Content

This unit engages major theological themes of Paul’s Epistle to the Romans. Applied work will be undertaken with selected historical and contemporary theological uses of Romans in formulating Christian identity and values. Focus on Romans as theological testimony will be explored through selected hermeneutical and philosophical approaches to evil and shame, finitude and faith, debt and gift.

Unit code: CT3731S

Unit status: Archived (New unit)

Points: 18.0

Unit level: Undergraduate Level 3

Unit discipline: Systematic Theology

Delivery Mode: Online

Proposing College: Stirling College

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Learning outcomes

1.

Articulate and evaluate enduring theological issues in the reception of Romans and recognise their significance in historical debates and contemporary forums;

2.

Articulate several theological and hermeneutical approaches to interpreting Romans and develop skills for reading theological testimony;

3.

Critically evaluate theological approaches to reading Romans in formulating Christian identity and values;

4.

Develop integrative skills for reading and interpreting Romans in its engagement with enduring theological and philosophical questions of human existence

Unit sequence

45 points in Theological Study with at least 30 points in Systematic Theology

Pedagogy

12 online sessions for 3 hour student engagement

Indicative Bibliography

  • Augustine, Confessions, trans. with an introduction, R.S. Pine-Coffin. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1961.
  • Giorgio Agamben, The Time that Remains: A Commentary on the Letter to the Romans, trans. Patricia Dailey. Stanford UP, 2005.
  • Badiou, A. Saint Paul: The Foundation of Universalism, trans. Ray Brassier. Stanford: Stanford UP, 2003.
  • Barth, K. The Epistle to the Romans, trans. from the sixth edition by E.C. Hoskyns, London: Oxford University Press, 1977.
  • Byrne, B. Romans. Sacra Pagina Series, Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 1996.
  • Ebeling, G.* Luther: An Introduction to his Thought*, trans. R.A. Wilson. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1972.
  • Hay, D.M. & Johnson, E.E. eds. Pauline Theology. Volume III: Romans, Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1995.
  • Jenson, Robert W. Systematic Theology (Vol. 1): The Triune God. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997.
  • Jüngel, E. God as the Mystery of the World: In the Foundation of the Theology of the Crucified One in the Dispute between Theism and Atheism, trans. Darrell L. Guder. Grand Rapids and Edinburgh: Eerdmans and T&T Clark, 1983.
  • Käsemann, E. Commentary on Romans. Translated and Edited by G. W. Bromiley. London: SCM, 1980.
  • Kasper, W. The God of Jesus Christ, trans. Matthew J. O’Connell, New York: Crossroad, 2005,
  • Kierkegaard, S. Fear and Trembling and Repetition, trans. ed. intro. and notes Howard V. Hong and Edna H. Hong. Princeton: Princeton UP, 1983.
  • Kierkegaard, S. The Concept of Anxiety, trans. ed. and notes Reidar Thomte in collab. with Albert B. Anderson. Princeton: Princeton UP, 1980.
  • Lull, T. ed. Martin Luther’s Basic Theological Writings, Second Edition, 2nd edition ed. William R. Russell. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2005.
  • Luther, M. Lectures on Romans: Glosses and Scolia. Luther’s Works, Vol. 25. trans. Walter G. Tillmanns & Jacob A.O. Preus, ed. Hilton C. Oswald. Saint Louis: Concordia Publishing, 1972.
  • McGrath, A. Christianity’s Dangerous Idea: The Protestant Revolution. New York: HarperOne, 2007.
  • Pascal, B. Pensées and Other Writings, trans. Honor Levi, ed. with an Introduction and Notes by Anthony Levi. Oxford and New York, Oxford University Press, 1995.
  • Robinson, J.A.T. Wrestling with Romans, London: SCM, 1979.
  • Volf, M. Exclusion and Embrace: A Theological Exploration of Identity, Otherness and Reconciliation, Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1996.

Assessment

Type Description Word count Weight (%)
Essay

1300 word essay

0 30.0
Essay

1300 word essay

0 30.0
Document Study

Document study 500 words

0 10.0
Document Study

Document study 500 words

0 10.0
Document Study

Document study 500 words

0 10.0
Document Study

Document study 500 words

0 10.0
Approvals

Unit approved for the University of Divinity by John Capper on 1 Nov, 2017

Unit record last updated: 2022-10-31 18:09:52 +1100