Christ Amid Life’s Complexities (CT8002S)

Content

Christian testimony to Christological presence is articulated in conversation with contextual issues, challenges and vicissitudes of life. This unit will draw upon theological perspectives that are generated from the interface of Christian testimony and contemporary life, such as faith, community, hope, ethics and freedom. These perspectives in turn give evidence to the character of Christological presence.

Learning outcomes

Unit sequence

This unit is foundational to the discipline of Systematic Theology. Requisite skills are developed for proceeding to elective units in theology.

Pedagogy

rotating lecture/discussion/group work over 3 hours per week

Indicative Bibliography

• Bultmann, R. Faith and Understanding, trans. Robert W. Funk, London: SCM, 1969.
• Franke, J.R. Manifold Witness: The Plurality of Truth. Nashville TN: Abingdon, 2009.
• Houlden, L. ed. Jesus: The Complete Guide. London: Continuum, 2005.
• Kay, JF. Christus Praesens: A Reconsideration of Rudolf Bultmann’s Christology, Grand Rapids Michigan: Eerdmans, 1994.
• Marsh, C. Christ in Focus: Radical Christocentrism in Christian Theology, London: SCM, 2005.
• Pelikan, J. Jesus Through the Centuries: His place in the history of culture, New Haven & London, Yale UP, 1985, 1999.
• Shortt, R. God’s Advocates: Christian Thinkers in Conversation, London: Darton, Longman & Todd, 2005.
• Taylor, C. Sources of the Self: The Making of the Modern Identity, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard UP, 1989.
• Taylor, C. A Secular Age. Cambridge MA: The Belknap Press of Harvard University, 2007.
• Von Balthasar HU. Love Alone is Credible, trans. D.C. Schindler. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2004.

Assessment