DI2016 Christianity and Modernity in Global Perspective

Academic year

2024 to 2025 Semester 1

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Key module information

SCOTCAT credits

20

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SCQF level

SCQF level 8

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Planned timetable

2pm Mon, Tues, Thurs

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Module coordinator

Prof M I Aguilar

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Module Staff

Prof M Aguilar

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Module description

In 1517, when Luther began the Reformation, virtually every Christian lived in or near Europe, and Christian beliefs were disputed almost exclusively by educated white men. Today, the ‘average Christian’ is a Black woman in her early 20s in west Africa. Theological thought has both caused (in part) and responded to this change. This module explores theological engagements with developing modernity with a particular focus on understanding how the shift from a European to a world faith has both influenced and been influenced by theological developments.

Relationship to other modules

Pre-requisites

BEFORE TAKING THIS MODULE YOU MUST TAKE DI1001 OR TAKE DI1009 OR TAKE DI1014

Assessment pattern

Coursework - 100%

Re-assessment

Coursework - 100%

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact

3 lectures (x10 weeks), 1 tutorial (x10 weeks)

Scheduled learning hours

40

The number of compulsory student:staff contact hours over the period of the module.

Guided independent study hours

160

The number of hours that students are expected to invest in independent study over the period of the module.

Intended learning outcomes

  • Be able to give a broad outline of the particular challenges that Christian theology faced as a result of modernity and globalisation
  • Be able to identify and evaluate some of the major theological responses offered to those challenges
  • Have gained skills in interrogating texts (at a level appropriate to subhonours) to uncover colonial and patriarchal assumptions
  • Be able to narrate sympathetically the particular challenges and possibilities of sectarian or subaltern theologies, and the communities that produce them
  • Reflect critically on the contested place of theology in the contemporary university.