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An Introduction to the Person of Christ

Key information

  • Module code:

    5AAT2006

  • Level:

    5

  • Semester:

      Spring

  • Credit value:

    15

Module description

The course will involve a detailed engagement with the theological and philosophical issues surrounding claims made about Jesus Christ. It will do so through an engagement with the portrayal of Jesus Christ in Scripture, with the development of doctrines concerning Christ in the early church, and with the ways Jesus has been understood by some significant figures and movements from the past and in the present. It will explore the implications of Christ for our understanding of humanity and divinity.

The course will proceed by way of close engagement with a selection of set texts.

Sample topics

  • The Arian Controversy
  • The Christological Controversy
  • New Testament Christology
  • The Logic of the Incarnation
  • Salvation: Aulén, Anselm and Abelard
  • The christologies of Karl Barth and Rowan Williams
  • Feminist christologies

For more information please refer to the module description.

Assessment details

One 3,000 word essay (100%)

Teaching pattern

Two-hour weekly classes over ten weeks

Department

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