Christian Ethics and Contemporary Moral Issues (CT3110Z)

Undergraduate, 18.0 points

Content

In this unit, students will explore community, love and justice as key themes of Christian theology, ethics, and theological anthropology. You will explore the sources of moral knowledge and consider the role of human experience, scripture, narrative and worship as shaping Christian ethics. The themes you will explore include moral conscience, virtue, character and discipleship. The unit offers an opportunity to integrate Christian theological, biblical and historical perspectives and to enter into critical discussion with ethical issues that face us in contemporary society.

Unit code: CT3110Z

Unit status: Approved (New unit)

Points: 18.0

Unit level: Undergraduate Level 3

Unit discipline: Systematic Theology

Delivery Mode: Face to Face

Proposing College: Wollaston Theological College and Trinity College Theological School

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Learning outcomes

1.

Distinguish between the respective roles of human experience, Scripture, narrative, and emotions within contemporary Christian ethics
2.

Demonstrate a basic understanding of the principal theories of Christian ethics
3.

Apply Christian ethical methods to contemporary case studies
4.

Integrate Christian faith and contemporary ethics with specific examples.
5.

Outline possible relationships between Christian ethics, understandings of the good life, and the common good.

Unit sequence

At least 18 cp in CT

Pedagogy

Using cognitive and constructivist pedagogies unit will utilise a variety of teaching methodologies such as lectures, seminars, reading, discussion and case studies to aid student learning.

Indicative Bibliography

  • Bachelard, Sarah. Resurrection and Moral imagination. Farnam, Surry: Ashgate, 2014.
  • Cannon, Katie Geneva; Emilie M. Townes; Angela D. Sims. Womanist Theological Ethics: A reader. London: Westminster John Knox Press, 2011.
  • Clifton, Shane. Crippled Grace: disability, virtue ethics, and the good life. Waco, Texas: Baylor University Press, 2018.
  • De La Torre, Miguel A. Doing Christian Ethics from the Margins: 3rd Edition. Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, 2023.
  • MacIntyre, Alisdair. After Virtue - Third Edition. Notre Dame, Indiana: University of Notre Dame Press, 2007.
  • O'Donovan, Oliver. Self, World, and Time: Ethics as Theology Vol 1. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2013.
  • Reuschling, Wendy Corbin. Reviving Evangelical Ethics: the promises and pitfalls of classic models of morality. Grand Rapids, MI: Brazos Press, 2008.
  • Stump, Eleanore. Wandering in the Darkness: narrative and the problem of suffering. Oxford: Clarendon, 2010.
  • Townes, Emilie M. Womanist Ethics and the Cultural Production of Evil. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2023.
  • Ward, Graham. How the Light Gets In: Ethical Life I. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016.

Assessment

Type Description Word count Weight (%)
Critical Review

Each week students are to write a 150 word critical summary of the assigned material for that week and use the matrix within the assignment to self-mark (marks will be moderated by the lecturer). Students must complete 8 reviews in order to pass the unit. If more than 8 reviews are completed the highest 8 marks will be counted.

1200 20.0
Case Study 1200 20.0
Seminar or Tutorial 1000 20.0
Essay 2500 40.0
Approvals

Unit approved for the University of Divinity by Prof Albert Haddad on 6 Sep, 2023

Unit record last updated: 2023-09-06 11:24:00 +1000