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Postgraduate Course: Jesus Christ in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries (THET11045)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Divinity CollegeCollege of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryA course on Christology in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries: how were the person and work of Jesus Christ understood amidst the breathtaking social and intellectual changes in this period?
Course description This course offers a substantial engagement with a range of nineteenth and twentieth century understandings of the person and work of Jesus Christ. In so doing, it will explore challenges to the Christian imagination in both centuries, through developments in science, philosophy and history. In that context it will focus on a range of key figures (Kant, Feuerbach, Schleiermacher, Hegel, Bavinck, Barth, Bonhoeffer, Cone, von Balthasar, Moltmann and Johnson) and their contextualised articulations of Christology.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
High Demand Course? Yes
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2022/23, Available to all students (SV1) Quota:  None
Course Start Semester 2
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 200 ( Seminar/Tutorial Hours 22, Feedback/Feedforward Hours 1, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 173 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) 80% - Essay (3000 words)

20% - Class Presentation
Feedback Weekly feedback, and assessment of seminar contributions.
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Demonstrate a secure understanding of key texts, historical events and concepts in the development of modern Christologies.
  2. Engage constructively and critically with Christology in various historical contexts.
  3. Develop critical skills in reading diverse theological texts.
  4. Engage in constructive and critical scholarly debate with peers.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills - Ability to read and analyse diverse texts (primary and secondary sources), and discern material of central and peripheral importance.
- Ability to think constructively and systematically.
- Ability to express one's ideas clearly and coherently in both written in spoken English.
- Ability to conduct independent research in preparing essays.
- Ability to articulate theological views on Christology.
KeywordsTheology,Christology,Jesus Christ,nineteenth century,twentieth century
Contacts
Course organiserDr James Eglinton
Tel: (0131 6)50 8975
Email: jeglint2@exseed.ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Rachel Dutton
Tel: (0131 6)50 7227
Email: rdutton@ed.ac.uk
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