Jesus Christ at the Margins (CT3720A)

Content

This unit seeks to critically examine Jesus Christ’s engagement with the people who were categorized as at the social margins. Through a survey of ‘Jesus Christ and margins’ in the biblical and patristic works, the unit will determine how this has been appropriated by contemporary theologians to articulate a contextual Christology. By tracing this perspective from the Gospels, ante-Nicaean and post-Nicaean teachers, and modern theologians, this unit seeks to understand the missional significance of conceiving Christology through the life of vulnerable communities.

Learning outcomes

Unit sequence

No prerequisites, no prohibited combination of units

Pedagogy

asynchronous and synchronous lectures and tutorials

Indicative Bibliography

• Beeley, Christopher A. The Unity of Christ: Continuity and Conflict in Patristic Tradition. New Haven: Yale University Press,2012.
• Biehl, Michael., & et al. Witnessing Christ: Contextual and Interconfessional Perspectives on Christology. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer Verlag. 2020.
• De La Torre, Miguel A. Reading the Bible from the Margins. Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, 2002.
• Gerald, O’Collins. Christology: A Biblical, Historical, and Systematic Study of Jesus. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009.
• Jax, Aurica., & Saskia Wendel. Envisioning the Cosmic Body of Christ: Embodiment, Plurality and Incarnation. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, 2020.
• Krikorian, Mesrob K. Christology of the Oriental Orthodox Churches: Christology in the Tradition of the Armenian Apostolic Church. Frankfurt: Peter Lang GmbH, 2010.
• Lentz, Robert. Christ in the Margins: Icons and Biographies. Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, 2003.
• Samartha, S.J. One Christ - Many Religions: Toward a Revised Christology. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1991.

Assessment