Jesus, Discipleship and Justice (CT2020P)

Undergraduate, 18.0 points

Content

This unit will explore historical and contemporary Christology. It will begin with the New Testament witness to Jesus' life, death and resurrection, and the messianic interpretation of those events, and their connection to divine justice. The appropriation of that witness in ancient creeds, contemporary theological controversies and proposals, and the lives of his followers will be critically examined. The connections between the Church’s proclamation of Christ, patterns of discipleship, and practices of reconciliation and justice will be explored.

Unit code: CT2020P

Unit status: Approved (New unit)

Points: 18.0

Unit level: Undergraduate Level 2

Unit discipline: Systematic Theology

Proposing College: Pilgrim Theological College

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Learning outcomes

1.

Explain key themes in the New Testament confessions of Jesus
2.

Identify connections between Jesus' messianic mission and divine justice
3.

Articulate the defining Christological issues of the patristic period
4.

Outline the critical issues in contemporary Christological debates
5.

Establish conections between particular Christologies and corresponding patterns of discipleship

Unit sequence

Prerequisite: CT1000P

Pedagogy

Lectures will be supplemented by tutorials and online materials.

Indicative Bibliography

  • Althaus-Reid, Marcella and Lisa Isherwood. Controversies in Feminist Christology. London: SCM, 2007.
  • Broughton, Geoff. Restorative Christ: Jesus, Justice and Discipleship. Eugene: Pickwick, 2014.
  • Copeland, Shawn. Knowing Christ Crucified: The Witness of African-American Religious Experience. New York: Orbis, 2018
  • Douglas, Sally. Early Church Understandings of Jesus as the Female Divine: The Scandal of the Scandal of Particularity. London: T&T Clark, 2016.
  • Hurtado, Larry W. How on Earth Did Jesus Become a God? Historical Questions about Earliest Devotion to Jesus. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2005.
  • Johnson, Elizabeth A. (ed). The Strength of Her Witness. Maryknoll: Orbis, 2018.
  • Kim, Dong-Kum, The Future of Christology: Jesus Christ for a Global Age. Lanham: Lexington, 2019.
  • Moltmann, Jürgen. The Way of Jesus Christ: Christology in Messianic Dimensions. London: SCM, 1990.
  • Murphy, Francesca Ann, The Oxford Handbook of Christology. Oxford: OUP, 2015.

Assessment

Type Description Word count Weight (%)
Essay

Essay of 2250 words identifying and distinguishing one New Testament Christology and one patristic Christology.

 2250 50.0
Essay

An essay which explores the connections between Christology and justice in one contemporary Christology.

 2250 50.0
Approvals

Unit approved for the University of Divinity by Prof Albert Haddad on 16 Aug, 2023

Unit record last updated: 2023-08-16 09:32:25 +1000