UMS : Unit: DS3604C

Content

The unit will initially focus on three theologians Yves Congar, Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange, and Edward Schillebeeckx. The relationship of each to the Nouvelle Théologie that appeared in the 1930s and remained influential to the Second Vatican Council will be analysed. Selections from their writing relating to theology and spirituality will be studied (Congar: tradition, lay spirituality, Christ-as-leader; Garrigou-Lagrange: the nature of theology, the ultimate end of human life, the dynamics of the spiritual life; Schillebeeckx: sacraments and religious rituals, the search for God and God’s search for humanity). In a final section, the writings of the English Dominican, Kenelm Foster on Dante’s Divine Comedy and the Dominican tradition, will be explored.

Unit code: DS3604C

Unit status: Archived (New unit)

Points: 18.0

Unit level: Undergraduate Level 3

Unit discipline: Spirituality

Delivery Mode: Face to Face

Proposing College: Catholic Theological College

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Learning outcomes

1.	Evaluate the approach of neoscholastic Thomism to philosophy and theology
2.	Analyse the main criticisms of neoscholasticism by theologians of the Nouvelle Théologie movement
3.	Evaluate the Nouvelle Théologie movement’s approach to Aquinas
4.	Evaluate the thought of Garrigou-Lagrange, Congar and Schillebeeckx on a particular theological and spirituality issue
5.	Analyse the position that the achievements of the Nouvelle Théologie are to be acknowledged but they are not to be judged as replacing classical ontological theology
6.	Evaluate Foster’s view of Dante’s thought on the Dominican tradition in the Divine Comedy

Unit sequence

DS2603C is recommended

Pedagogy

Lectures, seminars, tutorials

Indicative Bibliography

Congar, Yves. Jesus Christ. Translated by Luke O’Neill. New York: Herder and Herder, 1966.
———. The Meaning of Tradition. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2004.
Foster, Kenelm. The Two Dantes and Other Studies: London: Darton, Longman & Todd. 1977.
Garrigou-Lagrange, Reginald. The Three Ways of the Spiritual Life. Rockford: Tan Books, 1977.
———. The One God: A Commentary on the First Part of St Thomas’ Theological Summa. Translated by Dom. Bede Rose. St Louis: B. Herder Book, 1954.
———. Beatitude: A Commentary on St Thomas’ Theological Summa, 1a 11ae, qq. 1-54. Translated by Patrick Cummins. St Louis: Herder Book, 1956.
Nichols, Aidan. Reason with Piety: Garrigou-Lagrange in the Service of Catholic Thought. Naples: Sapientia Press, 2008.
Schillebeeckx. Edward. “The Sacraments: an Encounter with God.” In Edward Schillebeeckx OP: Theologians Today: A Series Selected and Edited by Martin Redfern. London: 1972.
———. Church: The Human Story of God. Translated by John Bowden. New York: Crossroad Publishing, 1990.
———. “Towards a Rediscovery of the Christian Sacraments: Ritualising Religious Elements in Daily Life”. In Vol 11 of Collected Works of Edward Schillebeeckx. Translated by Marcelle Manley.” London: T. & T. Clark, 2014.

Assessment

Type	Description	Word count	Weight (%)
Essay	3000 word essay	3000	60.0
Critical Review	1000 word critical review exercise	1000	20.0
Critical Review	1000 word critical review exercise	1000	20.0

Approvals

Unit approved for the University of Divinity by John Capper on 1 Nov, 2015

Unit record last updated: 2021-09-21 15:04:13 +1000