Job Description

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Closes: November 28, 2025

The University of St. Michael's College invites applications for a Course Instructor to teach SMT3405H- Eastern Christian Ecclesiology during the Winter 2026 term.


Start Date January 5, 2026
Department Faculty of Theology
Compensation $9,997.28 (includes vacation pay)
Hours Wednesdays, 7 PM to 9 PM (Online)
How to Apply rsm.dean@utoronto.ca
Terms

Job Posting No.

(please quote on application)

: 20261-SMT3405H

Posting Date:

October 31, 2025

Closing Date:

November 28, 2025

Position:

Course Instructor

Number of Positions Available

One (1)

Term when the course will be offered:

2026 Winter

Course Number & Course Title:

SMT3405H- "Eastern Christian Ecclesiology"

Course Description:

This course explores not only Orthodox (both Byzantine and non-Chalcedonian) understandings of the Church but also the singular perspectives and experience of the Eastern Catholic Churches whose very nature as "Uniate" bodies poses questions of ecumenical and ecclesiological import. Special attention will be paid to controverted issues of conciliar and papal authority and primacy, the rise of synodality in the Catholic world, and the problematic relationship between nationalism and ecclesial structures. Sources for the course will run on parallel tracks: official (in a Catholic context: "magisterial") documents on ecclesiology and ecumenism from both Orthodox and Catholic sources; official documents of bilateral and multilateral regional and international ecumenical dialogues; and published scholarship from academics of these traditions.

Qualifications:

Ph.D. or PhD (candidate) with expertise in Eastern Christian historical theology or systematic theology. Previous teaching experience in a similar course is strongly preferred. Ability to assume sole responsibility for the preparation and grading of all written assignments, and tests.

Brief Description of Duties:

Preparation and delivery of course content; goals/outcomes; development, administration and marking of assignments, tests and exams; calculation and submission of grades; holding regular office hours; supervising TAs (if any) assigned to the course.

Salary:

$9,997.28 (includes vacation pay)

Estimated Course Enrolment:

15

Estimated TA Support:

N/A

Class Schedule:

Wednesdays, 7 PM to 9 PM (Online)

Dates of the Appointment:

January 5, 2026 to April 30, 2026

Application Process

Applicants should submit a cover letter, an updated CV and names of three references via email to the Office of the Dean, Regis St. Michael's Faculty of Theology, rsm.dean@utoronto.ca


This job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 4 Collective Agreement.

Please note that this position is tentative, pending funding, final course determinations and enrolments.

We thank all applicants for their interest. Only those considered for an interview will be contacted.

The University of St. Michael's College is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from racialized persons/persons of colour, women, Indigenous/Aboriginal people of North America, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ persons, people who take a religiously informed view of human experience, and others who may contribute to further diversification of ideas.



All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.



If you require accessibility accommodation, please contact Human Resources at 416-926-1300 ext. 7191 or hr.stmikes@utoronto.ca

If you are unable to teach at the scheduled time, this offer will be withdrawn.