TH101-812 - The Knowledge and Doctrine of God

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

Corequisites

24cps OT/NT/BB

Exclusions

TH001

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will

A. Know and understand

Demonstrate Advanced knowledge and understanding of basic issues of theological methodology, the doctrines of revelation, Scripture, and theology proper.

B. Be able to

1. Investigate the interrelationship between and content of theological methodology and theology proper

2. Examine methodological and theological issues in knowing God

3. Present Research-Aware evidence-based perspectives on theology proper and the means by which the knowledge of God obtains

C. Be in a position to

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

2. Apply the theological content of ‘The Knowledge of God’ to other theological subdisciplines.

Content

Section A: The Knowledge of God

  • Principial of theology
  • Revelation
  • Scripture

Section B: The Doctrine of God

  • The Being and Attributes of God
  • The Holy Trinity

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-.

Sanders, Fred. The Triune God. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2016.

 

Special Studies:

Duby, Steven. Divine Simplicity: A Dogmatic Account. London: T & T Clark, 2018.

Helm, Paul. Eternal God: A Study of God Without Time. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010.

Phan, Peter ed. The Cambridge Companion to the Trinity. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011.

Swain, Scott. Trinity, Revelation, and Reading: A Theological Introduction To The Bible And Its Interpretation. London: T &T Clark, 2011.

Vanhoozer, Kevin. The Drama of Doctrine: A Canonical Linguistic Approach to Christian Theology. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2005.

Webster, John. God Without Measure: Working Papers in Christian Theology vol. 1. London: T & T Clark, 2016.

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