Content

This unit is a heuristic exploration of contemporary Christian identity by reference to John’s Prologue. Major themes encompass human identity and relationality, virtual reality and materiality, language and communication, time and volition. These themes are engaged within heuristic exploration of contemporary challenges to Christian faith and practice through the Prologue’s particular compression of theology, which will form a distinctive formative method for articulating responses.

Unit code: CT3006S

Unit status: Archived (New unit)

Points: 18.0

Unit level: Undergraduate Level 3

Unit discipline: Systematic Theology

Delivery Mode: Face to Face

Proposing College: Stirling College

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Learning outcomes

1.

Articulate enduring theological impetuses of John’s Prologue, with recognition of its unique expression of Christian theology

2.

Identity and articulate selected contemporary challenges to integral Christian identity, faith and practice

3.

Evaluate the theological significance of human identity and relationality, virtual reality and materiality, language and communication, time and volition

4.

Engage heuristic methods in exploration and expression of contemporary Christian identity by reference to the Prologue’s particular compression of theology

5.

Demonstrate advanced undergraduate skills for theological reflection in relation to John’s Prologue and contemporary Christian identity

Unit sequence

75 points in UG study including 30 points in CT

Pedagogy

Lecture/discussion/group work

Indicative Bibliography

  • Bultmann, R The Gospel of John: A Commentary, trans. G.R. Beasley-Murray, R.W.N. Hoare and J.K. Riches, Philadelphia: The Westminster Press, 1971.
  • Eagleton, T Culture and The Death of God, New Haven: Yale University Press, 2015.
  • Harris, E Prologue and Gospel: Theology of the Fourth Evangelist, London & New York: T&T Clark Int., 2004.
  • Kolakowski, L Modernity on Endless Trial, trans. Stefan Czerniawski, Wolfgang Fries & Agnieszka Kolakowska, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1997.
  • Kolakowski, L Metaphysical Horror, ed. Agnieszka Kolakowska, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2001.
  • Kojève, A Concept, Time and Discourse, trans. Robert B. Williamson, South Bend IN: St. Augustine’s Press, 2017.
  • Kysar, R *John: The Maverick Gospe*l 3rd edn. Louisville, Kentucky: John Knox Press, 2007.
  • Marion, J-L Prolegomena to Charity, trans. S. Lewis, New York: Fordham UP, 2002.
  • Moloney, FJ The Gospel of John. Sacra Pagina 4, Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 1998.
  • Nagel, T The Last Word, New York: Cambridge University Press, 2003.
  • Scruton, R Modern Culture, London: Bloomsbury, 2007.
  • Taylor, C The Language Animal: The Full Shape of the Human Linguistic Capacity, Cambridge Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2016.
  • von Balthasar, HU Love Alone is Credible, trans. D.C. Schindler, San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2004.
  • Ward, K What do we mean by God?: A Little Book of Guidance, London: SPCK, 2015.
  • Žižek, S On Belief, London: Routledge, 2001.

Assessment

Type Description Word count Weight (%)
Essay

2,250 word essay

0 50.0
Document Study

500 word document study

0 11.0
Document Study

500 word document study

0 12.0
Document Study

500 word document study

0 12.0
Essay

750 word pre-intensive reading assessment

0 15.0
Approvals

Unit approved for the University of Divinity by John Capper on 19 Oct, 2017

Unit record last updated: 2022-10-31 15:49:15 +1100