St.
Joseph's College, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Paul Flaman
Professor
of Christian Theology
Note:
this webpage is being updated and under development
Email:
pflaman@ualberta.ca
Office: # 1-24, St.
Joseph's College; Telephone: (780) 492-7681; Fax: (780) 492-8145
Mailing Address: St. Joseph's
College, University of Alberta,
11325-89 Ave. NW, Edmonton, AB, CANADA,
T6G 2J5
Teaching
Courses I Teach Regularly
(For more
information on the Chrtc courses below which I teach through St. Joseph’s
College, the University of Alberta, below and other courses
offered by St. Joseph's
College click here
or send me an email. Note: the
actual courses contain more materials than are provided on this website but
what is provided here should give you a good idea of what is covered in each of
these courses.)
Chrtc
292
Spirituality For Today’s
Christian
For
more information including the Course Syllabus, Slides and Lecture Material
see Chrtc 292
Chrtc 351
Sex, Love and Marriage:
Christian
Perspectives
For
more information including the Course Syllabus, Slides and Lecture Material
see Chrtc 351
Chrtc 352
Bioethical Issues: Christian
Perspectives
For
more information including the Course Syllabus, Slides and Lecture Material
see Chrtc 352
Chrtc 390
Neuroscience, the Person and
Christian Theology
For
more information including the Course Syllabus, Slides and Lecture Material see
Chrtc 390
(This course was
originally developed with Dr. Heather Looy and received a 2001 Templeton
Science and Religion Course Award)
MPS 120 and STP 461
Introduction to Moral
Theology
I
have not taught this course at St. Joseph’s College but at Newman
Theological College in Edmonton. For more information including the Course
Syllabus, Slides and Lecture Material see MPS 120 / STP 461
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- Human Sexuality, Christian
Marriage, and Family Life
- Various Bioethical Issues
- Method in Christian Ethics /
Moral Theology
- Persons in the Light of
Neuroscience, Philosophy and Christian Theology
- Christian Spirituality
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Some of my
Publications
1) Books:
- Spiritual Reflections, Prayers and Songs (2022) Online
(the songs except for the last one are compositions of mine and include
the lyrics, chords and youtube video links)
- Sex, Love and Marriage in the Light of Following
Jesus (Ottawa: Justin Press,
2015). More
Information
- Homosexuality and Following Jesus. Toronto and New York: BPS Books, Oct. 2011. More
Information
- Genetic Engineering, Christian Values and
Catholic Teaching. New York: Paulist
Press, 2002, ISBN 0-8091-4089-6. This book can be ordered from any bookstore.
More
Information
- Premarital Sex and Love: In the Light of Human Experience and
Following Jesus (1999). For more
information including the "Table of Contents" and book online
click Online
- Family Unity: A Christian Perspective. Muenster, SK: St. Peter's Press, 1st ed. 1985 and
2nd ed. 1986. Online
2) Some
Articles:
- "Contemporary Family Life and Jesus", Salt: Journal
of the Religious Studies and Moral Education Council; The Alberta
Teacher's Association, Fall 1990, pp. 28-31.
- "Abortion's Solution: God's Love in Human Hearts", Salt:
journal of the Religious Studies and Moral Education Council; The Alberta
Teacher's Assn., Spring/Summer 1990, pp.28-31.
- "When Did I Begin? Another Critical Response to Norman
Ford", The Linacre Quarterly, November 1991, pp. 39-55.
- "Christian Sexual Ethics: A Comparison of Three Approaches by
Contemporary Catholic Scholars", accepted in June 1992 for
publication in a special edition of The Canadian Catholic Review.
This special edition, however was canceled due to funding
problems and the regular edition of this journal did not publish articles
this long. Article
Online
- "Organ and Tissue Transplants: Some Ethical Issues", in Topics
in Bioethics For Science and Religion Teachers: Readings
and Study Guide , ed. by Mervyn A. Lynch and Naomi Stinson
(Edmonton: Edmonton Catholic Schools and St. Albert Catholic Schools,
1994), pp. 31-46. Article Online
- A number of book reviews in The Canadian Catholic Review.
- "Is Living Together Really a Good
Way to Test or Prepare for Marriage?" in Journal
of the Canadian Fellowship of Catholic Scholars, Autumn
2000, 12-19.
- "Wholesome Sex Education," in Journal of the
Canadian Fellowship of Catholic Scholars, Autumn 2000,
25-35.
- "Making Good Choices," in Journal of the Canadian
Fellowship of Catholic Scholars, Spring 2001, 2-15.
- "Moral Discernment and Culpability," Linacre
Quarterly, February 2004, 34-46.
- "Christian Anthropology With Respect to Sex, Marriage and
Love," Journal of the Canadian Fellowship of Catholic Scholars, Spring
2004, 3-22.
- "Friendship and Dating," Journal of the Canadian
Fellowship of Catholic Scholar, Spring 2005, pp. 21-26.
- "Choosing a Marriage Partner," Journal of the
Canadian Fellowship of Catholic Scholar, Summer 2005, pp. 3-12.
- "Choosing a Marriage Partner," Journal of the
Canadian Fellowship of Catholic Scholars, Summer 2005, pp. 3-12.
- "Chrysostom and Augustine on Sex, Marriage and Love," Journal
of the Canadian Fellowship of Catholic Scholars, Spring/Summer 2006,
pp. 12-38.
- "Aquinas on Sex, Marriage and Love," Journal of the
Canadian Fellowship of Catholic Scholars, Spring/Summer 2006, pp.
54-75.
- "Masturbation: A Catholic Moral and Pastoral Approach," Journal
of the Canadian Fellowship of Catholic Scholars, Winter-Spring 2008,
pp. 59-73.
- "The Human Soul: A Catholic Theological Response to
Non-Reductive Physicalism." This paper was presented at
the Metanexus Institute Conference in Madrid, Spain
on 16 July 2008
and is published online: http://www.metanexus.net/conference2008/articles/Default.aspx?id=10463
- "Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide: A Christian Response,"
Journal of the Fellowship of Catholic Scholars (Canada),
Winter-Spring 2009, pp. 7-47.
- "Health Policy and Ethics: A Catholic
Contribution in a Pluralistic Society," The Linacre Quarterly:
Philosophy and Ethics of Medical Practice (Journal of the Catholic
Medical Association), Aug. 2010, pp. 256-279.
- "Neuroscience, Christian Theology and a Fuller
Understanding of the Human Person," Religious Education, May/June
2011, pp. 252-56.
- "Science and the Magisterium: Galileo and Some
Subsequent Developments," Journal of the Fellowship of Catholic
Scholars (Canada), Winter-Spring 2011, pp. 5-41.
- “Another Response to Todd Salzman and Michael
Lawler’s The Sexual Person,” The Linacre Quarterly 80
(3), August 2013, pp. 239-63.
- “Donation: Human Tissues and Body
Parts” (4,000 words), Encyclopedia of Global Bioethics, ed.
by Henk ten Have, Springer
Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2015, DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-05544-2_153-2; Online: http://link.springer.com/referencework/10.1007/978-3-319-05544-2/page/3#page-1
- “Evolution, the Origin of Human Persons, and Original Sin:
Physical Continuity with an Ontological Leap,” The Heythrop
Journal, first published online 7 Nov. 2014, pp. 1-16, DOI:
10.1111/heyj.12237; then in print: May 2016,
Vol. 57, Issue 3, pp. 568-583.
- “John Paul II’s Moral and Pastoral Approach,” Fidelitas:
Journal of the Fellowship of Catholic Scholars (Canada), Summer/Fall
2014, pp. 107-46.
·
John
Janez Miklavcic, Ph.D., and Paul Flaman, S.T.D., “Personhood Status of the Human
Zygote, Embryo, Foetus,” The
Linacre Quarterly, 84 (2) 2017, 130–144; also published online 31 May
2017, http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00243639.2017.1299896;
·
“Mercy: A Comparison of the Approaches of Popes
John Paul II, Benedict XVI and Francis,”
Fidelitas: Journal of the Fellowship of Catholic Scholars (Canada),
Summer/Fall 2017, Vol. IX, no. 2, pp. 6-59.
·
“Pope
Francis and the Dubia: How Can Clarity and Unity be Promoted,” Fidelitas:
Journal of the Fellowship of Catholic Scholars (Canada), Winter-Spring
2018, pp. 11-58.
·
“Does a Person
Continue to Exist After Death?” Fidelitas:
Journal of the Canadian Fellowship of Catholic Scholars, Summer-Fall 2018
and Winter-Spring 2019 Double Issue, pp. 11-52.
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Personal
Information
Academic Degrees
- B.A. (Honours in English), The University
of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
(1974);
- S.T.B., The Pontifical University
of St. Thomas Aquinas, Rome
(1979);
- S.T.L., The Pontifical University
of St. Thomas Aquinas, Rome
(1981);
- S.T.D. (Doctorate in Theology), The
Pontifical University of St.
Thomas Aquinas, Rome
(1985).
About Myself
I have been at St. Joseph's
College since July 1983, teaching various courses in Christian Theology in the
areas of Catechetics; Bioethics; Sex, Love and Marriage; Christian
Spirituality; Neuroscience, the Person and Christian Theology; and special
topics courses in Christian theology including at the Master’s and Ph.D.
levels. Over the last decade or so
I have also been teaching occasional sessional courses at Newman Theological
College, Edmonton, in the areas of Bioethics, Marriage and Moral Theology, as
well as facilitating about one weekend a year for the Archdiocese of
Edmonton’s Permanent Diaconate Program.
I grew up on a farm North of Regina, Saskatchewan, near
Southey (named after the English poet Robert Southey). I have been married to a
beautiful woman Maggie since 1983. We are blessed with three young adult
children and a grandson. I enjoy time with my family and friends, playing golf,
chess, ping pong, squash, a variety of good music, and so forth. Recently
I have gotten back into playing guitar and keyboard and singing in a Church choir.
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Last
Updated: March 2022.