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Archived unit descriptions for 2011 are available here.

Human Person: Creation, Sin and Grace

Unit Code: 
CT350
RTI: 
United Faculty of Theology
Unit Value: 
15 points

This unit explores the distinctively Christian view of human existence. The topics include: Christian understandings of human personhood; Creation, original sin; justification, sanctification and grace; the relationship of human freedom to sin and grace; nature and grace. The unit aims to help students appreciate how the biblical and theological traditions up to recent times have attempted to understand the human condition in the light of the central doctrines of creation, sin and grace.

Learning Outcomes: 

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

  1. appreciate the biblical and theological traditions about the human condition in the light of the central Christian doctrines of sin and grace
  2. understand contemporary theologies on sin and grace
  3. recognise recent contributions of liberation and feminist theologies on the human condition.
Lecturer/s: 
Janette Gray
Timetabling
Semester: 
Semester 1
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
Mode of Teaching: 
Semester
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

Weighting: 
100%
Recommended reading: 

* = set texts recommended for purchase

Barth, K. Church Dogmatics. (ed. by G. W. Bromley and T. F. Torrance) Vol. IV/1, sections 58, 60, 61 and Vol. IV/2, sections 65, 66. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1956, 1958.

Boff, L. Liberating Grace. Maryknoll: Orbis, 1979.

Carr, A. Transforming Grace. San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1988.

Duffy, S. The Dynamics of Grace. Collegeville: Michael Glazier/Liturgical Press, 1993.

Gleeson, G. Being Human. Sydney: Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, 2003.

Gonzalez, M. A. Created in God’s image. Maryknoll: Orbis, 2007.

Pannenberg, W. Anthropology in Theological Perspective. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1985.

Tillich, P. Systematic Theology. Vol.2. Chicago: Chicago University Press, 1957.

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