Study-Unit Description

Study-Unit Description


CODE FDT1010

 
TITLE Christian Thought and Practice

 
UM LEVEL 01 - Year 1 in Modular Undergraduate Course

 
MQF LEVEL 5

 
ECTS CREDITS 4

 
DEPARTMENT Fundamental and Dogmatic Theology, including Ecumenism

 
DESCRIPTION The study-unit shows the major developments that occurred in the Church and in theology as new problems emerged and as the Church sought to keep the Christian tradition alive throughout the Middle Ages and in Modern and Contemporary times. Key theological developments are highlighted in the first centuries of Christianity, and followed by Scholasticism, Humanism and the Reformation. The unit is concluded with an outline of the modernity shaping church thought and practice.

Reading List:

- McGrath Alister E., Christian Theology. An Introduction (Oxford: Blackwell, 1998).
- Evans Gillian R., The Medieval Theologians (Oxford: Blackwell, 2001).
- Ford David F., The Modern Theologians (Oxford: Blackwell, 1997).

 
STUDY-UNIT TYPE Lecture

 
METHOD OF ASSESSMENT
Assessment Component/s Assessment Due Sept. Asst Session Weighting
Assignment SEM1 Yes 100%

 
LECTURER/S Christopher Caruana

 

 
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