Thinking Theologically 2: Theologies in Context (CT1002Z)

Content

This unit introduces students to theology as a constructive task through historical discourses on and contemporary reinterpretations of major theological themes. Students will engage with the interplay between historical and contemporary interpretations, exploring unactualised possibilities inherent in Christian tradition and the ongoing need to rearticulate theological speech in relation to multiple contexts.

Learning outcomes

Unit sequence

This unit is a prerequisite to second and third year units in Systematic Theology.

Pedagogy

Direct instruction, provocation, and self-directed learning approach to learning discipline specific skills (demonstrating an understanding of concepts in theology, reading, and reflecting on a range of theologians, and engaging in the process of re-constructing theology for the contemporary context, and classroom dialogues) through lectures, tutorials with targeted learning activities, and formative and summative assessment tasks.

Indicative Bibliography

• Coakley, Sarah. God, Sexuality and the Self: An Essay “On the Trinity”, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2015.
• Jennings, Willie James, The Christian Imagination: Theology and the Origins of Race* (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2011).
• Jenson, Robert, A Theology in Outline: Can these Bones Live? (London and New York: Oxford University Press, 2016).
• Jones, Serene. 2008. Constructive theology: a contemporary approach to classical themes. Minneapolis, Minn: Fortress Press.
  
• Martin, Dale B., Biblical Truths: The Meaning of Scripture in the Twenty First Century (new Haven: Yale University Press, 2017).
• Morse, Christopher. Not Every Spirit: A Dogmatics of Disbelief, 2nd ed. London: Bloomsbury, 2009.
• Watson, Natalie K., Feminist Theology (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2003).

Assessment