| Unit name | Jesus: Experience, Faith and History (Wesley College) |
|---|---|
| Unit code | THRSM0061 |
| Credit points | 20 |
| Level of study | M/7 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12) |
| Unit director | Reverend Dr. Peter Hatton |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
None |
| Co-requisites |
None |
| School/department | Department of Religion and Theology |
| Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
The unit will be divided into three main sections. First of all it explores the experience of Jesus as suggested in the New Testament documents, particularly Luke&�s Gospel and the letter to the Corinthians. It will use two contemporary approaches to the text 1. Jesus in his Jewish Context and 2. Social Scientific approaches to letters and Gospels. Next, the unit explores how history has tried to reconstruct the Jesus of history. Brief reference will be made to Schweitzer&�s monumental work, and then the work of the American Context Group in the late twentieth century will be considered. We will then look at how one Christian and one Jewish Scholar try to reconstruct the life of Jesus Finally the Course will investigate how the Church of the First three centuries tried to determine what the Church should believe about the person of Jesus, investigating issues of orthodoxy and heresy.
