Constructive Theology

This course is no longer offered. Students who have the right to take or retake the exam in this course can contact the study counselor. Please notice that there will be no formal teaching and no obligatory activities in the course before the extra ordinary exam.

In order to receive a final assessment, the student must:

- Attend 60% of the lectures

- Submit and have approved at least 10 Reading Responses submitted in advance of the class session via Canvas. See syllabus for further details.

- Submit and have approved a mid-term paper of 1500-2000 words by the given deadline. The paper will receive feedback.

When course requirements are not fulfilled, this will count as one examination attempt, unless the student withdraws before the set deadline (1.November).

The final grade for this course is given on the basis of a three-day home exam (2500-3500 words). In order to receive a final assessment, the student must fulfill the course requirements within the fixed deadline. The course and final exam will be graded A-F.

In the autumn semester of 2025 the final grade for this course is given on the basis of a four hour written extraordinary school exam. The course and final exam will be graded A-F.

Examination support material permitted on the exam: List F2. Link to overview over support material lists: https://www2.mf.no/dokumenter/studier/eksamen/hjelpemidler_eksamen.pdf

KNOWLEDGE

The student:

- Has good knowledge of key theological terms, topics, structures, patterns and historical developments of the treated theological topics

- Has good knowledge of theological hermeneutics and political theologies and how context affects theological doctrine

- Has good knowledge of the doctrine of theological anthropology and the various challenges brought to it from biosciences and disability studies

- Has good knowledge of the challenge of comparative and interreligious theologies and their contribution to pluralistic societies

- Has good knowledge of the doctrines of creation and redemption especially as it concerns challenges brought to it by climate change

SKILLS

The student:

- Is able to recognize, describe and employ theological terms, patterns, and typologies in critical ways.

- Has an increased ability to think critically and constructively about historic and contemporary theological reasoning.

- Can coherently distinguish, recount, and critically engage a variety of theological approaches to a subject and be able to state their own position clearly and coherently, so it can be engaged by a wider public.

- Will be able to articulate positions that address issues within their own denominational tradition and use resources that are from their context or relevant to it.