THL554 Christologies in Context (16)
CSU Discipline Area: Theology (THEOL)
Duration: One session
Abstract:
This subject provides an historical and theological approach to the person and work of Jesus Christ. It reflects a concern within the discipline of Systematic Theology to consider the role of context in how the Christian faith interprets the core question of Christology: 'who do you say that I am?' The subject explores how such Christologies are constructed by focussing on the standard question, 'Who is Jesus Christ for us today?' in the light of diverse 'soteriological necessities' of the present age. The subject draws on Christological understandings from a variety of contexts in order to focus the examination of how the person and work of Christ may be understood in the Australian setting. The subject also explores how such a 'contextual Christology' may serve as the primary stimulus for the development of a contextual theology in general.
+ Subject Availability Modes and Locations
| Session 2 | |
|---|---|
| Internal | Canberra |
| Internal | United Theological College |
| Distance | United Theological College |
Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: THL554
Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.
Enrolment restrictions:
Master of Theology students only
Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:
be able to identify the core elements in a classic Christology;
be able to explain how and why the discipline of 'contextual Christology' has emerged;
be able to identify the sources upon which a 'contextual Christology' is constructed;
be able to evaluate critically the influence of post-colonial, diasporic and sociological theories upon the construction of Christology;
be able to evaluate the different hermeneutical strategies used in developing a contextual understanding of Christology;
be able to discuss critically how a contextual Christology reflects particular soteriological necessities;
be able to evaluate critically a selection of contextual Christologies;
be able to identify how a doctrine of the person and work of Christ functions in a range of specific contextual theologies; and
be able to give a critical account of how a classical systematic theology relates to an emerging contextual Christology.
Syllabus:
The subject will cover the following topics:
- The central question: 'Who do you say that I am?'
- The 'Contextual Imperative' in contemporary theology
- The concept of 'Soteriological necessity' and its relationship to Christology
- New Testament Christologies in their contexts
- The development of contextual Christology in the contemporary period
- Jesus the Liberator
- The black Christ
- Gender and Christology
- The postcolonial Christ
- Jesus Christ 'Down Under'
- Christologies of hospitality.
The information contained in the 2013 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: 24 April 2013. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.