Postgraduate Course: Karl Barth's Church Dogmatics (THET11026)

Course Outline
School	School of Divinity	College	College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate)	Availability	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	20	ECTS Credits	10
Summary	This course offers the opportunity for sustained critical engagement with Karl Barth's Church Dogmatics, one of the landmark works of twentieth century theology. The course will explore a selection of the theological doctrines treated by the text, such as election, Christology, pneumatology, ecclesiology, ethics, and the Christian life, and its methodology. At each stage, the course seeks to promote a critical yet constructive dialogue between Barth and alternative theological positions.
Course description	Not entered

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites		Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations	Students MUST NOT also be taking The Theology of Karl Barth (THET10042)	Other requirements	None

Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered

Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this course, a student will have: 1) achieved a clear understanding of the overall structure of Barth's Church Dogmatics and of its particular methodology; 2) gained a detailed knowledge of selected doctrinal loci as treated in the Church Dogmatics, along with their wider implications; 3) enhanced their critical ability to engage and evaluate the selected readings in the course of preparing for and participating in seminars; 4) developed their skills in both presentation and writing tasks in the course of the seminar discussions and the course assignment.