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Postgraduate Course: Catholic Social Thought: The Common Good: from Rerum Novarum (1891) to Centesimus Annus (1991) (THET11041)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Divinity CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryThe socio-political context and impact of key documents in Catholic Social Teaching from Rerum Novarum (1891) to Centesimus Annus (1991).
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesThis is a graduate-level course. Please confirm subject prerequisites with the Course Manager.
High Demand Course? Yes
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. chart the development of Catholic Social Teaching from 1891-1991
  2. display an ability to situate and critically engage with texts and their historical and social contexts
  3. generate a relevant bibliography through a search strategy of relevant secondary literature
  4. write an essay which displays critical, constructive and sympathetic skills through engagement and contextualisation of a text, or a topic
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsCatholic Social Teaching,Theology,Ethics,Labour,Justice,Marx. Liberation
Contacts
Course organiserDr Michael Purcell
Tel: (0131 6)50 8940
Email:
Course secretaryMs Joanne Hendry
Tel: (0131 6)50 7227
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