Human Person: community and world (CT9019Y)

Postgraduate, 24.0 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: CT9019Y

Unit status: Archived (Major revision)

Points: 24.0

Unit level: Postgraduate Elective

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
6.

Assess and articulate a theological understanding of the dynamic tension revealed in nature/grace; body/soul; person/community
7.

Demonstrate advanced research skills appropriate to study at graduate level

Unit sequence

15 points of Foundational CT

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 (4000 words)

 4000 50.0
Seminar or Tutorial

Short Seminar Paper (1,750 words)

 1750 25.0
Seminar or Tutorial

Short Seminar Paper (1,750 words)

 1750 25.0
Approvals

Unit approved for the University of Divinity by John Capper on 27 Sep, 2016

Unit record last updated: 2021-08-27 14:49:19 +1000