Jesus, Discipleship and Justice (CT2025P)

Undergraduate, 18.0 points

Content

This unit will explore historical and contemporary discussions about Jesus Christ. It will begin with the New Testament witness to his life, death and resurrection and the messianic interpretation of those events. It will examine the appropriation of that witness in ancient creeds, contemporary christologies and proposals and the lives of his followers around the world. Finally, it will explore the connections between the Church’s proclamation of Christ, patterns of discipleship, and practices of reconciliation and justice.

Unit code: CT2025P

Unit status: Approved (Minor revision)

Points: 18.0

Unit level: Undergraduate Level 2

Unit discipline: Systematic Theology

Proposing College: Pilgrim Theological College

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Learning outcomes

1.

Describe the key interpretations of Jesus in the New Testament
2.

Appraise the defining Christological issues of the early Christian period
3.

Examine the significance of classical Christology for contemporary Christology
4.

Assess the issues in contemporary Christological issues
5.

Articulate the connections between the proclamation of Jesus Christ and the forms of life which it evokes

Pedagogy

Lectures, workshops, tutorial discussion

Indicative Bibliography

  • Althaus-Reid, Marcella and Lisa Isherwood. Controversies in Feminist Theology. London: SCM, 2007.
  • Biehl, Michael, Traugott Hopp, Claudia Jahnel, Michael Kisskalt, Hanna Stahl, and Klaus Vellguth, eds. Witnessing Christ: Contextual and Interconfessional Perspectives on Christology. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer Verlag, 2020.
  • Brinkman, Martin E., Henry Jansen, and Lucy Jansen. The Non-Western Jesus: Jesus as Bodhisattva, Avatara, Guru, Prophet, Ancestor or Healer? Routledge, 2014.
  • Ehrman, Barth. How Jesus Became God: The Exaltation of a Jewish Preacher from Nazareth. HarperCollins, 2014.
  • Hurtado, Larry W. How on Earth Did Jesus Become a God? Historical Questions about Earliest Devotion to Jesus. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2005.
  • Johnson, Elizabeth A., ed. The Strength of Her Witness: Jesus Christ in the Global Voices of Women. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2016.
  • Kärkkäinen, Veli-Matti. Christ and Reconciliation. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2013.
  • Kwok, Pui-lan. Hope Abundant: Third World and Indigenous Women’s Theology. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 2010.
  • Lorenzen, Thorwald. Resurrection and Discipleship: Interpretive Models, Biblical Reflections and Theological Consequences. New York: Orbis, 1995.
  • O’Collins, Gerald. Christology: A Biblical, Historical and Systematic Study of Jesus. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009.
  • Tilley, Terrence W. The Disciples’ Jesus: Christology as Reconciling Practice. New York: Orbis, 2008.

Assessment

Type Description Word count Weight (%)
Short Answer Responses - Short answers

Short answers on New Testament interpretations.

500 15.0
Document Study - Document Study

Document study on Christology in the Early Christian era

 1000 30.0
Oral Presentation - Presentation

Short presentation on classical and contemporary Christologies.

 500 15.0
Essay - Essay

Essay on christologies, discipleship and justice

 2000 40.0
Approvals

Unit approved for the University of Divinity by Prof Albert Haddad on 18 Sep, 2024

Unit record last updated: 2024-09-18 07:59:38 +1000