Content

In this unit, learners will engage with central theological themes of the Catholic tradition in dialogue with a secularising and pluralising culture. Themes will include: theology as a way of encounter and dialogue; the centrality of Jesus Christ, human and divine; the Christian understanding of the human person and our flourishing; and the mission of the church in a pluralist society. These topics will be explored in the light of Vatican II's teaching on revelation, scripture and tradition.

Unit code: CT9013C

Unit status: Approved (Major revision)

Points: 24.0

Unit level: Postgraduate Elective

Unit discipline: Systematic Theology

Proposing College: Catholic Theological College

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Learning outcomes

1.

Identify ways in which the Catholic theological tradition speaks to the search for meaning in today’s world.

2.

Explain and illustrate an historically and theologically informed understanding of key topics of Catholic faith within the ongoing practice of the church’s tradition.

3.

Apply a critically informed account of Catholic faith to the context of an increasingly pluralistic and non-religious Australian society.

4.

Develop a critically informed account of selected theological themes that engages with the sources and methodologies of the Catholic theological tradition and communicates to people of the contemporary world.

Unit sequence

An elective unit for the MEdTheol

Pedagogy

Teaching Pattern A: Learners will engage with weekly lecture input, directed reading activities, facilitated peer discussions, electronic resources, and formative feedback, to achieve the learning outcomes.

Teaching Pattern B: Learners will engage in intensive mode with lecture input, directed reading activities, facilitated peer discussion, electronic resources and formative feedback, to achieve the learning outcomes.

Teaching Pattern C: Learners will engage in mixed-mode learning through 36 engagement hours (24 hours on-campus mode plus 12 hours online mode), directed reading activities, personal study through electronic resources and assessment tasks, to achieve the learning outcomes.

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Assessment

Type Description Word count Weight (%)
Annotated Bibliography

Annotated Bibliography 1,500 words

1500 20.0
Portfolio

Portfolio 2500 words

2500 30.0
Essay

Essay 3000 words

3000 50.0
Approvals

Unit approved for the University of Divinity by Prof Albert Haddad on 13 Jun, 2023

Unit record last updated: 2023-06-13 16:45:30 +1000