Undergraduate Course: Persuasion: rhetoric and religion (THET10048)
Course Outline
| School | School of Divinity |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This study of the persuasive arts of religious rhetoric charts a trajectory from secular classical Greece, through the Abrahamic faiths and the use of rhetoric in teaching and proclamation, to quasi-religious forms in modern political discourse and the iconography of late capitalist consumerism. The course offers students an opportunity to undertake the study of rhetoric from a variety of theological and sociological perspectives. |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
Course Delivery Information
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Learning Outcomes
After successful completion of this course, a student will have:
(1) understood some of the key dimensions of rhetoric in religious contexts;
(2) understood the place of argument, image and narrative in religious discourse;
(3) engaged critically with sermon practice in three Abrahamic faiths;
(4) written an essay on an aspect of communication studied in the course, engaging with both primary and relevant secondary literature;
(5) presented in the seminar and participated in constructive discussion and debate with other seminar members in a respectful manner;
(6) considered the implications of communication theology for scholarship in rhetoric, homiletics and ethics of communication.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Keywords | Rhetoric, homiletics, hermeneutics |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Cecelia Clegg
Tel: (0131 6)50 8943
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Course secretary | Ms Paula Kruyff
Tel: (0131 6)51 5232
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