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Paul’s epistles to Corinth are permeated with christological epistemology pertaining to Christian identity, which is articulated through contextual issues, challenges and affirmations that are variously experienced in Christian faith and its continuing expressions. This unit explores the peculiar epistemology of Christian identity and theological perspectives concerning faith, community, eschatology, mission, ethics and freedom that are generated by the textures of Paul’s Corinthian correspondence.

Unit code: BN9019S

Unit status: Archived (New unit)

Points: 24.0

Unit level: Postgraduate Elective

Unit discipline: New Testament

Delivery Mode: Face to Face

Proposing College: Stirling College

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Learning outcomes

1.

Identify and critically evaluate the theological formation of Christian identity by reference to Christian proclamation and its expression by worship, community, ministry and mission;

2.

Formulate and apply critical criteria for evaluating parable hermeneutics in contemporary use of language in Christian theology;

3.

Demonstrate a critical awareness of epistemological and hermeneutical issues arising in the interface between Paul’s Corinthian writings and Christian identity;

4.

Formulate research criteria and methods for engaging Christian identity by reference to selected Christian writings and their continuing interpretation.

Unit sequence

PG a foundational unit in CT or BN

Pedagogy

lecture/discussion/group

Indicative Bibliography

  • Edward Adams & David G. Horrell, eds. Christianity at Corinth: The Quest for the Pauline Church, Louisville & London: Westminster John Knox Press, 2004.
  • Oswald Bayer, A Contemporary in Dissent: Johann Georg Hamann as a Radical Enlightener, trans. Roy A. Harrisville & Mark C. Mattes, Grand Rapids & Cambridge: Eerdmans, 2012.
  • Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Sanctorum Communio: A Theological Study of the Sociology of the Church, trans. Reinhard Krauss & Nancy Lukens, Minneapolis: Fortress, 1998.
  • Rudolph Bultmann, Faith and Understanding, trans. Robert W. Funk, London: SCM, 1969.
  • Raymond F. Collins, First Corinthians (Sacra Pagina), Collegeville, Minnesota: Liturgical Press, 1999.
  • Kathy Ehrensperger, Paul and the Dynamics of Power: Communication and Interaction in the Early Christ-Movement, London & New York: T&T Clark International, 2009.
  • James F. Kay, Christus Praesens: A Reconsideration of Rudolf Bultmann’s Christology, Grand Rapids Michigan: Eerdmans, 1994.
  • Jan Lambrecht, Second Corinthians (Sacra Pagina), Collegeville, Minnesota: Liturgical Press, 1999.
  • Brian Rosner, ed. Understanding Paul’s Ethics: Twentieth Century Approaches, Grand Rapids & Carlisle: Paternoster, 1995.
  • Timothy B. Savage, Power through Weakness: Paul’s Understanding of the Christian Ministry in 2 Corinthians, Cambridge UK et al.: Cambridge UP, 1996.
  • Ian W. Scott, Paul’s Way of Knowing: Story, Experience and the Spirit, Grand Rapids: Baker, 2009.
  • Charles Taylor, Sources of the Self: The Making of the Modern Identity, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard UP, 1989.
  • Anthony Thiselton, 1 Corinthians: A Shorter Exegetical & Pastoral Commentary, Grand Rapids Michigan & Cambridge UK: Eerdmans, 2006.
  • Francis Watson, Text, Church and World: Biblical Interpretation in Theological Perspective, Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 1994.
  • L.L. Welborn, Paul, the Fool of Christ: A Study of 1 Corinthians 1-4 in the Comic-Philosophic Tradition (JSNT SS), London & New York: T&T Clark International, 2005.

Assessment

Type Description Word count Weight (%)
Essay

3000 word essay

0 50.0
Document Study

750 word document study

0 12.0
Document Study

750 word document study

0 13.0
Document Study

750 word document study

0 12.0
Document Study

750 word document study

0 13.0
Approvals

Unit approved for the University of Divinity by John Capper on 30 Jul, 2015

Unit record last updated: 2022-10-04 12:43:28 +1100