Theology

Hekima School of Theology is a formation community which was founded and is maintained by the Major Superiors of the Society of Jesus in Africa and Madagascar. Its central aim and purpose was to provide a first theological formation at University level for Jesuit students preparing for priesthood. Hekima College has been recognised as a Constituent College of The Catholic University of Eastern Africa in the University Charter. Relations between the College and the University are established by the terms of the Constituent Colleges Convention, dated 10th June 1993.

Besides the central aim and purpose of providing courses in theology for the members of the Society of Jesus, the College was to "offer formation for men and women seeking to take their place in the evangelizing mission of the Church, be they religious or lay people." The three year Programme of Theology satisfies the requirement for the Degree of Bachelor in Theology as set down in the Apostolic Constitution of Pope John Paul II, Sapientia Christiana, as well as the requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts in Theology of the Catholic University of Eastern Africa

A. Core courses:
1. Sacred Scripture
2. Systematic Theology
3. Fundamental Theology
4. Moral Theology
5. Pastoral Theology
6. Cultural Studies
7. Biblical Languages
8. Church History
9. Liturgy
10. Church Law

B. Electives:
1. Counseling Relationship
2. HIV/AIDS, our people and our Church
3. "To Love and Serve God in all Things" as the Core Experience of the Ignatian Spiritual Exercises
4. How to become an effective counsellor
5. Introduction to Islam
6. Biblical Greek II
7. Theology of Vatican II
8. Communications: The World of the Mass Media
9. Biblical Hebrew
10. Small Christian Communities as a new model of Church in Africa Today

C. Seminars
1. Medical Ethics
2. Christology I
3. Liberation Theology
4. Ethical responsibility towards people living with HIV/AIDS
5. Christology IIc
6. Social Analysis
7. The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola their Meaning and Dynamic.
8. Introduction to Feminist Theology
9. Reading Jean-Marc Ela