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.
Unit code: DM3720A
Unit status: Approved (New unit)
Points: 18.0
Unit level: Undergraduate Level 3
Unit discipline: Missiology
Delivery Mode: Blended
Proposing College: St Athanasius College
Show when this unit is running| 1. | articulate an understanding of the origin and the development of Christology. |
| 2. | explain the Christological challenges throughout the centuries in relation to the engagement with marginalised peoples. |
| 3. | evaluate christologies from mission-focussed theological perspectives. |
| 4. | engage with methods of Christological thinking |
No prerequisites, no prohibited combination of units
asynchronous and synchronous lectures and tutorials
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.
| Type | Description | Word count | Weight (%) | |||||
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| Essay | 2000 | 40.0 | ||||||
| Essay | 3000 | 60.0 | ||||||
Unit approved for the University of Divinity by Maggie Kappelhoff on 6 Sep, 2021
Unit record last updated: 2021-09-06 15:06:34 +1000