Postgraduate: BN9011W; online BN9711W
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Learning outcomes
Upon successful completion of this unit, it is expected that students will be able to:
Undergraduate
- Articulate the role of the Holy Spirit in the New Testament, especially in John’s Gospel, Acts, and the Pauline corpus.
- Conduct critical analysis of the key New Testament texts on the Holy Spirit within their own rhetorical and socio-historical contexts.
- Identify and articulate the work of the Spirit regarding the formation of early Christian communities in the New Testament, as well as the identity and transformation of Jesus-followers in the Greco-Roman world.
- Reflect critically on the contribution of the NT literature to understanding the work of the Spirit in the life and mission of the church today.
Postgraduate
- Articulate the role of the Holy Spirit in the New Testament, especially in John’s Gospel, Acts, and the Pauline corpus.
- Critically analyse specified New Testament texts on the Holy Spirit within their own rhetorical and socio-historical contexts.
- Identify and articulate the work of the Spirit regarding the formation of early Christian communities in the New Testament, as well as the identity and transformation of Jesus-followers in the Greco-Roman world.
- Reflect critically on the contribution of the NT literature to understanding the work of the Spirit in the life and mission of the church today.
- Critically evaluate the contemporary practice of mission in the light of the approaches of the New Testament writers.
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Assessment
Undergraduate
Classroom:
- One thematic tutorial paper (1,000 words) (20%)
- One exegetical essay (2,000 words) (40%)
- One thematic essay (2,000 words) (40%)
Online:
- Online tutorial participation (at least 5 entries of approximately 200 words each) responding to set readings and peer interactions (1,000 words) (20%)
- One exegetical essay (2,000 words) (40%)
- One thematic essay (2,000 words) (40%)
Postgraduate
Classroom:
- One thematic tutorial paper (1,250 words) (20%)
- One exegetical essay (3,500 words) (40%)
- One thematic essay (3,250 words) (40%)
Online:
- Online tutorial participation (at least 5 entries of approximately 200 words each) responding to set readings and and peer interaction (1,250 words) (20%)
- One exegetical essay (3,500 words) (40%)
- One thematic essay (3,250 words) (40%)
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Recommended reading
Set texts recommended for purchase are highlighted in blue*
- Augustine, Daniela C. The Spirit and the Common Good: Shared Flourishing in the Image of God. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2019.
- Brown, Tricia Gates. Spirit in the Writings of John: Johannine Pneumatology in Social-Scientific Perspective. London: T & T Clark, 2004.
- Burge, Gary M. The Anointed Community: The Holy Spirit in the Johannine Tradition. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1987.
- Fee, Gordon D. God’s Empowering Presence: The Holy Spirit in the Letters of Paul. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 2009.
- Green, Gene L., Stephen T. Pardue and K. K. Yeo. The Spirit over the Earth: Pneumatology in the Majority World. Carlilse: Langham Global Library, 2016.
- Kuecker, Aaron J. The Spirit and the ‘Other’: Social Identity, Ethnicity and Intergroup Reconciliation in Luke-Acts. London: T & T Clark, 2011.
- Keener, Craig S. The Mind of the Spirit: Paul’s Approach to Transformed Thinking. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 2016.
- Levison, John R. Filled with the Spirit. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2009.
- Rabens, Volker. The Holy Spirit and Ethics in Paul: Transformation and Empowering for Religious-Ethical Life. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 2014.
- Thiselton, Anthony C. The Holy Spirit: In Biblical Teaching, through the Centuries, and Today. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2013.
- Twelftree, Graham H. People of the Spirit: Exploring Luke’s View of the Church. London: SPCK, 2009.
- Yong, Amos. Hospitality and the Other: Pentecost, Christian Practices, and the Neighbor: Pentecost, Christian Practices and the Neighbour. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 2015.