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Archived unit descriptions for 2011 are available here.

Being Human: Faith, Hope and Eschatology, Love

Unit Code: 
CT351
RTI: 
United Faculty of Theology
Unit Value: 
15 points

This unit considers how human life is characterised through faith, hope, love and eschatology in critical conversation with contemporary philosophical and anthropological views on the human person. The topics treated will include: the origin, nature and destiny of the human person; contemporary approaches to faith, faith and reason; the nature of Christian hope, contemporary interpretations of death, resurrection, and future life; Christian understanding of love. The unit aims to help students to appreciate Christian understandings of what it means to be a human person and what constitutes the faith, hope and love that expresses that humanity in response to an often unjust and violent world.

Learning Outcomes: 

Upon successful completion of this unit, it is expected that students will be able to:

  1. what it means to be a person of faith, hope and love in the contemporary world
  2. awareness of different meanings attached to the word ‘faith’ and the relationship between them
  3. understanding of the meaning of salvation and eschatology.
Lecturer/s: 
Janette Gray
Timetabling
Semester: 
Semester 2
Day: 
Tuesday
Time: 
10 - 1
Location: 
Centre for Theology and Ministry
Unit Frequency: 
Biennial
Years Offered: 
2011
Years Offered: 
2013
Unit Fields
Courses: 
Graduate Diploma in Theology
Courses: 
Master of Divinity
Courses: 
Master of Theological Studies
Field: 
Field C Christian Thought and History
Disciplines: 
Systematic Theology
MDiv Field: 
Christian Thought and History
Department Name: 
Department of Christian Thought and History
Unit Level
GradDip Field: 
Elective
MDiv Type of Study: 
Specialised
Prerequisites: 

30 points of Foundational study in Christian Thought and History

Mode of Teaching: 
Semester
Teaching Methods: 

Lectures and seminars

Workload
Number of timetabled hours per week: 
3
Expected personal study hours per week: 
9
Total workload hours per week: 
12
Total workload hours for unit: 
144
Assessment
Assessment TypeWeightingLearning Outcomes Assessed
Assessment Type: 

6000 words of written work
Recommended reading: 

* = set texts recommended for purchase

  • Graff, A. (ed.) In the Embrace of God: Feminist Approaches to Theological Anthropology. Maryknoll: Orbis, 1995.
  • Gorringe, T. J. The Education of Desire: Towards a Theology of the Senses. London: SCM, 2001.
  • Kelly, A. Eschatology and Hope. Maryknoll: Orbis, 2006.
  • McFadyen, A. I. The Call to Personhood: a Christian Theory of the Individual in Social Relationships. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990.
  • Moltmann, J. Theology of Hope. London: SCM, 1967.
  • Ratzinger, J. Eschatology: Death and Eternal Life. Washington: Catholic University Press, 1988.
  • Rodgers, M. and Thomas, M. (eds.) A Theology of the Human Person. North Blackburn: Anglican Church of Australia & CollinsDove, 1992.
  • Tillich, P. Dynamics of Faith. New York: Harper, 1958.

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