This unit will introduce the content and tasks of Christian theology by engaging a range of representations of Christianity in contemporary intellectual and popular cultures, especially but not exclusively in Australia. These will include objections to Christianity, non-Christian explorations of Christianity, assessments of Christianity by other religions, and secular appropriations of the Christian legacy. Engagement with these different sources will provide an opportunity to assess the particular challenges currently posed to Christian belief and therefore to explore the role of theology in responding to those challenges. This will contextualise the introduction to the tasks and disciplines of Christian theology but it will also draw historical links with the birth of Christian theology in the religiously and philosophically diverse world of antiquity.
Unit code: CT8019P
Unit status: Archived (New unit)
Points: 24.0
Unit level: Postgraduate Foundational
Unit discipline: Systematic Theology
Delivery Mode: Online
Proposing College: Pilgrim Theological College
Show when this unit is running1. | Describe various contemporary discussions of Christianity |
2. | Assess key developments in the emergence of Christian theology |
3. | Evaluate the strengths and weakness of one major, contemporary non-Christian representation of Christianity |
4. | Explain the role of theology in responding to contemporary representations and/or appropriations of Christianity |
5. | Articulate the broad range of key ideas which make up the Christian intellectual vision |
Engagement with online learning materials, tasks and tutorial discussions
Type | Description | Word count | Weight (%) |
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Essay | 2500 word essay on a theological engagement with contemporary representations and/or appropriations of Christianity |
0 | 45.0 |
Essay | 1000 word essay on the origins and tasks of Christian theology |
0 | 20.0 |
Book Review | 1500 book review of a key non-Christian account of Christianity |
0 | 25.0 |
Forum | 0 | 10.0 |
Unit approved for the University of Divinity by John Capper on 19 Oct, 2014
Unit record last updated: 2022-10-04 13:23:06 +1100