Content

This unit explores key questions in the doctrine of salvation and the Christian understanding of the end times: From what are we saved? How are we saved? Who is saved? What happens after our earthly life? Where do we go? Drawing upon scriptural and theological metaphors for salvation and the end times, the unit undertakes a critical evaluation of classical and modern approaches to the issues in Christian soteriology and eschatology.

Unit code: CT9023Y

Unit status: Archived (New unit)

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.

Apply the biblical understanding of salvation to contemporary soteriological discourse

2.

Synthesise at least two approaches to the understanding of salvation

3.

Argue clearly the consequences of this understanding for eschatology

4.

Analyse critically the issues around universalism and the scope of salvation

5.

Employ successfully at least one classical and one modern treatment of salvation in reasoning their consequences for understanding the end times

6.

Engage with scholarly theological discourse on salvation and the events of the end times

Unit sequence

A foundational unit in CT Prohibited combinations: CT9010Y CT9017Y

Pedagogy

Lectures and seminars

Indicative Bibliography

  • ‘Nostra Ætate’. In Documents of Vatican II ed. by Walter Abbott. London: Geoffrey Chapman, 1966.
  • Gunter, Colin. The Actuality of Atonement. London: T&T Clark, 1989.
  • Heim: S. Mark. Saved from Sacrifice: A Theology of the Cross. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans. 2006
  • Mertens, Herman-Emiel. Not the Cross but the Crucified. Louvain: Peeters, 1992.
  • Moore, Sebastian. The Fire and the Rose are One. London: DLT, 1980.
  • O’Collins, Gerald. Jesus our Redeemer. Oxford, OUP, 2007.
  • Tanner, Kathryn. Christ the Key. Cambridge: CUP, 2010.
  • Tugwell, Simon. Human Immortality and the Redemption of Death. London: DLT, 1990.
  • Williams, Rowan. Resurrection. London: DLT, 2002.

Assessment

Type Description Word count Weight (%)
Essay

Summative Essay (1000 wds)

0 15.0
Essay

Soteriology Essay (3500 wds)

0 60.0
Essay

Eschatology Essay (1500 wds)

0 25.0
Approvals

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

Unit record last updated: 2019-10-03 11:34:40 +1000