Postgraduate Course: Jesus Christ in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries (THET11045)
Course Outline
| School | School of Divinity |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | A course on Christology in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries: how were the person and work of Jesus Christ understood amidst the breathtaking social and intellectual changes in this period? |
| Course description |
This course offers a substantial engagement with a range of nineteenth and twentieth century understandings of the person and work of Jesus Christ. In so doing, it will explore challenges to the Christian imagination in both centuries, through developments in science, philosophy and history. In that context it will focus on a range of key figures (Kant, Feuerbach, Schleiermacher, Hegel, Bavinck, Barth, Bonhoeffer, Cone, von Balthasar, Moltmann and Johnson) and their contextualised articulations of Christology.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2015/16, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Seminar/Tutorial Hours 22,
Feedback/Feedforward Hours 1,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
173 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Essay: 100% |
| Feedback |
Weekly feedback, and assessment of seminar contributions. |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Demonstrate a secure understanding of key texts, historical events and concepts in the development of modern Christologies.
- Engage constructively and critically with Christology in various historical contexts.
- Develop critical skills in reading diverse theological texts.
- Engage in constructive and critical scholarly debate with peers.
- Demonstrate an ability to identify key terms and their meanings and demonstrate good judgment about how to judge the relative importance of items on course bibliographies.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
- Ability to read and analyse diverse texts (primary and secondary sources), and discern material of central and peripheral importance.
- Ability to think constructively and systematically.
- Ability to express one's ideas clearly and coherently in both written in spoken English.
- Ability to conduct independent research in preparing essays.
- Ability to articulate theological views on Christology.
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| Keywords | Theology, Christology, Jesus Christ, nineteenth century, twentieth century |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr James Eglinton
Tel: (0131 6)50 8975
Email: |
Course secretary | Ms Joanne Hendry
Tel: (0131 6)50 7227
Email: |
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