Code
Undergraduate: CT2002W or CT3002W
Undergraduate (Online): CT2702W or CT3702W
Postgraduate: CT9002W
Postgraduate (Online): CT9702W
Undergraduate (Online): CT2702W or CT3702W
Postgraduate: CT9002W
Postgraduate (Online): CT9702W
Level
Undergraduate (Level 2 or Level 3) and Postgraduate
Discipline
Systematic Theology (CT)
Field
Christian Thought and History (C)
Prerequisites
Undergraduate Level 2: 18 points in CT
Undergraduate Level 3: 54 points, including 36 points in CT, and 18 points in Field B
Postgraduate: 72 points, including 24 points in CT
Undergraduate Level 3: 54 points, including 36 points in CT, and 18 points in Field B
Postgraduate: 72 points, including 24 points in CT
Online
Yes
Faculty
Jason Goroncy view profile >
Class Time
Three hours per week
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Learning outcomes
Upon successful completion of this unit, it is expected that students will be able to:
Undergraduate
- Identify a range of issues concerning the significance of Jesus in the contemporary world;
- Articulate the distinctive christological emphases of several biblical and extra-biblical sources;
- Explain the theological issues at stake in the development of the historic credal formulations;
- Level 3: Exhibit capacity for independent and critical theological reflection upon a range of christologies.
Postgraduate
- Identify a range of issues concerning the significance of Jesus in the contemporary world;
- Articulate the distinctive christological emphases of several biblical and extra-biblical sources;
- Explain the theological issues at stake in the development of the historic credal formulations;
- Exhibit capacity for independent and critical theological reflection upon a range of christologies.
- Formulate research criteria and methodologies for engaging in questions of concern for christology.
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Assessment
Undergraduate
Level 2:
- One seminar paper (1,500 words) (25%)
- Journal of critical reflections (at least five entries, of approximately 200 words each) (25%)
- One essay (2,000 words) (50%)
Level 3:
- One seminar paper (1,500 words) (25%)
- Journal of critical reflections (at least five entries, of approximately 200 words each) (25%)
- One essay (2,500 words) (50%)
Postgraduate
- One seminar paper (1,000 words) (25%)
- One book or film review (2,000 words) (25%)
- One essay (4,500 words) (50%)
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Recommended reading
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Torrance, Thomas F. The Mediation of Christ. Colorado Springs: Helmers & Howard, 1992.
Set texts recommended for purchase:
- 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.
- Tanner, Kathryn. Christ the Key. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010.