| Unit name | Contemporary to Postmodern Theology |
|---|---|
| Unit code | THRS30168 |
| Credit points | 20 |
| Level of study | H/6 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12) |
| Unit director | Emeritus Professor. D'Costa |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
None |
| Co-requisites |
None |
| School/department | Department of Religion and Theology |
| Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
This unit will explore the development of modern theology after the second world war. It will critically examine various movements such as liberation theology, feminist theology, postliberal theology, Radical Orthodoxy, and some forms of neo-Thomism through the study of key representative theologians within these movements. The various criticisms of each other by key theologians within these groups will be carefully considered. Issues of continuity and discontinuity with past theological traditions will also be considered. The aims of the unit are to introduce students to:
a) Christian theological developments after 1945 until 2010; b) to examine the innovations and problems within these new theological movements; c) to learn how different paradigms of theology operate and how they relate with each other.
On successful completion of this unit student will have a sound knowledge and critical understanding of the documents of and issues relating to Christian theological developments after 1945 until 2010. Students will have further refined their skills in assessing, presenting, analysing and evaluating complex ideas and arguments, and in researching and writing essays.
1 x lecture and 1 x seminar per week
One summative coursework essay of 3000 words (50%) and one unseen examination of two hours comprising 2 questions out of 8 (50%). Both elements will assess knowledge and critical understanding of the documents of and issues relating to Christian theological developments after 1945 until 2010; skills in assessing, presenting, analysing and evaluating complex ideas and arguments, and in researching and writing essays.
David Ford, The Modern Theologians, 3rd edition, Blackwell, Oxford, 2005 John Webster & George P. Schner Theology after Liberalism: a reader, Blackwell, Oxford, 2000. Graham Ward, The Postmodern God: a theological reader, Blackwell, Oxford, 1997
