Code
Undergraduate: CT2009W or CT3009W
Postgraduate: CT9009W
Postgraduate: CT9009W
Level
Undergraduate Level 2 or Level 3
Postgraduate Elective
Postgraduate Elective
Discipline
Systematic Theology (CT)
Field
Christian Thought and History (C)
Prerequisites
Undergraduate: 18 points in CT
Postgraduate: 48 points, including 24 points in CT
Postgraduate: 48 points, including 24 points in CT
Online
Yes
Location
Online via Zoom
Faculty
Jason Goroncy view profile >
Class Time
Intensive: 7 days in September/October 2022 - CANCELLED
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Learning outcomes
Upon successful completion of this unit, it is expected that students will be able to:
Undergraduate
Level 2:
- Identify and analyse the respective contributions of theology and the arts to each other’s assumptions and methods.
- Describe a range of responses to how theologians and artists have understood each other’s vocations.
- Articulate a coherent theological statement on the relationship between theology and the arts.
Level 3:
- Analyse the respective contributions of theology and the arts to each other’s assumptions and methods.
- Describe a range of responses to how theologians and artists have understood each other’s vocations.
- Articulate a coherent theological statement on the relationship between theology and the arts.
- Exhibit independent and critical responses to both a selection of artworks and to the conversations in which artists and theologians are engaged.
Postgraduate
- Analyse the respective contributions of theology and the arts to each other’s assumptions and methods.
- Describe a range of responses to how theologians and artists have understood each other’s vocations.
- Articulate a coherent theological statement on the relationship between theology and the arts.
- Exhibit independent and critical responses to both a selection of artworks and to the conversations in which artists and theologians are engaged.
- Propose a methodology in which the arts and theology together inform both faith and communal identity.
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Assessment
Level 2:
- Seminar paper (1,000 words) (20%)
- Journal of critical reflections (1,000 words) (30%)
- Essay (2,000 words) (50%)
Level 3:
- Seminar paper (1,000 words) (20%)
- Journal of critical reflections (1,500 words) (30%)
- Essay (3,000 words) (50%)
Postgraduate
- Seminar paper (1,250 words total) (20%)
- Journal of critical reflections (2,000 words) (30%)
- Essay (4,500 words) (50%)
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Recommended reading
Set texts recommended for purchase are highlighted in blue
- Begbie, Jeremy, ed. Beholding the Glory: Incarnation through the Arts. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2000.
- Dyrness, William A. Visual Faith: Art, Theology, and Worship in Dialogue. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2001.
- Farley, Edward. Faith and Beauty: A Theological Aesthetic. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2001.
- Goroncy, Jason A., ed. Tikkun Olam – To Mend the World: A Confluence of Theology and the Arts. Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications, 2014.
- Hart, Trevor A. Making Good: Creation, Creativity and Artistry. Waco: Baylor University Press, 2014.
- Jensen, Robin. The Substance Of Things Seen: Art, Faith and the Christian Community. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 2004.
- Jones, David Michael. Epoch and Artist: Selected Writings. London: Faber and Faber, 2017.
- Kidd, Richard, and Graham Sparkes. God and the Art of Seeing: Visual Resources for a Journey of Faith. Regent’s Study Guides. Macon/Oxford: Smyth & Helwys/Regent’s Park College, 2003.
- Williams, Rowan. Grace and Necessity: Reflections on Art and Love. Harrisburg: Morehouse, 2005.
- Wolterstorff, Nicholas P. Art in Action: Towards a Christian Aesthetic. Carlisle: Solway, 1997.