Students will be introduced to the foundational concepts for the study of theology. This will be achieved by examining and engaging in processes in which belief is formed. Students will examine Christan faith and beliefs in their historical context. Engaging with theological and historical contexts, what emerges is that Christian doctrinal claims have often emerged out of the refusal to believe something or someone. Through engaging with critical theological traditions, students will examine how Christians have practised their belief as integral to discipleship. This process of discernment of Christian beliefs is at the heart of the ongoing theological task.
Unit code: CT8321Z
Unit status: Approved (New unit)
Points: 18.0
Unit level: Postgraduate Foundational
Unit discipline: Systematic Theology
Delivery Mode: Blended
Proposing College: St Barnabas College
Show when this unit is running| 1. | Outline the basic course concepts in, and varieties of, Christian theology at an advanced level. |
| 2. | Analyse the significant positions and debates about God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit from which the early creeds emerged. |
| 3. | Trace the historical context and its influence on the development of theological beliefs and terminology in particular examples. |
| 4. | Demonstrate the direction and source, and the integrated and intersecting nature, of theological beliefs and concepts. |
| 5. | Outline the various implications and significance of the study of Christian theology for liturgy, homiletics, evangelism and mission, and ecclesiastical governance and good order. |
Postgraduate Foundational. No prerequisites are required.
Lectures, tutorials, online discussion, forum.
• Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Discipleship. in Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works Volume. 4. Trans., Geoffrey B. Kelley and John D. Godsey. Ed., Barbara Green and Reinhard Krauss. Mineappolis, MI: Fortress Press, 2003.
• Sarah Coakley, “Is there a future for God in Theology,” Svensk Theologisk Kvartalsckrift. 85, :52-61.
• Stanley Hauerwas and William W. Willimon. Resident Aliens: Life in the Christian Colony. 25th Anniversary Edition. Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 2014.
• Elizabeth A Johnson, “Trinity: To let the Symbol Sing Again,” Theology Today 54 (October 1997): 54-63.
• Jennifer McBride. Radical Discipleship: A Liturgical Politics of the Gospel. Minneapolis, MI: Fortress Press, 2017.
• Christopher Morse. Not Every Spirit: A Dogmatics of Disbelief. 2nd Ed. London and New York: T&T Clark, 2009.
• Howard Thurman. Jesus and the Disinherited. Boston, MA: Beacon Press, 2012.
• Alan Torrance,. “Reclaiming the Continuing Priesthood of Christ: Implications and Challenges”, in Christology, ancient and modern: explorations in constructive dogmatics, edited by Oliver D., Crisp and Fred Sanders (Grand Rapids, Michigan, Zondervan, 2013).
• James Torrance. “Covenant or Contract? A Study of the Theological Background of Worship Seventeenth-Seventeenth-Century Scotland.” Scottish Journal of Theology 23 (1970): 51-76.
• Graham Ward. The Politics of Discipleship: Becoming Postmaterial Citizens. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2009.
• Natalie K. Watson. Feminist Theology. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2003.
| Type | Description | Word count | Weight (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Essay - Essay 1 | 1000 | 15.0 | |
| Essay - Essay 2 | 1000 | 15.0 | |
| Essay - Major Essay | 2750 | 50.0 | |
| Tutorial Paper/Seminar Paper - Tutorial Presentation | 750 | 20.0 |
Unit approved for the University of Divinity by Prof Albert Haddad on 22 Jan, 2024
Unit record last updated: 2024-01-22 15:58:33 +1100