Constructive Theology TEOL5450

This course focuses on reconstructing selected core topics in doctrine and addressing contemporary issues through critical engagement with Christian textual and practical traditions. Students will consider the methods, sources, and manifestations in various communities of faith. Students will encounter the selected doctrinal symbols of the Christian tradition in ancient, historical, and contemporary terms, incorporating the voices of a variety of communities, contexts, and concerns. They will learn to work theologically using the resources of a variety of traditions and disciplines, and to translate doctrinal symbols into the various languages of their own personal and communal ecclesial contexts and concerns, as persons-in-community. Particular foci of the class are theological hermeneutics, theological anthropology, as theological responses to climate change, climate psychology, and theologies of energy and energy transition.

The course is a core subject in the Master of Theology study program.

Organization:

Seminar-style with discussion and presentations.

Prerequisites:

To register for the course, the student must have passed the Bachelor or equivalent.They should have completed basic classes in church history and introductory classes in systematic theology.

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Studiekrav

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

- Attend 75% of the lectures.

- Submit and have approved a mid-term paper of 1500-2000 words.

- Do an oral presentation of mid-term paper

- Participate in the electronic evaluation of the course if such evaluation is stipulated in the relevant term.

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

Avsluttende vurdering/eksamen

In order to be eligible for a final assessment, the student must fulfill the course requirements within the given deadline. The course and final exam will be graded A-F.

The final grade for this course is given on the basis of 6-hour-in-class written exam

The course and final exam will be graded A-F.

Eksamensdatoer

Eksamensdato:: 25. november 2025
Varighet:: 6 timer
Trekkfrist:: 1. november 2025
Kunngjøringsdato:: 16. desember 2025

Læringsutbytte

KNOWLEDGE

The student:

Has advanced knowledge of key theological terms, topics, structures, patterns and historical developments of the treated theological topics. Has advanced knowledge of theological hermeneutics including the topics of truth, misinformation and disinformation. Has thorough knowledge of the doctrines of creation and redemption responding to the challenges of climate change. Has advanced knowledge of the challenge of theologies of civil disobedience and resistance against authoritarian regimes and colonialism.

SKILLS

The student:

Has advanced skill in recognizing, describing and employing 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 and skillfully distinguish, recount, and critically apply new knowledge to a variety of theological approaches to the chosen topic and state their own position clearly and coherently. Is able to articulate positions that address issues within their own theological tradition and use resources that are from their context or relevant to it.

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