RELT71201
Christian Thought and Practice in Contemporary Society
15
Semester 1
Postgraduate Taught
Level 7
Peter Scott
Unit coordinator
1
FHEQ level (Framework for Higher Education Qualifications) ' Masters/Integrated Masters P4 '
European Credit Transfer & Accumulation System Rating : 7.5
<p>This course unit develops critical theological perspectives on contexts and issues in contemporary society, with particular reference to UK.</p>
<p>This course unit develops critical theological perspectives on contexts and issues in contemporary society, with particular reference to UK.</p>
<ul> <li> Provide an opportunity to explore the engagement of theology with a range of social, political and ecological issues</li> <li> Enable the exploration in critical and constructive ways the difference that theology makes in the interpretation of contemporary issues and challenges</li> <li> Critically evaluate the secular, and its theological critics</li> <li> Examine critically creaturely flourishing and wellbeing in theological perspective</li> <li> Assess critically and constructively theological issues raised by living in the city, as urban space and <em>polis</em></li> <li> Test critically the (ir)relevance of the pastoral role and witness of the churches in a postsecular context</li> <li> Critically evaluate theological claims regarding the claimed public nature of theology</li></ul><p> </p>
<ul> <li> Critique and deploy a range of theological methodologies.</li> <li> Present a range of theological critique of ‘the secular’, and be able to explain the methodological decisions that accompany this range.</li> <li> Offer a theological characterisation of concepts of (civil) society.</li> <li> Discuss the possible contribution of theology to sustainability and the integrity of creation.</li> <li> Comprehend the plurality of contemporary society and the polydoxy of contemporary applied theology.</li></ul>
<ul> <li style="margin-left: 36pt;"> Explore the relationship between doctrine and practice.</li> <li style="margin-left: 36pt;"> Demonstrate a sensitive yet critical attentiveness to the role of the churches in contemporary society.</li> <li style="margin-left: 36pt;"> Analyse and critically evaluate theological responses to contemporary society and related issues.</li> <li style="margin-left: 36pt;"> Demonstrate a critical awareness of the arguments, assumptions and concepts relating to society, environment and the Church.</li></ul>
<ul> <li style="margin-left: 36pt;"> Develop the ability to reflect on his/her theological thinking and religious ideas in the light of discussion and reading, and relate to the views of others in a civil, reasoned and informed manner.</li> <li style="margin-left: 36pt;"> Apply key methods and concepts of theological and ethical analysis as these relate to material covered in the unit.</li> <li style="margin-left: 36pt;"> Retrieve, select and evaluate information from a range of sources, including libraries, daily living and the internet.</li></ul>
<ul> <li style="margin-left: 18pt;"> Demonstrate an ability to respond critically but respectfully to diverse opinions.</li> <li style="margin-left: 18pt;"> Analyse primary and secondary sources and communicate these effectively in discussion and writing.</li> <li style="margin-left: 18pt;"> Develop independent thought and critical self-awareness about their own beliefs and practices. </li> <li style="margin-left: 18pt;"> Develop problem-solving skills and demonstrate the ability to locate, analyse and utilize information.</li></ul>
Other
1. Identify an issue or problem and propose a solution.
2. Manage and undertake self-defined research tasks.
3. Present and defend conclusions to colleagues.
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MA Religions and Theology
MA Religions and Theology
PGDT Taught Component
Optional
Y
<p>Beaumont, Justin, and Christopher Baker (eds.). Postsecular Cities: Space, Theory and Practice. (London: Continuum, 2011) </p><p>Bevans, Stephen B., Essays in Contextual Theology. Boston: Brill, 2018. </p><p>Luke Bretherton, Christianity and Contemporary Politics (Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010). </p><p>Malcolm Brown (ed.), Anglican Social Theology (London: CHP, 2014). </p><p>John Milbank, Theology & Social Theory (Oxford: Blackwell, 2006 2nd edition) </p><p>Oliver O’Donovan, The desire of the nations (Cambridge University Press, 1996) </p><p>Michael Northcott and Scott, P.M. Systematic Theology and Climate Change (New York: Routledge, 2014). </p><p>Elizabeth Phillips, Political Theology (T & T Clark, 2012) </p><p>Elizabeth Phillips, Anna Rowlands, Amy Daughton (eds), T&T Clark Reader in Political Theology (2021) </p><p>Peter Scott and William T. Cavanaugh (eds), Blackwell Companion to Political Theology (Oxford: Blackwell, 2006/second edition 2018) </p><p>Charles Taylor, A Secular Age (Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2007). </p><p>Graham Ward and Michael Hoelzl (eds), The new visibility of religion: studies in cultural hermeneutics (Continuum, 2008). </p><p>Rowan Williams, Faith in the Public Square (London: Bloomsbury, 2012). </p><p>Woodhead, Linda, and Rebecca Catto (eds.). Religion and Change in Modern Britain. (London: Routledge, 2012) </p>
Lectures
8
Seminars
12
0
130