TH102-812 - Creation and the Fall, the Person and Work of Christ

  • 2,976 Standard Tuition Fee
  • 12
    Credit Points
  • 0.125 EFT 
  • 8
    AQF level
  • Category developing unit
    B
  • theologyUnit Discipline

Corequisites

24cps OT/NT/BB

Exclusions

TH002-612, TH002-712, TH002-812

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will

A. Know and understand

Demonstrate Advanced knowledge and understanding of basic issues of the doctrines of creation, sin, and the person and work of Christ.

B. Be able to

1. Investigate the interrelationship between and content of the doctrines of creation, sin, and the person and work of Christ.

2. Examine methodological and theological issues in the doctrines of creation, sin, and the person and work of Christ.

3. Present Research-Aware evidence-based perspectives on the doctrines of creation, sin, and the person and work of Christ.

C. Be in a position to

1. Apply the theological content of ‘Creation and the Fall, the Person and Work of Christ’ to Christian preaching and ministry practice as a reflective practitioner

2. Apply the theological content of ‘Creation and the Fall, the Person and Work of Christ’ to other theological subdisciplines.

Content

Section A: Creation and the Fall

  • Creation and Providence
  • Anthropology and Sin

Section B: The Person and Work of Christ

  • The Divinity and Humanity of Christ
  • The Offices of Christ
  • The Humiliation and Exaltation of Christ

Set Readings

Introductory Texts:

Horton, Michael. The Christian Faith. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2011.

Van der Kooi, Cornelis and Van den Brink, Gijsbert. Christian Dogmatics: An Introduction. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2017.

 

Systematic Theologies:

Aquinas, Thomas. Summa Theologiae 61 vols. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1964−81.

Bavinck, Herman. Reformed Dogmatics 4 vols. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2003-08.

Barth, Karl. Church Dogmatics 31 vols. London: Bloomsbury, 2009.

Lombard, Peter. The Sentences 4 vols. Toronto: St Michael's College Mediaeval Translations. 2007.

Pannenberg, Wolfhart. Systematic Theology 3 vols. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1991-97.

Pelikan, Lehmann, and Mayes eds. Luther’s Works 73 vols. Saint Louis: Concordia, 1955-.

 

Special Studies:

Blocher, Henri. Original Sin: Illuminating the Riddle. Downers Grove, InterVarsity Press, 1997.

Crisp, Oliver. Divinity and Humanity. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007.

Elliott, Mark. Providence Perceived: Divine Action from a Human Point of View. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2015.

Forsyth, Peter. The Work of Christ. Blackwood: New Creation, 2006.

Gunton, Colin. The Triune Creator: A Historical and Systematic Study. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1998.

Pawl, Timothy. In Defence of Conciliar Christology: A Philosophical Essay. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016.

Torrance, Thomas. Incarnation. Downers Grove: IVP Academic, 2008.

Van Inwagen, Peter and Zimmerman, Dean. Persons: Human and Divine. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007.

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