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Undergraduate Course: Homiletics (DIVI10028)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Divinity CollegeCollege of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryAn advanced course in preaching with special attention to hermeneutical, theological, practical and contextual issues.
Course description TBC
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Students MUST NOT also be taking Homiletics 3/4 (THET10008)
Other requirements Students who have previously taken the following course MUST NOT enroll: Homiletics 3/4 (THET10008)
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesVisiting students should have at least 3 Divinity/Religious Studies courses at grade B or above (or be predicted to obtain this). We will only consider University/College level courses.
High Demand Course? Yes
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Demonstrate a critical understanding of the liturgical, pastoral and public contexts of preaching.
  2. Demonstrate the ability to exegete specific genres of biblical texts appropriately for preaching.
  3. Outline and evaluate the different approaches to preaching found in the 'new homiletic'.
  4. Evaluate preaching form and content.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills - Empathy and imaginative insight, with a tolerance of diverse positions
- Self-discipline
- Capacity for reflexive learning
- Commitment to lifelong learning
- Ability to attend to others and respect others' views
- Ability to gather, evaluate and synthesise different types of information
- Analytical ability and the capacity to formulate questions and solve problems
- Writing skills, including clear expression and citing relevant evidence
- Technological and media literacy, including the generation of documents and other resources
- Awareness of the importance of contemporary media as both a study resource and a disucssion medium
- Ability to engage critically with the meaning of documents and recognise that meanings may be multiple
Keywordshomiletics,theology
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