The Triune God (CT3012Y)

WEEK ONE- August 1: The Trinitarian Question: Introduction to the Unit.

Introduction to the Unit: Its purpose and relevance 1.1 Which God? Does it Matter? 1.2 Doxology/Prayer as Theology 1.3 How do you Preach a Mystery? Preliminary Theological Observations.

WEEK TWO- August 8: Are there Biblical Foundations? 2.1 Examining the Hebrew Scriptures 2.2 The Biblical Witness in the New Testament 2.3 The Trinity in view of the Pauline Writings (Tutorial)

WEEK THREE- August 15: The Way to Nicaea: Early Formulations 3.1 Did Christians Worship Two Divinities? 3.2 Early Patristic Theology 3.3 Believing in the Triune God (Tutorial)

WEEK FOUR- August 22: Western Trinitarian Theology 4.1 Early Patristic Theology 4.2 Latin Trinitarian theology (Augustine and Aquinas) 4.3 Key Trinitarian Themes in Augustine (Tutorial)

WEEK FIVE- August 29: Eastern Trinitarian Theology 5.1 The Cappadocian Fathers on the Trinity 5.2 The Theology of the Filioque 5.3 The Trinity and Personhood (Tutorial)

WEEK SIX- September 5: Trinity and Christology 6.1 The Christological Dispute: Chalcedon Solution 6.2 Christology from a Trinitarian Perspective 6.3 The Spirit in the Trinity (Tutorial)

WEEK SEVEN-September 12: The Renewal of Trinitarian Theology 7.1 Karl Barth: God’s Self-Revelation 7.2 Karl Rahner: God’s Self-Communication 7.3 Rahner’s Rule: Two Types of Interpretation (Tutorial)

WEEK EIGHT-September 19: Contemporary Trinitarian Theology [A] 8.1 Jurgen Moltmann: A Social Understanding of the Trinity 8.2 John Zizioulas: Communion of Persons 8.3 Anthony Kelly: The Trinity of Love (Tutorial)

WEEK NINE-October 10: Contemporary Trinitarian Theology [B] 9.1 Wolfhart Pannenberg: An Eschatological Approach to the Trinity 9.2 Catherine LaCugna: The Trinity as Doctrine of Salvation 9.3 T. Ware: The Human Person, Icon of the Trinity (Tutorial)

WEEK TEN-October 17: Trinity and Creation, Ecology and Evolution 1.1 Classical Theology of Creation and Trinity 1.2 Contemporary Trinitarian Theology of Creation and Ecology 1.3 The Trinity and Evolution (Tutorial)

WEEK ELEVEN-October 24: The Trinity and Religious Pluralism 11.1 Outside the Church no Salvation? 11.2 Are all Faiths really “Anonymous Christians”? A critical look. 11.3 Jacques Dupuis: Trinitarian Theology of Religious Pluralism (Tutorial)

WEEK TWELVE-October 31: The Trinity, Spirituality, Prayer and Worship 12.1 The Trinity and Spirituality 12.2 The Trinity and Liturgy 12.3 Preaching the Trinity: Fundamentals 12.4 Toward a Trinitarian Vision of Reality: Summary of the Unit