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Jesus Christ at the Margins (DM9720A)

jesus at the margins

Semester: 1, 2022 (21 Feb – 27 May)

Time: 6:30pm-9:30pm

Campus: N/A

Mode: Online

Level: Postgraduate Elective

Credit: 24

Lecturer: Fr Dr Jacob Joseph

Census: 15 Mar 2022

13 weekly sessions offered in asynchronous and synchronous modes combining live and pre-recorded lectures, group discussions, readings and online forums

This advanced unit seeks to critically examine Jesus Christ’s engagement with the people who were categorized as at the social margins. Through a survey of ‘Jesus Christ and margins’ in the biblical and patristic works, the unit will determine how this has been appropriated by contemporary theologians to articulate a contextual Christology. By tracing this perspective from the Gospels, ante-Nicaean and post-Nicaean teachers, and modern theologians, this unit seeks to understand the missional significance of conceiving Christology through the life of vulnerable communities.

Learning outcomes
  • analyse the origin and the development of Christology.
  • critically assess the Christological challenges throughout the centuries in relation to the engagement with marginalised peoples.
  • critically evaluate christologies from contextualized and mission-focussed theological perspectives.
  • research a specific topic in a critically rigours, sustained and self-directed manner at postgraduate level.
  • have the capacity to research a specific topic in a critically rigours, sustained and self-directed manner.
Assessment
Type Description Word count Weight (%)
Written assessment Essay 3,000 40
Written assessment Essay 4,000 60

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