UMS : Unit: CT9099S

Content

This unit is an integrative exploration of Christian identity by reference to John's Prologue. Major themes encompass human identity and relationality, virtual reality and materiality, language and communication, time and volition. The Prologue's particular compression of Christian theology, historical and contemporary, textual and philosophical, will form a distinctive site of engagement for theological integration of tonalities and methods in articulating Christian faith and practice.

Unit code: CT9099S

Unit status: Approved (New unit)

Points: 24.0

Unit level: Postgraduate Elective

Unit discipline: Systematic Theology

Delivery Mode: Blended

Proposing College: Stirling College

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Learning outcomes

1.	Evaluate enduring theological impetuses of John's Prologue, with recognition of its unique contribution, historical and contemporary, to expression of Christian identity;
2.	Critically discuss selected contemporary challenges to integral Christian identity, faith and practice and ascertain how integrated modes of engagement with the Prologue might address these;
3.	Deploy advanced interpretive skills in evaluating the theological significance of human identity and relationality, virtual reality and materiality, language and communication, time and volition;
4.	Develop philosophical and textual methods in synthesizing expressions of contemporary Christian identity by reference to the Prologue's particular compression of theology;
5.	Demonstrate advanced integrative skills for theological reflection and research in relation to John's Prologue and contemporary Christian identity.

Unit sequence

This capstone unit draws on the disciplines of theological engagement, historical and contemporary, textual and philosophical, concerning Christian identity

Pedagogy

Intensive: rotation of lecture input, group discussion, class plenary and further response input Online: textual, with animated visual material, graphics and audio designed for interactive community online utilizing the educational tools of ARK

Indicative Bibliography

Bultmann, R. Faith and Understanding, trans. Robert W. Funk, London: SCM, 1969.
Eagleton, T Culture and The Death of God, New Haven: Yale University Press, 2015.
Harris, E Prologue and Gospel: Theology of the Fourth Evangelist, London & New York: T&T Clark lnt., 2004.
Hegel, G.W.F. Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion Vol. Ill : The Consummate Religion, ed. Peter C. Hodgson, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008.
Hodgson, P.C. Hegel and Christian Theology: A Reading on the Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008.
Junge!, E. God as the Mystery of the World: In the Foundation of the Theology of the Crucified One in the Dispute between Theism and Atheism, trans. Darrell L. Guder. Grand Rapids and Edinburgh: Eerdmans and T&T Clark, 1983.
Kolakowski, L Metaphysical Horror, ed. Agnieszka Kolakowska, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2001.
Kysar, R John: The Maverick Gospel 3rd edn. Louisville, Kentucky: John Knox Press, 2007.
Marion, J-L Prolegomena to Charity, trans. S. Lewis, New York: Fordham UP, 2002.
Moloney, FJ The Gospel of John. Sacra Pagina 4, Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 1998.
von Balthasar, HU Love Alone is Credible, trans. D.C. Schindler, San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2004

Assessment

Type	Description	Word count	Weight (%)
Document Study	Document study 1000 words	1000	11.0
Essay	3,500 word essay	3500	50.0
Critical Review	Critical review 1500	1500	15.0
Document Study	Document study 1000 words	1000	12.0
Document Study	Document study 1000 words	1000	12.0

Approvals

Unit approved for the University of Divinity by Carolyn Alsen on 2 Jul, 2019

Unit record last updated: 2019-08-02 12:46:05 +1000