Salvation and the End of Time (CT3023Y)

Undergraduate, 18.0 points

Content

This unit explores key questions in the doctrine of salvation and the Christian understanding of the end times: From what are we saved? How are we saved? Who is saved? What happens after our earthly life? Where do we go? Drawing upon scriptural and theological metaphors for salvation and the end times, the unit undertakes a critical evaluation of classical and modern approaches to the issues in Christian soteriology and eschatology.

Unit code: CT3023Y

Unit status: Archived (New unit)

Points: 18.0

Unit level: Undergraduate Level 3

Unit discipline: Systematic Theology

Delivery Mode: Face to Face

Proposing College: Yarra Theological Union

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Learning outcomes

1.

Identify the biblical roots for the Christian understanding of salvation
2.

Evaluate critically at least two approaches to the understanding of salvation
3.

Describe and evaluate the consequences of this understanding for eschatology
4.

Analyse critically the issues around universalism and the scope of salvation
5.

Demonstrate a critical awareness of at least one classical and one modern treatment of salvation and their consequences for understanding the end times
6.

Engage with scholarly theological discourse on salvation and the events of the end times

Unit sequence

15 points of Christology

Pedagogy

Lectures and seminars

Indicative Bibliography

  • ‘Nostra Ætate’. In Documents of Vatican II ed. by Walter Abbott. London: Geoffrey Chapman, 1966.
  • Gunter, Colin. The Actuality of Atonement. London: T&T Clark, 1989.
  • Heim: S. Mark. Saved from Sacrifice: A Theology of the Cross. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans. 2006
  • Mertens, Herman-Emiel. Not the Cross but the Crucified. Louvain: Peeters, 1992.
  • Moore, Sebastian. The Fire and the Rose are One. London: DLT, 1980.
  • O’Collins, Gerald. Jesus our Redeemer. Oxford, OUP, 2007.
  • Tanner, Kathryn. Christ the Key. Cambridge: CUP, 2010.
  • Tugwell, Simon. Human Immortality and the Redemption of Death. London: DLT, 1990.
  • Williams, Rowan. Resurrection. London: DLT, 2002.

Assessment

Type Description Word count Weight (%)
Essay

Soteriology Essay (3,500 words)

 0 65.0
Essay

Eschatology Essay (1500 words)

 0 35.0
Approvals

Unit approved for the University of Divinity by John Capper on 1 Nov, 2016

Unit record last updated: 2021-09-21 18:02:23 +1000