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• Kursplan (ange kurskoden RT1331 i sökfältet)
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Course information HT19

Instructors: Dr Martin Westerholm (University of Gothenburg) and Dr Nadia Marais (University of Stellenbosch, South Africa)

Note that English is the first language of both course instructors, and will be the primary language of course communication.

 

CLASS AND READING SCHEDULE

Week 45 (begins 4 November) -- Introduction

Dr Martin Westerholm

ON CAMPUS STUDENTS: Seminar, Tuesday 5 November, 13:15-16, Room C256.

ONLINE STUDENTS: Watch introductory lecture, which should be posted in the course 'Media Gallery'.  Provide a brief introduction of yourself in the course discussion forum, and begin preparing for week 46 seminar.

                     

Week 46 (begins 11 November) — Patristic theology and human mortality 

Dr Martin Westerholm

Reading: Athanasius, On the Incarnation.

ON CAMPUS STUDENTS: Read assigned text and take part in class on Tuesday 12 November, 13:15-16, Room C256.  

ONLINE STUDENTS: Read assigned text and take part in seminar discussion by posting *at least* four comments engaging with other students by midnight on Sunday 17 November.

 

Week 47 (begins 18 November) – Catholic theology and human morality

Dr Martin Westerholm

Reading:

(1) i. Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica, Prima Secundae, Questions 63, 109-114, available here:

http://www.newadvent.org/summa/2063.htm

http://www.newadvent.org/summa/2109.htm

http://www.newadvent.org/summa/2110.htm

http://www.newadvent.org/summa/2111.htm

http://www.newadvent.org/summa/2112.htm

http://www.newadvent.org/summa/2113.htm

http://www.newadvent.org/summa/2114.htm

ii. Aquinas, Summa Theologica, Secunda Secundae, Questions 4 and 6, available here:

http://www.newadvent.org/summa/3004.htm

http://www.newadvent.org/summa/3006.htm

iii. Aquinas, Summa Theologica, Tertia Pars, Question 7, available here:

http://www.newadvent.org/summa/4007.htm

(2) Council of Trent, Sixth Session, ’Decree on Justification’, ’On Justification’, available here:

http://www.documentacatholicaomnia.eu/03d/1545-1545,_Concilium_Tridentinum,_Canons_And_Decrees,_EN.pdf

(3) Joseph P. Wawrykow, ’Grace and Justification’, in Lewis Ayres and Medi Ann Volpe, eds., The Oxford Handbook of Catholic Theology (Oxford University Press, 2018), available electronically through university library.

ON CAMPUS STUDENTS: Read assigned text and take part in class on Tuesday 19 November, 13:15-16, Room C256.  

ONLINE STUDENTS: Read assigned text and take part in seminar discussion by posting *at least* four comments engaging with other students by midnight on Sunday 24 November.

 

Week 48 (begins 25 November) – Protestant theology and human religiosity

Dr Nadia Marais

Reading:

(1) Martin Luther, 'Preface to the Epistle of Saint Paul to the Romans', 'Two Kinds of Righteousness'.  Essays posted in Canvas under 'Files'.

(2) 'The Epitome of the Formula of Concord', section III, 'The Righteousness of Faith Before God', available here:

http://bookofconcord.org/fc-ep.php#III.%20The%20Righteousness%20of%20Faith%20Before%20God.

(3) Mark Mattes, 'Luther on Justification as Forensic and Effective', in The Oxford Handbook of Martin Luther's Theology, available electronically through university library.

ON CAMPUS STUDENTS: Read assigned text and take part in class on Tuesday 26 November, 13:15-16, Room C256.  

ONLINE STUDENTS: Read assigned text and take part in seminar discussion by posting *at least* four comments engaging with other students by midnight on Sunday 8 December.

 

Week 49 (begins 2 December) – No sessions this week

 

Week 50 (begins 9 December) – Modern theology and human sociality

Dr Nadia Marais

Reading:

(1) Walter Rauschenbusch, A Theology for the Social Gospel, chapters 1, 10, and 13.  Electronic version of the text is available under 'files'.

(2) Gutiérrez, A Theology of Liberation, chapters 1, 2, 9, and 10.

ON CAMPUS STUDENTS: Read assigned text and take part in class on Tuesday 10 December, 13:15-16, Room C256.  

ONLINE STUDENTS: Read assigned text and take part in seminar discussion by posting *at least* four comments engaging with other students by midnight on Sunday 15 December.

 

Week 51 (begins 16 December) – Critical theology and human body, race, and gender

Dr Nadia Marais

Reading:

(1) Sigurdson, Himmelska kroppar, chapters 1 and 2.

(2) Marcella Althaus-Reid, 'Queering the Cross'.  Electronic version of the text available under 'files'.

ON CAMPUS STUDENTS: Read assigned text and take part in class on Tuesday 17 December, 13:15-16, Room C256.  

ONLINE STUDENTS: Read assigned text and take part in seminar discussion by posting *at least* four comments engaging with other students by midnight on Sunday 22 December.

 

**ESSAYS FOR BOTH CAMPUS AND ONLINE STUDENTS DUE FRIDAY 17 JANUARY 2020.**

 

ASSIGNMENT AND ASSESSMENT INFORMATION

Course assessment involves two assignment elements:

(1) Preparation for and participation in class sessions.  Students are required to prepare for and participate in each class session.  Preparation involves reading the assigned text with sufficient care to be positioned to contribute constructively to class discussion.  Participation involves taking an active role in discussion of class texts and themes. Seminar participation is graded only with a 'G' or a 'U'.  Participation in every seminar is required in order to receive a ’G'.  If you are unable to participate in a particular session, email the instructor and arrange an alternate assignment.   

ON CAMPUS STUDENTS: Seminars occur as part of the scheduled class sessions.

ONLINE STUDENTS: Seminars are conducted through the discussion forum that is found on the course's Canvas page.  Discussion questions will be posted in these forums for each week.  Students are responsible for answering these questions and engaging in discussion by offering *at least* three comments or responses to other students.

(2) Final essay.  Final essays for both campus and online students are due by midnight on Friday 17 January 2020.  Essays are to be approximately 1500 words, and are to be submitted by email to martin.westerholm@lir.gu.se.  They may be written in English or Swedish. Essay questions will be posted in Canvas by 16 December.  

 

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