Content

The historical and systematic study of Christian doctrine will be explored in order to provide a broad background to the specific study of a particular area of Christian doctrine. Selected texts exploring and articulating that doctrine will be studied and critically analysed. Through the cycle of offerings, the areas of doctrine will include ‘Scripture, Revelation and Imagination’, ‘Eschatology and Universal Reconciliation’ and ‘Humanity and Sexuality’

Unit code: CT9059P

Unit status: Archived (New unit)

Points: 24.0

Unit level: Postgraduate Elective

Unit discipline: Systematic Theology

Delivery Mode: Online

Proposing College: Pilgrim Theological College

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Learning outcomes

1.

Articulate the significance to Christian faith of doctrinal/systematic theology

2.

Articulate the significance to Christian faith of the designated area of doctrine

3.

Identify the critical issues in the historical development of the designated area of doctrine

4.

Assess the contribution of the selected texts to the contemporary discussion of the doctrine

5.

Critically evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of one of the selected texts

6.

Integrate the discussion of the particular doctrine within the overall enterprise of systematic/doctrinal theology

Unit sequence

CT8000P or CT8009P and one other CT unit

Pedagogy

Guided reading materials, online forums

Indicative Bibliography

Background Texts:

  • Justin Martyr, First Apology, in Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol 1. Edinburgh: T&T Clark; Grand Rapids: Eerdmans; 1993:
  • Calvin, John. Institutes of the Christian Religion, Book 1. Philadelphia: Westminster, 1960
  • Barth, Karl. Church Dogmatics 1/1. Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 1975.
  • Sonderegger, Katherine. Systematic Theology: The Doctrine of God. Vol 1. Minneapolis: Fortress Press. 2015.

Rotation 1: Scripture and Revelation

  • Barth: Church Dogmatics 1/2. Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 1956: 457-740
  • Work, Telford Living and Active: Scripture in the Economy of Salvation. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2002.
  • Rush, Ormond. The Eyes of Faith: The Sense of the Faithful and the Church’s Reception of Revelation. Washington: Catholic University Press of America, 2009.

Rotation 2: Eschatology and Universal Salvation

  • Origen De Principiis Books 1 and 2, Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol 4. Edinburgh: T&T Clark; Grand Rapids: Eerdmans; 1993.
  • Jürgen Moltmann, The Coming of God: Christian Eschatology. London: SCM, 1996.
  • Allison, Dale C. Resurrection Jesus: The Earliest Christian Tradition and Its Interpreters. New York: T&T Clark, 2005.

Rotation 3: Humanity and Sexuality

  • Bonhoeffer, Dietrich. Creation and Fall: A Theological Exposition of Genesis 1-3. Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works, Vol 3. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2004
  • Coakley, Sarah. God, Sexuality and the Self: An Essay on the Trinity. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013.
  • Jensen, David H. God, Desire and a Theology of Human Sexuality. Louisville: Westminster John Knoss Press, 2013.

Assessment

Type Description Word count Weight (%)
Essay

3000 word essay on the designated area of doctrine

0 50.0
Essay

2400 words essay on the nature and functions of doctrinal/systematic theology

0 40.0
Forum 0 10.0
Approvals

Unit approved for the University of Divinity by John Capper on 19 Oct, 2015

Unit record last updated: 2022-10-04 13:33:25 +1100