Human Person: community and world (CT3019Y)

Undergraduate, 18.0 points

Content

This unit is a study of Christian reflection on what it means to be human in relation to God and what makes up our humanity. It explores biblical foundations including humanity as created in the image of God, human freedom, grace, nature and grace, sin, persons and community, and how these are embodied through human arrangements such as family, race, work, and the limitations of sickness and disability, ageing and death.

Unit code: CT3019Y

Unit status: Archived (New unit)

Points: 18.0

Unit level: Undergraduate Level 3

Unit discipline: Systematic Theology

Delivery Mode: Face to Face

Proposing College: Yarra Theological Union

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Learning outcomes

1.

describe and discuss the main features of Christian teaching on the human person.
2.

analyse and evaluate the relative contributions of culture and the world to Christian teaching on the human person
3.

identify and assess theological understanding about humanity’s and God’s relationship with the world.

4.

Identify and describe the theological understanding of grace in relation to persons.
5.

Describe and evaluate the shift in the theological tradition from an individualistic concept of person to persons-in-relationship

Unit sequence

CT1000Y, CT2011Y or equivalent and at least one more unit of Systematic Theology at level 2; at least one unit in Biblical Studies.

Pedagogy

Lectures, Seminars, Guided Reading

Indicative Bibliography

  • Brett, Gregory. The Theological Notion of the Human Person: A Conversation between the Theology of Karl Rahner and the Philosophy of John Macmurray . Bern: Peter Lang Publishers, 2013.
  • Duffy, Stephen, The Dynamics of Grace. Collegeville: Michael Glazier/Liturgical Press, 1993.
  • Edwards, Denis, Human Experience of God. New York: Paulist, 1983.
  • Gonzalez, M.A., Created in God’s Image. Maryknoll: Orbis, 2007.
  • McFarland, Ian, Difference and Identity: A Theological Anthropology. Cleveland: Pilgrim, 2001.
  • Pannenberg, Wolfhart, Anthropology in Christian Perspective (trans. G.W. Bromiley). Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1985.
  • Ross, Susan, Anthropology: Seeking Light and Beauty. Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2012.
  • Sachs, John R., The Christian Vision of Humanity: Basic Christian Anthropology. Collegeville: Michael Glazier/ Liturgical Press, 1991
  • Schwarz, Hans, The Human Being: Theological Anthropology. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2013.
  • Welker, Michael, The Depth of the Human Person: A Multidisciplinary Approach. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2014.
  • Young, Norman, Creator, Creation and Faith. London: Collins, 1976.

Assessment

Type Description Word count Weight (%)
Essay

Research Essay (3000 words)

 0 50.0
Seminar or Tutorial

Short Seminar Papers (1,500 words

0 25.0
Seminar or Tutorial

Short Seminar Paper (1,500 words)

 0 25.0
Approvals

Unit approved for the University of Divinity by John Capper on 19 Oct, 2016

Unit record last updated: 2019-10-22 14:46:06 +1100