programmes: Philosophical Papers,
Vol. 1, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1977.

SUPPLEMENTARY OBLIGATORY SUBJECTS
(30 Credits)

SO.01. PHILOSOPHY OF KNOWLEDGE II: HERMENEUTICS (2 Credits)
Rev. Dr. Agnelo Pinheiro
This course deals with the question of understanding and meaning. It takes up the issues
centred around pre-understanding, hermeneutical circle, semantic autonomy, fusion of
horizons, surplus meaning and knowledge and human interests and the like.
Bibliography:
Dilthey, Wilhelm, Introduction to the Human Sciences: Selected Works, Vol. 1. Edited
with an Introduction by Rudolf A. Makkreel and Frithjof Rodi, Princeton: Princeton
University Press, 1989.
Karuveli, S. J., George, Hermeneutics and Post-Hermeneutic Epistemology, Pune: JD,
1996.
Palmer, Richard E., Hermeneutics: Interpretation Theory in Schleiermacher, Dilthey,
Heidegger and Gadamer, Evanston: Northwestern University Press, 1969.
Ricouer, Paul, Hermeneutics and the Human Sciences, New York: Cambridge
University Press, 1984.
Schleiermacher, Friedrich, Hermeneutics and Criticism and Other Writings, translated
and edited by Andrew Bowie, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998.

SO.02. TRIBAL AND DALIT & SUBALTERN PHILOSOPHY (4 Credits)
Rev. Fr. Jonas D’Souza
Our country has the largest concentration of tribals in the world. This gigantic
population is distributed into nearly 500 tribes and sub-tribes all over the country.
Along with them we have a large section of our people who live as oppressed castes and
communities, suffering at the hands of the culture of caste, superstition and exploitation
of the high castes in our society. This Course will attempt to curl out a view of life
(Philosophy of Life) of the tribal and the depressed people of our country, seeks ways
and means to understand these socially de-recognized people and propose some ways
of seeking some affirmative solutions to their plight.
Bibliography:
Aerthayil, Mathew, Impact of Globalization on Tribals: In the Context of Kerala,
Jaipur: Rawat Publications, 2008.
Ambedkar, B. R., Annihilation of Caste, Bangalore: Dalit Sahitya Akademy, 1945.
Ambedkar, B. R. The Untouchables, Bangalore: Dalit Sahitya Akademy, 1948.
Omvedt, Gail, Dalits and the Democratic Revolution – Dr. Ambedkar and the Dalit
Movement in Colonial India. New Delhi: Sage Publications, 1994.
Bulsara S. D., Legal Aspects of Untouchability in Social Legislation in India, Vol. I &
Vol. II. ed. Gangrade, K.D. New Delhi: Concept Publishing Co., 1978.

SO.03. POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY II: ISSUES OF WOMEN (2 Credits)
Rev. Dr. Victor Ferrão
The central concern of this course is issues of Women. The main thrust of this Course is
to approach the issues of women as co-equal not just to men but illumine the fact of their
difference.
Bibliography:
Alanen, Lilli and Charlotte Witt (eds.), Feminist Reflections on the History of
Philosophy, Dordrecht/Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2004.
Bar On, Bat-Ami (ed.), Modern Engendering: Critical Feminist Readings in Modern
Western Philosophy, Albany: SUNY Press, 1994.
Nye, Andrea, Feminist Theory and the Philosophies of Man, London: Croom Helm, 1988.
Spelman, Elizabeth, Inessential Woman: Problems of Exclusion in Feminist Thought,
Boston: Beacon Press, 1988.
Tuana, Nancy, The Less Noble Sex: Scientific, Religious, and Philosophical
Conceptions of Woman’s Nature, Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1993.

SO.04. NATURAL THEOLOGY II: SOCIAL APPROACHES (4 Credits)
Rev. Fr. Joseph Rodrigues
This Course approaches the phenomenon of sociology. It will deal with the perspective
of sociologists like Emile Durkheim, Karl Marx, Max Weber, Peter Berger, etc. It will
also attempt to understand contemporary religious fundamentalism, violence,
terrorism and quest for peace.
Bibliography:
Alston, William P., “Religious Language”, In: Routledge Encyclopaedia of Philosophy,
Vol. 8, edited by Edward Crois.
Austin, J. L, How to Do Things with Words, Cambridge: Mass, 1975.
Craig, William Lane., ed., Philosophy of Religion, New Jersey: Rutgers University
Press, 2002.
Forman, Robert K. C., Mysticism, Mind, Consciousness, Albany: State University of
New York Press, 1999.
Masih, Y., Introduction to Religious Philosophy, Delhi: Motilal Banarasidass
Publishers, 1998.

SO.05. NATURAL THEOLOGY III: PSYCHOLOGY OF RELIGION (4 Credits)
Rev. Dr. Joaquim Fernandes svd
The search for the sacred happens in various ways. The psychology of religions is an
empirical path in this search. The course will give the student psychological
understanding of religions and spiritual experiences, faiths, beliefs, rites and ritual; and
their positive and negative effects. The student will be informed about these
understandings through changing and evolving understandings and through various
scientific methodologies and studies being done in the field.
Bibliography:
Fuller, Andrew R., Psychology and religion: Classical theorists and contemporary
developments, 4th ed., Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2008.
Paloutzian, Raymond F. and Park, Crystal L., Handbook of the psychology of religion
and spirituality, New York: Guilford, 2005.
Putnam, Robert D., Campbell, David E. and Garrett, Shaylyn Romney, American
grace: How religion divides and unites us, New York: Simon & Schuster, 2010.
Hood, Ralph W. Jr., Hill, Peter C. and Spilka, Bernard, The Psychology of Religion:
Empirical Approach, London: The Guilford Press, 2009.
Spilka, Bernard and McIntosh Daniel N., The psychology of religion: Theoretical
approaches. Boulder, CO: Westview, 1997.

SO.06. PHILOSOPHY OF SOCIAL COMMUNICATION AND PUBLIC
RELATIONS (4 Credits)
Rev. Fr. Barry Cardozo
One can never overstate the importance of Social Communication in the formation of
our future priests and Church leaders. Several documents of the Church have called
Seminaries to integrate Social Communication in the priestly formation. In view of the
same, this course intends to introduce the students to the World of Social
Communications with a special focus on communications for Pastoral leadership.
Bibliography:
Arneson, Pat, ed., Perspectives on philosophy of communication, West Lafayette, IN:
Purdue Univ. Press, 2007.
Barber, Alex and Stainton, Robert J., eds., Concise encyclopaedia of philosophy of
language and linguistics, Oxford: Elsevier, 2010.
Chang, Briankle G. and Butchart, Garnet C., eds., Philosophy of communication,
Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2012.
Cook, Melissa A. and Holba, Annette M., eds., Philosophies of communication:
Implications for everyday experience, New York: Peter Lang, 2008.
Floridi, Luciano, ed., The Blackwell guide to the philosophy of computing and
information. Blackwell Philosophy Guides, Oxford: Blackwell, 2004.

SO.07. ANTHROPOLOGY II: SOCIOLOGICAL APPROACH (4 Credits)
Rev. Fr. Rosario Oliveira
Its aim is to prepare the students to face a post-modern society with new problems and
riddles in the light of the scientific principles, as well as in the light of the Gospel values
and the social teaching of the Church. It includes sociological methods and theories of
Auguste Comte, Karl Marx, Emile Durkheim, Wilfredo Pareto, Max Weber, Herbert
Spencer, Pitrim A. Sorokin, Charles Horton Cooley, Ferdinand Tonnies and Thorstein
Veblen. It studies also human basic rights, heredity laws, genetic theory, ecology,
family and marriage, status of women, social stratification, social change and deviation,
urban and rural communities, population problem, work, strike, trade union, planning
in India, co-operative movement, social analysis and study of social problems in the
world, in India and in Goa.
Bibliography:
Beattie, J., Other Cultures: Aims, Methods and Achievements in Social Anthropologv,
London: Reutledge and Kegan Paul, 1964.
Cooley, C.H., “Primary Groups”, In: L.A. Coser and B. Rosenberg (eds.), Sociological
Theory, New York: Collier-Macmillan, 1964.
Ogburn and Nimkoff, A Handbook of Sociology, New Delhi: Eurasian Publishing
House, 1972.
Brown, Radcliffe A. R., Structure and Function in Primitive Society, London: Cohen
and West, 1964.
Ritzer, G. Karnmeyer, K.C.W. and Yetman N.R., Sociology: Experiencing a Changing
Society, Boston: Allan and Bacon Ind., 1979.

SO.08. PHILOSOPHY OF TECHNOLOGY (4 Credits)
Rev. Fr. Movin Menezes
We are living in a world of Science and Technology. Our country has made tremendous
progress in the field of Science and Technology. Hence, it has become imperative to
understand its impacts and influence on our life. The course on Philosophy of
Technology attempts to bring about a philosophical appropriation of the growing world
of the world of Science and Technology.
Bibliography:
Bijker, Wiebe E. and Law, John (eds.), Shaping Technology/Building Society: Studies
in Sociotechnical Change, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1992.
Darwin, C. R., On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the
Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, London: John Murray, 1859.
Davis, Michael, Thinking Like an Engineer: Studies in the Ethics of a Profession, New
York/Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998.
Feenberg, Andrew, Questioning Technology, London/New York: Routledge, 1999.
Harris, Charles E., Pritchard Michael S. and Rabins Michael J., Engineering Ethics:
Concepts and Cases, fourth edition, Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 2008.

SO.09. RESEARCH PAPER (2 Credits)
The student is expected to write a scientific paper on a relevant philosophical theme
under the guidance of any Teacher of Philosophy with prior approval of the Director of
Philosophy Course

OPTIONAL ADDITIONAL SUBJECTS
(32 Credits)

AO.01. METHODOLOGY OF STUDY AND SCIENTIFIC WORK (2 Credits)
Rev. Fr. Movin Menezes
One can get nowhere without a method; if a method is a bad one, it results in useless
work and sometimes even injures the mind. On the other hand, a good method
disciplines the mind and leads it to the truth often with a minimum of effort.
This course is divided into two parts: in the first part, we shall try to evolve a
methodology for effective study and in the second, we shall focus on the methodology
of reading, writing and analysing a scientific work.
Bibliography:
Gibaldi, Joseph, MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 6th ed., New York:
MLA, 2003.
Girden, E.R., Evaluating Research Articles, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 1996.
Goode, J. William and Hatt, K. Paul. Methods in social Research, Tokyo: Mc-Graw-
Hill Ltd, 1982.
Coggings, Gordon, A Guide to Writing Essays and Research Papers, Toronto: Van
Nostrand Reinhold Limited, 1977.
Anthony, Grafton, The FootNote: A Curious History, Harvard: Harvard University
Press, 1999.

AO.02. AFFECTIVE MATURITY (2 Credits)
Ms. Sandya Menezes
Affective maturity is one of the pillars of adaptation of an individual in a new
environment. A seminarian is in continual relationship with his associates, educators,
and mentors in the community in which he lives and hence he experiences numerous
emotions and moods that are an integral part of his day-to-day life. The course is aimed
at facilitating the management of emotions in relationships, the ability to respond to the
environment especially to tough situations and perform well under stress by setting a
sense of “calmness amid the storm” which is essential for a meaningful and efficacious
life.
Bibliography:
Barlow, David H. and Durand, V. Mark, Abnormal Psychology and Integrative
Approach Belmont: Wadsworth, 2012.
Imoda Franco, SJ, ed., Journey to Freedom: Interdisciplinary Approach to the
Anthropology of Formation, Leuven: Peteers, 2000.
Fiumara, Gemma Corradi, The Mind’s Affective Life: Psychoanalytic and
Philosophical Enquiry, Philadelphia: Runner – Rutledge, 2001.
Carlson Janet F., ed., Personality and Abnormal Psychology, New York: Facts on the
File, 2012.
Zionts, Paul, Zionts, Laura and Simpsons, Richard L., Emotional and Behavioural
Problems: Handbook for Understanding and Handling Students, New Delhi: Sage
Publications, 2002.

AO.03. PSYCHOLOGY OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT (2 Credits)
Rev. Dr. Joaquim Fernandes svd
This course concentrates on the developmental psychology and attempts to provide an
insight into the different pedagogical approaches. This course tries to prepare the
student to accompany the children/students in the parish catechetical ministry as well as
the school ministry in the future.
Bibliography:
Baltes, Paul, ed. Life-span development and behavior, 10 vols., New York: Academic
Press, 1978-1990.
Baltes, Paul and Baltes, Margret, eds. Successful aging: Perspectives from the
behavioral sciences, New York: Cambridge Univ. Press, 1993.
Bronfenbrenner, Urie, Toward an experimental ecology of human development in
American Psychologist, 32:513-531, 1977.
Erikson, Erik, Childhood and Society, New York: Norton, 1963.
Fingerman, Karen L., Berg, Cynthia, Smith, Jacqui and Antonucci, Toni C., eds.
Handbook of life-span development, New York: Springer, 2011.

AO.04. CHRISTIAN VISION (2 Credits)
Rev. Fr. Mariano D’Costa
This course will initiate us into the mystery of God’s Love and His Salvific plan for
humankind made manifest in the history of the Old and the New Israel. Celebration of
important salvific events in form of various festivals will be dealt with. The mystery of
Christ will be focused on the basis of the teachings found in the Canonical Gospels,
Salvific words and deeds of Jesus will be given due importance and different facets of
the life of Jesus will be analysed. The mystery of the Church will be seen in the light of
the Acts of the Apostles and Lumen Gentium.
Bibliography:
Hart, David Bentley, The Story of Christianity: The history of the first 2000 years of the
Christian faith, Quercus, 2013).
Ford, David, The Modern Theologians: An introduction to Christian theology since
1918, Blackwell, third edition, with Rachel Muers, 2005.
Wilken, Robert Louis, The First Thousand Years: A global history of Christianity,
London: Yale University Press, 2012.
Lane, Tony, A Concise History of Christian Thought, Continuum, 2006.
Karkkainen, Veli-Matti, One with God: Salvation as deification and justification,
Liturgical Press, 2004.

AO. 05. COUNSELLING PSYCHOLOGY (2 Credits)
Ms. Rochelle Pereira
Counselling is an indispensable Pastoral skill. This course introduces the students to
various counselling therapies that address emotion, social, developmental concerns,
and presents ways of responding to series of mental illness, and indicate ways and
means to alleviate distress and resolve crisis.
Bibliography:
Altmaier, E. M. and Hansen J. C., eds., The Oxford handbook of counselling
psychology, New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 2012
Berk, Laura E., Child Development, New Delhi: Prentice Hall of India Pvt. Ltd., 2013.
Brown, S. D. and Lent R. W., eds., Handbook of counselling psychology, 4th ed,
Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2008.
Fouad, N. A., Carter J. A. and Subich L. M., eds., APA handbook of counselling
psychology, 2 vols. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 2012.
Whiteley, J. M. The history of counselling psychology, Belmont, CA: Wadsworth,
1980.

AO.06. FAMILY EDUCATION (2 Credits)
Rev. Fr. Kenneth Teles
Family is the vital cell of our society. Family life education builds on the strengths as
well as considers the challenges faced by families today and attempt to evolve ways of
assisting them to respond to them so that every family is led to read its highest potential
and is able to live its vocation to the fullest.
Bibliography:
Clemens, Alphonse H., Marriage and the Family, NJ: Prentice-Hall-INC-Englewood,
1957.
Murpy, Ann & John, Sex Education and Successful Parenting, Mumbai: St. Paul Press
Training School, 1994.
Areus, M. E., Schvaneveldt, J. D., Moss, J. J., (eds.) Handbook of Family Life Education
(Foundation of Family Life Education), Sage Publications, Vol. 1 & Vol. 2, 1993.
Archer, J & Lloyd, B., Sex and Gender, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1982.
Familia Et Vita (2004), Vol VI, No. 3,2001, Vol VII, No. 2-3, 2002, Vol VIII, No. 1-2,
2003 and Vol IX, No. 1-2.

AO.07. INTRODUCTION TO LITURGICAL LIFE (2 Credits)
Rev. Fr. Afonso Mendonca
This short course will be divided into two parts: the first part will orient our minds to the
history of Liturgy and the main periods of the evolution of the Roman Rite with due
importance to the nature and importance of Liturgy; Postures and gestures, objects and
vestments, common formulas and the qualities of participation, and the twelve points of
adaptation will be emphasized. The second part will introduce the students to the
Liturgical Year with much focus on Liturgical Days and Seasons.
Bibliography:
Bouley, Allan, ed., Catholic Rites Today, Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1992.
Bouyer, Louis. The Liturgy Revived: A Doctrinal Commentary on the Conciliar
Constitution on the Liturgy, Notre Dame: Univ. of Notre Dame Press, 1964.
Flannery, Austin, ed. Vatican Council II: Conciliar and Post-Conciliar Documents.
The Vatican Collection, Vol. 1, Revised ed., Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1992.
International Commission on English in the Liturgy (ICEL), ed. Documents on the
Liturgy, 1963-1979: Conciliar, Papal, and Curial Texts, Collegeville, MN: Liturgical
Press, 1982.
Weller, Philip T., ed., The Roman Ritual in Latin and English, Milwaukee: Bruce, 1952.

AO.08. INTRODUCTION TO PORTUGUESE (2 Credits)
Rev. Fr. Avinash Rebelo
The colonial past has left its mark on the Goan society. The ecclesiastical archives with
birth, marriage, etc. records of pre-1961 period continue to exist in the Portuguese
language. This course introduces the students to the basics of the Portuguese language
in view of the practical utility of reading and understanding the Church records and
documents.
Bibliography:
D’Souza, Carmo, ed., Portuguese Language and Literature in Goa: Past, Present and
Future, Margao: Cinnamonteal Publishing, 2014.
Williams, Edwin B., Introductory Portuguese Grammar, New York: Dover
Publications, 1976.
Leiria, Isabel, Vascancelas, Manuela, “Falar Portuguese I” coordinated by Joao
Molace Casteleiro, ed. by “Oireccao dos Servicos de Educaccao of Macau”.
Parochial Records of Baptism, Marriage and Death of Archdiocese of Goa.
Walker, Russel and Tavares, Rafael, Language Lover’s Guide to Learning Portuguese,
Alberto Publishing, 2014.

AO.09. INTRODUCTION TO ENGLISH (2 Credits)
Ms. Synex Souza
This course is part one of the foundation course in English. It deals with reading and
listening comprehension, vocabulary, grammar and usage, and writing, which also
include conversation and pronunciation.
Bibliography:
Azar, B. S., Fundamentals of English Grammar, 2nd ed., New York: Pearson, 1992.
Beason, L. and Lester M., Now I get it: A commonsense guide to grammar and usage,
New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1997.
Biber, D., Johansson, S., Leech, G., Conrad, S. and Finegan, E., Longman grammar of
spoken and written English, New York: Longman, 1999.
Brown, H. D., Strategies for success: A practical guide to learning English White
Plains, NY: Longman, 2001.
Swan, M., Practical English usage, New York: Oxford University Press, 1996.

AO.10. ADVANCED ENGLISH (2 Credits)
Ms. Synex Souza
This course is part two of the foundation course in English. It deals with (i) the writings
of paragraphs i.e. the topic of the sentence, how the topic is developed, the coherence in
the paragraph and the transitional devices used; (ii) the development of a paragraph i,.e.
illustration, description, cause and effect, definition, comparison and contrast; (iii) the
writing of a composition i.e. types of composition, what is required to write a good
composition; (iv) the writing of an expository composition and the various methods
used in its development.
Bibliography:
Alward Edgar C. and Alward Jean A., Punctuation: Plain and Simple, New York:
Barnes and Noble Books, 1917.
Grellet, Francois, Writing for Advanced Learners English, Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press, 1996.
Jones, Leo, New Cambridge Advanced English, Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press, 2006.
Troyka, Lynn Quitman, Simon and Schuster’s Handbook for Writers, New Jersey:
Prentice Hall, 1993.
Murphy, Raymond, Intermediate English Grammar, New Delhi: Cambridge
University Press, 2001.

AO.11. INTRODUCTION TO CATECHETICS (2 Credits)
Rev. Fr. Heston Ferrão
This course gives them some practical inputs on what is Catechesis; how to prepare a
catechism talk/class; the methodology of giving a catechism talk/class, etc as well as
inputs on the resource material that needs to be necessarily referred to and used while
preparing and giving the catechism talk/class.
Bibliography:
Catechism of the Catholic Church, Washington: United States Catholic Bishops’
Conference, 1994.
Congregation for the Clergy, General Directory of Catechesis, Vatican City: Libreria
Editrice Vaticana, 1997.
Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, Guide for Catechists, 1993, The
Catechetical Documents, Chicago: Liturgy Training Publications, 1996.
Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults, Chicago: Liturgy Training Publications, 1988.
To Teach as Jesus Did: A Pastoral Message on Catholic Education, 1972, The
Catechetical Documents. Chicago: Liturgy Training Publications, 1996.

AO.12. ADVANCED KONKANI (2 Credits)
Mr. Vincy Quadros
Konkani, being the mother tongue of Goans, is the chief liturgical and pastoral language
of our Archdiocese. Although the students study the language at the school and even at
the college level, this course attempts to help the students to study how to apply/use the
linguistic skills and techniques in their pastoral ministry especially the ministry of
preaching.
Bibliography:
Antao, Melba M. C., ‘One Language, Two Scripts’, in: Goan Observer, February 18- 24,
2006, pp. 6-7, 11.
Coutinho, V., Education and Development in Goa, Rome: ICSS, 1987.
Da Cunha, J. Gerson, The Konkani Language and Literature, New Delhi: Asian
Educational Services, 1991 (originally 1881).
Sardessai, Manoharai, The History of Konkani Literature (From 1500-1992), Pune:
Sahitya Akademi, 2000.

AO.13. MUSIC I (2 Credits)
Rev. Fr. Mathew Rebello
This course deals with the stave, writing of high and low notes, Treble and Bass clefs,
Middle C, Notes in treble and bass clefs, Note values, rests, bars, bar lines and time
signatures, Tones and Semitones, Accidentals, Keys-C, G and F major, Key Signatures,
intervals, Circle of 5thS, Arpeggios, Grouping of notes and beaming quavers, Grouping
of rests, Ostinato, some musical words and symbols. Singing exercises from Solfeggio
Exercises Vol. lA by Albert Lavignac.
Bibliography:
Lavignac, Albert, Solfeggio Exercises Vol. lA.
Yandell, Naomi, Theory of Music Workbook for Trinity Guildhall written
examinations: Grade 1, UK: Trinity College London, 2007.
Yandell, Naomi, Theory of Music Workbook for Trinity Guildhall written
examinations: Grade 2, UK: Trinity College London, 2007.

AO.14. MUSIC II (2 Credits)
Rev. Fr. Mathew Rebello
This course will introduce some more notes in treble and bass clefs. It will also impart
knowledge about quaver rest, some more time signatures, slow-fast beats, syncopation,
natural and harmonic minor scales of A, D and E minors, intervals in major and minor
2nds and 3rds, first inversions, minor arpeggios, broken chords, perfect intervals, circle
of 5ths – major and minor keys, sequences, transposing tunes up or down an octave,
writing own tunes to a given rhythm, voice ranges, some more musical words and
symbols, and analysis. Singing exercises in treble and bass clefs from Solfeggio
Exercises Vol. lA by Albert Lavignac (cont. from Part I).
Bibliography:
Lavignac, Albert, Solfeggio Exercises Vol. lA.
Yandell, Naomi, Theory of Music Workbook for Trinity Guildhall written
examinations: Grade 3, UK: Trinity College London, 2007.
Yandell, Naomi, Theory of Music Workbook for Trinity Guildhall written
examinations: Grade 4, UK: Trinity College London, 2007.
Yandell, Naomi, Theory of Music Workbook for Trinity Guildhall written
examinations: Grade 5, UK: Trinity College London, 2007.

AO.15. BASIC ACCOUNTANCY (2 Credits)
Mr. Agnelo Fernandes
Priests, besides being pastors, are also administrators of the material/temporal
goods and properties of the Church/parish. This course introduces the students
into the world of Book Keeping and Accountancy, in view of this important
responsibility.
Bibliography:
Backer, M., ed. Modern Accounting Theory: A Revision of Handbook of Modern
Accounting Theory, Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1966.
Baldvinsdottir, G., Mitchell F. and Nerreklit H., “Issues in the relationship between
theory and practice III management accounting” in Management Accounting
Research, June,2010: 79-82.
Donatila Agrap-San Juan, Fundamental of Accounting: Basic Accounting Principles
Simplified for Accounting Students, Bloomington: Author House, 2007.
Hendrickson, H. and P. Williams, ed., Accounting Theory: Essays by Carl Thomas
Divine. Routledge, 2004.
Hendriksen, E. S. Accounting Theory. 3rd. ed., Richard D. Irwin, Inc., 1977.
Sofat, Rajni and Hiro, Preeti, Basic Accounting, New Delhi: PHI Learning, 2010.

AO.16. ARCHAEOLOGY & SACRED ART (2 Credits)
Rev. Fr. Mansueto Fernandes
The Church of Goa is blessed with several magnificent churches and religious
structures. This course attempts to equip the students to appreciate the Sacred Art
with a special emphasis on the way it adorns our Churches in Goa. It will also delve
on conservation and preservation of our heritage for the future.
Bibliography:
Beckwith, John. Early Christian and Byzantine Art, 2d ed., New York: Penguin,
1979.
Evans, Helen C., Wixom, William D., The glory of Byzantium: art and culture of the
Middle Byzantine era, A.D. 843-1261, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art,
1997.
Grabar, Andre, Christian iconography, a study of its origins, USA: Princeton
University Press, 1968.
Lourenco, Jose. The Parish Churches of Goa, Goa: Amazing Goa Publications,
2005.
Williamson, Beth, Christian Art: A Very Short Introduction, UK: Oxford University
Press, 2004.

ADDITIONAL COURSES FOR III YEAR
PHILOSOPHY COURSE

01. MUSIC III (2 Credits)
Rev. Fr. Mathew Rebello
This course deals with compound time signatures, grouping notes and rests in
6/8, 9/8 and 12/8, anacrusis, quaver triplets, grouping of quaver triplet rests,
melodic minor scale, second inversions of tonic triads, working out the key of a
piece, intervals-major and minor 6ths and 7ths, dominant triads in major and
minor keys and chord progression. Singing of some hymns/bhajans with
various time signatures musical words and symbols. Singing exercises in treble
and bass clefs from Solfeggio Exercises Vol. lA by Albert Lavignac. (continued
from Part 11).

02. COMMUNITY NUTRITION (2 Credits)
Rev. Fr. Joaquim Rebello
Good nutrition is essential for the good health of the individual and in turn of
the community. This course attempts to help the students to study the
importance of a balanced diet that provides healthy nutrition in view of their
future pastoral ministry.

03. Advanced English (2 Credits)
Ms. Saynex Souza
This course is part of the foundation course in English. It deals with the writing
of paragraphs, various grammar topics such as types of: adjectives, adverbs,
conjunctions and their usage. It also deals with the type of sentences in English
based on their function and usage. This course also attempts to introduce the
students to conditionals, interchange of sentences without changing the
meaning, the Phrase and the Clause etc. Short stories and poems will further
enhance the reading and writing skills of the students.

04. Introduction to Basic Legislations (2 Credits)
Rev. Fr. Chrysler D’Souza
The course strives at acquainting the students with the fundamental knowledge of
certain criminal and civil terminology and legislations, such as, the basics of
drafting and filing of criminal complaints, F.I.R., etc. It endeavours to deal with
the synopsis of the Goa Children’s Act, the POCSO Act, Protection of Women
from Domestic Violence Act, the basics of the law of succession and Divorce in
the state of Goa, the Goa Tenancy Act, the Mundkars (Protection from Eviction)
Act, effecting Mutation and Partition of the Survey Records, etc. As our students
prepare and form themselves for a life that holds a prominent role in a
community, basic knowledge of law would equip them with the essential skills
and wisdom in their ministry, to advise, guide and support the pursuit of truth,
justice and harmony. The course shall serve as an introduction in which some key
legal topics, which are beneficial to our everyday life will be covered.

05. Pastoral Counselling (2 Credits)
Rev. Fr. Edison Fernandes SDB
Troubled people often turn to their spiritual advisors for counselling. In fact, research
has shown that nearly fifty percent of the population, whether Roman Catholic or any
other denomination asked for help from their religious leaders before anything else.
And, increasingly, even secular counsellors are integrating spirituality into their
counselling practices. The two credit course is designed to assist the seminarians in
aiding people who are seeking guidance for emotional, relational, social, or religious
struggles. The theoretical and practical content of this course will enhance the
confidence of anyone called on as the first line of defence in helping those who are
facing life’s knottiest dilemmas. The course is intended to provide the seminarians/
future religious leaders with clinically proven directions for counselling. The
perspective from which is course is drawn is Judeo-Christian and should be helpful for
anyone that draws on the writings and experiences of the Bible.