Available in 2013-14 at St John’s as required.
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Level
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3
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Credits
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20
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Aims
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To enable students to research and write on a specific topic in detail, with supervisory guidance.
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Learning Outcomes
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• A systematic understanding of key aspects, and a coherent and detailed knowledge of the topic;
• Skills specific to the field of study chosen;
• Skills in the acquisition of information through reading and research, and in the structured presentation of information in written form, at length.
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Content
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Dissertation on a topic of the student's choice within the scope of the Theology and Ministry Programme, subject to approval by the Course Teachers' Meeting.
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Teaching methods
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Individual supervisions (4x 1 hour) will be supplemented by a library session providing training in research methods.
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Formative assessment
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Oral feedback in supervision sessions and written feedback where appropriate
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Summative assessment
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Dissertation of up to 8,000 words including footnotes/endnotes, but excluding appendices and bibliography. This word count is an absolute ceiling: the 10% allowance for other written assignments does not apply.
| THMN3157 Jewish Christian Relations
Not running in 2013-14.
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Level
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3
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Credits
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10
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Aims
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To increase Jewish-Christian understanding by a study of select themes from the first century of the Common era to the present and to introduce students to dialogue with invited Jewish lecturers.
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Learning Outcomes
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On successful completion of the course the student will:
1. have a basic understanding of some key events and periods in the
relationship of Jews and Christians.
2. be able to reflect constructively on anti-Jewish prejudices in
Christian theology and preaching
3. have an appreciation of Jewish liturgy and ways of life
4. be able to appreciate the importance of Judaism in inter faith
dialogue
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Content
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Themes such as the following:
1. Jesus within first-century Judaism
2. Teaching of contempt: anti Judaism in theology and preaching
3. The Inquisition and the expulsion of Jews from Spain
4. The Shoah and the Catholic Church
5. The Shoah and European Jewry
6. Jewish Liturgy
7. Experience of the Sabbath
8. Recent Roman Catholic Church Documents
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Indicative bibliography
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Fisher, Eugene (intro.), Catholic Jewish Relations: Documents from the Holy See (London: CTS, 1999).
Gilbert, Martin, The Holocaust: The Jewish Tragedy (London: Collins, 1986).
Kee, Howard C., and Irvin J. Borowsky (eds.), Removing Anti-Judaism from the Pulpit (New York: Continuum, 1996).
Levi, Primo, If This is a Man and The Truce, Translated by Stuart Woolf, with an introduction by Paul Bailey and an afterword by the author (London: Abacus, 1992).
Levine, Amy-Jill, The Misunderstood Jew (New York: HarperCollins, 2006).
Neusner, Jacob, A Rabbi Talks with Jesus (New York: Doubleday, 1993).
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Teaching methods
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Lectures, seminars and group discussions. 14 hours contact time.
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Formative assessment
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In-class exercise
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Summative assessment
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1 x 2500 word essay
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THMN3167 Christianity and Other Faiths
Available in 2013-14 at Lindisfarne
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Level
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3
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Credits
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10
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Excluded Combination
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THMN2207
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Aims
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• To describe a 'religious map' of contemporary Britain
• To explore the missiological significance of culture and of other faiths
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Learning Outcomes
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By the end of the module the students will:
• have had some direct contact with non-Christian faiths in Britain
• be able to show a breadth of understanding of the variety of religious belief and practice in Britain and give an account of the reason for its existence
• be able to identify and to demonstrate a critical understanding of the religious phenomena of 'New Age' movement and folk religion
• give a critical and evaluative account of key issues connected with dialogue and mission in relation to Islam in contemporary Britain
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Indicative bibliography
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Church of England, Presence and Engagement, The Churches’ Task in a Multi Faith Society, A Report of the Inter Faith Consultative Group of the Archbishops’ Council (London: Church House Publishing, 2005).
Glaser, Ida, The Bible and Other Faiths: What does the Lord require of us? (Leicester: IVP, 2005).
Heelas, Paul and Linda Woodhead, The Spiritual Revolution: Why Religion is Giving Way to Spirituality (Oxford: Blackwell, 2004).
Lewis, Philip, Young, British and Muslim (London: Continuum, 2007).
Markham, Ian S. (ed.), A World Religion's Reader (Oxford: Blackwell 1996, 2nd edn., 2000).
Wingate, Andrew, Celebrating Difference, Staying Faithful: How to Live in a Multi-Faith World (London: DLT, 2005).
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Teaching methods
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14 hours contact time, including lectures, discussion, visits, including guest lectures and seminars from representatives of other faiths
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Formative assessment
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A 500 word outline proposal identifying issues to be addressed in essay/presentation will be discussed with each student and given written feedback
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Summative assessment
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A 2500 word essay demonstrating an understanding of the practical and ministerial aspects of an area of religion in contemporary Britain.
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