This module examines the implications and beliefs of a range of Christian doctrines which have philosophical importance.
Occurrence | Teaching period |
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A | Spring Term 2022-23 |
Subject content
Academic and graduate skills
This module examines the implications and beliefs of a range of Christian doctrines which have philosophical importance. These include the doctrines of Scripture (that the Bible is authoritative and inspired by God), the Trinity (there is one God who exists in three persons), Providence (that God has a plan for humanity and for the world), Original Sin (that humans are guilty of sin from birth and created such that they will inevitably sin), the Incarnation (that Jesus is both human and divine), the Atonement (that the death of Jesus reconciles humanity to God), the Resurrection of the Body (that we will be raised bodily from the dead), the Life Everlasting (that there is an eternal, conscious afterlife consisting of life in either Heaven or Hell), and the Eucharist (that the consecrated bread is the Body of Christ and the consecrated wine the Blood of Christ, respectively).
Task | % of module mark |
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Essay/coursework | 100 |
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Task | % of module mark |
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Essay/coursework | 100 |
Students will receive feedback on the 1500-word formative essay two weeks after they submit it.
Students will receive feedback on the essay plan one week after they submit it.
Students will receive feedback on the 4000-word summative assessment and re-assessment six weeks after they submit it.
Oliver Crisp (ed), A Reader in Contemporary Philosophical Theology (New York: Continuum, 2009).
Michael Rea (ed), Oxford Readings in Philosophical Theology, Volume I: Trinity, Incarnation, Atonement (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009).
Michael Rea (ed), Oxford Readings in Philosophical Theology, Volume II: Providence, Scripture, and Resurrection (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009).