Module Specifications..
Current Academic Year 2023 - 2024
Please note that this information is subject to change.
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Coursework Only Write 4 journal entries of roughly 800 words each on any 4 chapters of Christology: A Global Introduction. Note you can include/substitute major relevant readings also highlighted in the course outline and available on Loop, like Peter Admirand, "Landmines and Vegetables:The Hope and Perils of Recent Jewish Critiques of Christianity” |
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Description In this module, we will examine the specific Christian revelation of the Incarnate Christ and look at some of the many meanings, interpretations, models, and types of Christologies, from high to low Christologies, feminist-informed Christologies, post-Holocaust Christology, [so-called] classic Christologies, and Christologies from liberationist, political, postcolonial, and interreligious (non-Christian) perspectives. Some key questions of Christology include: 1. What is the relationship between Christology and revelation? 2. How should Christian Trinitarian belief inform one’s Christology? 3. How do the early Church Christological controversies inform Christology today? 4. Must Christology be linked to an exclusive soteriology? 5. How can one support a vibrant Christological belief and be open to what is commonly referred to as religious pluralism? 6. Why and how should one’s Christologies be informed by multiple perspectives and lenses? 7. How does a deeper awareness of first century Jewish beliefs at the time of Jesus influence one’s Christology? 8. How can and should Christology be informed and reformed after the Holocaust? 9. Why learn from non-Christian views of Jesus? What are the benefits toward one’s faith? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Learning Outcomes 1. Identify and evaluate the sources of information for a Christian understanding of Jesus the Christ. 2. Develop an understanding of the Jewish background of Jesus of Nazareth and subsequent related issues in Jewish-Christian relations. 3. Outline the distinctive features and historical context of Jesus’ ministry, mission, death and resurrection. 4. Demonstrate an ability to engage in and extrapolate from a close reading of key texts in the area of Christology. 5. Evaluate and engage with the presentation and critique of Jesus from non-Christian perspectives. 6. Analyze contextual Christologies from Asian, Latin American, and African contexts through a range of various mediums (theology, art, literature, and film). 7. Assess the need to develop a post-Auschwitz Christology. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml |
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Indicative Content and Learning Activities
The Ministry of JesusStudies pluralist Gospel portraits of Jesus; the Jewish background of Jesus; the Reign of God as the background to the ministry of Jesus of Nazareth; and atonement theories.The Christ of FaithExamines the development of the First Christologies and early Conciliar definitions.Christology, Politics, and LiberationEmploys liberation and postcolonial approaches to ChristologyFeminist-informed ChristologyTurns to Feminist-informed and Cultural Studies analysis of gender and ChristologyJesus and IslamExamines the meaning and status of Jesus in the Qur'anJesus, Judaism, and Post-Holocaust ChristologyLooks at the impact of the Shoah on ChristologyJesus in Art, Film, and LiteratureEvaluates and examines the depiction of Jesus in various mediums of art and literature from around the world and the role of localized contexts and histories on Christology. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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