Who Is Jesus? (CT9702W)

Postgraduate, 24.0 points

Content

This unit will explore biblical, historical and contemporary responses to the question, ‘Who is Jesus?’ Students will critically investigate answers offered from both within and outside the Christian traditions and will formulate their own theological responses.

Unit code: CT9702W

Unit status: Archived (New unit)

Points: 24.0

Unit level: Postgraduate Elective

Unit discipline: Systematic Theology

Delivery Mode: Online

Proposing College: Whitley College

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Learning outcomes

1.

Identify a range of issues concerning the significance of Jesus in the contemporary world
2.

Articulate the distinctive christological emphases of several biblical and extra-biblical sources
3.

Explain the theological issues at stake in the development of the historic credal formulations
4.

Exhibit capacity for independent and critical theological reflection upon a range of christologies
5.

Formulate research criteria and methodologies for engaging in questions of concern for christology

Pedagogy

Lectures (video & handouts) will be posted online, online interactive seminar

Indicative Bibliography

  • Athanasius. St. Athanasius on the Incarnation: The Treatise De Incarnatione Verbi Dei. Translated by The Religious of C. S. M. V. 2nd ed. London: A. R. Mowbray, 1953.
  • Barth, Karl. Church Dogmatics IV.1. Translated by Geoffrey W. Bromiley. Edited by Geoffrey W. Bromiley and Thomas F. Torrance. Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 1961. (recommended for purchase)
  • Bonhoeffer, Dietrich. Christology. Translated by John Bowden. London: Collins, 1978.
  • Borg, Marcus J., and N. T. Wright. The Meaning of Jesus: Two Visions. New York: Harper Collins, 1999.
  • Fiddes, Paul S. Past Event and Present Salvation: The Christian Idea of Atonement. London: Darton, Longman and Todd, 1989.
  • Forsyth, P. T. The Person and Place of Jesus Christ: The Congregational Union Lecture for 1909. London: Congregational Union of England and Wales/Hodder & Stoughton, 1910.
  • Frei, Hans W. The Identity of Jesus Christ: The Hermeneutical Bases of Dogmatic Theology. Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2013.
  • Gunton, Colin E. The Actuality of Atonement: A Study of Metaphor, Rationality and the Christian Tradition. Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 1988.
  • Kärkkäinen, Veli-Matti. Christology: A Global Introduction. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2003. (recommended for purchase)
  • Moltmann, Jürgen. The Way of Jesus Christ: Christology in Messianic Dimensions. Translated by Margaret Kohl. London: SCM, 1990.
  • Schillebeeckx, Edward. Jesus: An Experiment in Christology. Translated by Hubert Hoskins. New York: Vintage Books, 1979.
  • Smail, Thomas A. Once and For All: A Confession of the Cross. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2005.
  • Tanner, Kathryn. Christ the Key. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010. (recommended for purchase)
  • Torrance, Thomas F. The Mediation of Christ. Colorado Springs: Helmers & Howard, 1992.

Assessment

Type Description Word count Weight (%)
Essay

Essay (3,500 words)

3500 50.0
Book Review

Book or film review (1,500-words)

 1500 25.0
Seminar or Tutorial

Seminar Paper (1,500 words)

 1500 25.0
Approvals

Unit approved for the University of Divinity by John Capper on 30 Sep, 2015

Unit record last updated: 2020-09-23 17:46:24 +1000