THEO3931: God and All Things: Study of a Single Theologian

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• To introduce students to the theology of a single significant theologian and their place in the history of Christian thought.
• Through the lens of a single thinker, to explore major themes, debates and methodological issues in Christian theology

• The module will focus on a major thinker who offers a rich and influential theological vision. Students will explore this thinkers work on a range of significant theological topics, explore it context and development, and debates within or about this oeuvre. Emphasis will be laid on working with primary sources.

Subject-specific Knowledge:

• A systematic understanding of key aspects, and a coherent and detailed knowledge of the thought of, a single thinker with regard to significant topics in Christian theology.
• A knowledge and understanding of the intellectual resources the theologian draws on, and the historical and cultural influences shaping their work.
• A knowledge and understanding of the way this theologians work shaped subsequent Christian thinking.

Subject-specific Skills:

• An ability to read, interpret, and evaluate critically the thought of the particular thinker on the basis of primary and secondary sources.

Key Skills:

• Skills in the acquisition of information through reading and research, and in the structured presentation of information in written form.
• Skills in the analysis of texts, concepts and arguments.

• Seminars enhance subject-specific knowledge and understanding both through preparation and through interaction with students and staff, promoting awareness of different viewpoints and approaches, and enhancing skills in the analysis of texts, concepts and arguments.
• Formative essays develop subject knowledge and enhance student skills in the acquisition of information through reading and research, and in the structured presentation of information in written form. This module requires short reading response assignments, which encourage students to deepen their subject-specific knowledge by engaging carefully with a key text.
• Summative essays assess subject-specific knowledge and understanding, along with student skills in the acquisition of information through reading and research, and in the structured presentation of information in written form.

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