TH104-812 - The Church and its Ministry

  • 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

TH004

Prior to 2020, this unit content was delivered under the unit codes TH404.

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will

A. Know and understand

Demonstrate Advanced knowledge and understanding of basic issues of ecclesiology.

B. Be able to

1. Investigate the content of ecclesiology.

2. Examine methodological and theological issues in ecclesiology.

3. Present Research-Aware evidence-based perspectives on the doctrine of the church.

C. Be in a position to

1. Apply the theological content of ‘The Church and its Ministry’ to Christian preaching and ministry practice as a reflective practitioner

2. Apply the theological content of ‘The Church and its Ministry’ to other theological subdisciplines.

Content

Section A: The Church

  • The church and its essence
  • The marks and notes of the church

Section B: The Church’s Ministry

  • Word and Sacrament
  • Baptism
  • The Lord’s Supper

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:

Avis, Paul ed. The Oxford Handbook of Ecclesiology. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018.

Greggs, Tom. Dogmatic Ecclesiology Volume 1: The Priestly Catholicity of the Church. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2019.

Holcomb, Justin and Johnson, David. Christian Theologies of the Sacraments: A Comparative Introduction. New York: New York University Press, 2017.

Kärkkäinen, Veli-Matti. An Introduction to Ecclesiology. Ecumenical, Historical & Global Perspectives. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 2003.

O’Donovan, Oliver. The Desire of the Nations. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993.

Volf, Miroslav. After Our Likeness: The Church as Image of the Trinity. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1998

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