Fundamental Theology for Beginners (CT8000Y)

Content

“The world is charged with the grandeur of God.” (G.M. Hopkins, ‘God’s Grandeur’) This unit will engage in an interpretation and interrogation of the sources and key beliefs of Christian faith with a view to their history and development, and the variety of approaches to them. It remains important to test why it is that these issues continue to matter, especially as to how they may express the grandeur of God in and through the world.

Learning outcomes

Unit sequence

No prerequisites

Pedagogy

Mixed mode - synchronous and asynchronous lectures, synchronous tutorials

Indicative Bibliography

• Cavanaugh, William T. The Uses of Idolatry. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2024.
• Coakley, Sarah. Powers and Submissions: Spirituality, Philosophy and Gender, 2nd edn. Wiley, 2025.
• Lash, Nicholas. Believing Three Ways in One God. London: SCM Press, 1992.
• MacKinnon, Donald M. Kenotic Ecclesiology: Select Writings of Donald M. MacKinnon. Edited by John C. McDowell, Ashley Moyse, and Scott Kirkland. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2016.
• McCabe, Herbert. God Matters. London: Continuum, 1987.
• Rahner, Karl. Foundations of Christian Faith: An Introduction to the Idea of Christianity. Translated by William V. Dych. New York: Crossroad, 1999.
• Schillebeeckx, Edward. The Collected Works of Edward Schillebeeckx. London: Bloomsbury, 2014.
• Soskice, Janet. Naming God: Addressing the Divine in Philosophy, Theology and Scripture. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023.
• Tanner, Kathryn. Christ the Key. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010.
• Williams, Rowan. On Christian Theology. Oxford: Blackwell, 2000.

Assessment