Learning Outcomes
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By the end of the module students
• will be able to outline and assess the main emphases of the theologians studied
• will be able to demonstrate an understanding of how these theologians approach key Christian doctrines
• should be able to explain the significance of social, economic and political factors in constructing theology
• should be able to demonstrate how the theologians they have studied use the Bible, tradition, human reason and experience in constructing their theology
• should be able to explain how the readings from set texts fit into the theologians' whole work.
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Content
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Students will study two or more theologians or movements in theology, broadly speaking. These can be chosen from patristic, medieval, Reformation or more recent times. Where possible, students will be given some choice as to which theologians and theological movements they study. Examples of theologians that could be studied are: Augustine, Luther, Karl Barth, Jurgen Moltmann, Rosemary Radford Ruether, Daphne Hampson, Gustavo Gutierrez, Leonardo Boff, Josè Miranda.
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Indicative bibliography
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Appropriate secondary literature for the above examples:
Althaus, Paul, The Theology of Martin Luther (Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1966).
Bauckham, Richard, The Theology of Jürgen Moltmann (Edinburgh: Continuum, 2000).
Berkouwer, Gerrit, The Triumph of Grace in the Theology of Karl Barth (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1956).
Davis, Brian, The Thought of Thomas Aquinas (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1992).
Evans, Gillian (ed.), The First Christian Theologians (Oxford: Blackwell, 2004).
Ford, David, with Rachel Muers (eds.), The Modern Theologians (Oxford: Blackwell, 2005).
Harrison, Carol, Beauty and Revelation in the Theology of St Augustine (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1992)
______, Augustine, Christian Truth and Fractured Humanity (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000).
Kerr, Fergus, Twentieth Century Catholic Theologians (Oxford: Blackwell, 2007).
Lohse, Bernard, Martin Luther’s Theology (Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 1999).
Oakes, Edward, Pattern of Redemption: The Theology of Hans Urs von Balthasar (London: Continuum, 1994).
Parsons, Susan Frank (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Feminist Theology (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002).
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