Module Specifications.
Current Academic Year 2024 - 2025
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Date posted: September 2024 No Banner module data is available
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Description This module will explore contemporary theological perspectives on the human person, on ethics and on politics, and the dialogue between philosophy and theology intrinsic to these perspectives. It will engage with select texts from the theology of Karl Rahner and examine the impact of his work on the subsequent development of Political Theology, Liberation Theology and Feminist Theology. The critique of Rahner that emerges in the theology of Johann Baptist Metz will be analysed, particularly his challenge to Christian theology to face the implications of the Holocaust, together with the later post-liberal critique of modern theology after Rahner. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Learning Outcomes 1. Demonstrate an understanding of a range of theological perspectives on the human person, on ethics and on politics in modern theology 2. Engage with select aspects of the dialogue between philosophy and theology 3. Display a critical awareness of the theology of Karl Rahner and his contribution to the development of other theological movements in the twentieth century 4. Demonstrate an appreciation of the implications of the Holocaust for Christian theology 5. Select from and critique a range of key texts of political, liberation and feminist theologies 6. Display an ability to undertake research and engage in theological dialogue about issues related to the human person, politics and justice, in the academy, church and society | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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
Karl Rahner and Transcendental ThomismThe turn to the subject in modern philosophy and Rahner’s Theological AnthropologyThe 'Anonymous Christian' and Rahner’s ethicsJohann Baptist Metz: Political Theology after the HolocaustTheodicy, Suffering and HopeLiberation Theology: development, critique and contribution to modern theologyFeminist Theology: women’s experience and the experience of GodJohn Milbank and Radical Orthodoxy: a critique of theology after Rahner | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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