Content

This unit will examine the call of the church to participate in the suffering, death, and resurrection of Jesus according to Paul’s letters. The students will study key passages in Romans, 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Philippians, and other Pauline letters concerning the call of the church to be conformed to the crucified Christ. The unit will explore the concept of participation in Christ and its interrelationship with the mission of the first-century house churches in the Pauline corpus. It will specifically study the outworking of the corporate life of cruciform multicultural Christ-communities, which includes hospitality, economic justice, peace-making, faithful witness, and the embodiment of the justice of God in the context of the Roman Empire and the world today.

Unit code: BN3009W

Unit status: Approved (Major revision)

Points: 18.0

Unit level: Undergraduate Level 3

Unit discipline: New Testament

Delivery Mode: Face to Face

Proposing College: Whitley College

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Learning outcomes

1.

Describe Paul’s understanding of conformity with the crucified Christ and its relationship to the call and mission of the church

2.

Critically analyse relevant texts in the Pauline corpus in their rhetorical and socio-historical context

3.

Articulate elements of Pauline thought and teaching that are interconnected with participation in Christ’s death and resurrection

4.

Critically evaluate the concept of “participation in Christ” in view of recent developments in Pauline scholarship

5.

Display awareness of the implications of the Pauline concept of conformity with the crucified Christ for the mission of the church today

Unit sequence

First-level introductory unit in New Testament (BN1001W or equivalent)

Pedagogy

Lectures and class discussion

Indicative Bibliography

  • Gombis, Timothy G. Paul: A Guide for the Perplexed. London: T & T Clark, 2010.
  • Gorman, Michael J. Becoming the Gospel: Paul, Participation, and Mission. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2015.
  • Gorman, Michael J. Participation in Christ. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2019.
  • Gorman, Michael J. Reading Paul. Eugene, OR: 2008.
  • Hogan, Laura Reece. I Live, No Longer I: Paul’s Spirituality of Suffering, Transformation, and Joy. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2017.
  • Hooker, Morna D. From Adam to Christ: Essays on Paul. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990.
  • Hooker, Morna D., and Frances M. Young. Holiness and Mission: Learning from the Early Church About Mission in the City. London: SCM Press, 2010.
  • Wu, Siu Fung, ed. Suffering in Paul. Eugene, OR: Pickwick, 2019.

Assessment

Type Description Word count Weight (%)

Variant 1

Exegetical Essay

Exegetical essay

2000 40.0
Tutorial Paper/Seminar Paper

Tutorial Paper/Seminar Paper

1000 20.0
Essay

Thematic essay

2000 40.0

Variant 2

Exegetical Essay

Exegetical essay

2000 40.0
Forum

Online forum posts

1000 20.0
Essay

Thematic essay

2000 40.0
Approvals

Unit approved for the University of Divinity by Maggie Kappelhoff on 23 Sep, 2020

Unit record last updated: 2022-10-26 17:06:55 +1100