Content

This unit will proceed through a close reading of the primary texts (in translation, with close analysis of selected passages in Greek), covering the wide range of St Gregory’s interests and the primary genres in which he wrote, epistolary, poetry and homiletic. Students will be expected to familiarise themselves with contemporary scholarship on St Gregory and to examine aspects of his writings or thought, engaging with a broad range of secondary material.

Unit code: CT2529A

Unit status: Archived (New unit)

Points: 18.0

Unit level: Undergraduate Level 2

Unit discipline: Systematic Theology

Delivery Mode: Online

Proposing College: St Athanasius College

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Learning outcomes

1.

Discuss relevant patristic texts in terms of genre, historical context and theological contribution

2.

Articulate the theological vision of St Gregory

3.

Examine the theological streams that flowed into the work of St Gregory

4.

Explore the role of the works of St Gregory in the establishment of Nicene theology

Pedagogy

This unit will focus on developing skills in patristic reading using the texts of St Gregory as its core material. Throughout the unit students will learn how to assess their own reading of patristic texts against chosen frameworks.

Indicative Bibliography

  • Beeley, Christopher A. Gregory of Nazianzus on the Trinity and the Knowledge of God: In Your Light We Shall See Light Oxford [u.a.]: Oxford Univ. Press, 2013.
  • Beeley, Christopher A. Re-Reading Gregory of Nazianzus: Essays on History, Theology and Culture. Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of American Press, 2012.
  • Gregory, and Brian Dunkle. Poems on scripture. Crestwood, NY: St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, 2012.
  • Gregory, and Carolinne White. Gregory of Nazianzus: autobiographical poems. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005.
  • Gregorio Nacianceno, Frederick Williams, and Lionel R. Wickham. On God and Christ: The Five Theological Orations and Two Letters to Cledonius. Crestwood, N.Y.: St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, 2002.
  • Gregory, and Nonna Verna Harrison. Festal Orations. 2008.
  • Gregorius, and Peter Gilbert. On God and Man: The Theological Poetry of St. Gregory of Nazianzus. Crestwood, NY: St Vladimir's Seminary Press, 2001
  • Hofer, Andrew. Christ in the Life and Teaching of Gregory of Nazianzus. Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press, 2013.
  • McGuckin, John Anthony. St. Gregory of Nazianzus: An Intellectual Biography. Crestwood, NY: St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, 2001.
  • Nazianzus, Gregory of, and Martha Pollard Vinson. St. Gregory of Nazianzus: Select Orations. Baltimore: Catholic University of America Press, 2004.

Assessment

Type Description Word count Weight (%)
Essay

Essay
2000 words

0 50.0
Critical Review

Critical Review 1000 words

0 20.0
Essay

Essay 1500 words

0 30.0
Approvals

Unit approved for the University of Divinity by John Capper on 1 Nov, 2017

Unit record last updated: 2022-03-26 19:55:58 +1100