What You Will Study

The module aims to develop an understanding of both the historical and theological development of the doctrine of the Trinity in its Eastern and Western forms as well as contemporary issues concerning this doctrine and develop skills in constructing a specifically Trinitarian understanding of personhood in order to address contemporary issues surrounding human personhood.

This module aims to explore historical and theological developments and varieties of Christology within and beyond the church. Further, it aims to develop skills in constructing a reasoned Christological position and to consider contemporary issues concerning this doctrine (notably, perspectival contexts, and creation science).

This module aims to enable students to acquire in depth knowledge of contemporary Christian ecclesiology and critical skills to evaluate a number of different approaches, including ideal, concrete, digital and global perspectives. In particular, it invites the students to position themselves within the literature and construct their own independent perspective on aspects of contemporary ecclesiology. This may include reflecting critically on their own particular context.

This module aims to analyse and compare the contributions of Luke-Acts and Paul to the central issues of New Testament pneumatology and to enable students to relate relevant findings of the New Testament to understandings of the Spirit’s work arising from different Christian traditions, communities, and experiences.

This module aims to enable students to appreciate and understand one Biblical text that forms the very foundation of Christian theology and theological method; extend students’ skills in interpreting passages from this text and communicating their findings in a group environment; enable students to synthesise themes and trajectories across the primary text and beyond; and to encourage and enable students to apply both their critical skills in appraising arguments and theories relate to the Gospel of Mark and theological issues therein.

The module aims to enable students to draw on biblical resources to understand, appreciate, and engage critically a range of social issues which the church has addressed over the Christian era. It also seeks to enable students to develop a critical understanding of theological methods for engaging issues of social justice throughout the world and deepen the student’s appreciation of the biblical and theological resources for addressing social justice issues.

This module aims to engage critically with world of social, intercultural, intersectional, and political issues through the lens of Christian Scripture, Christian tradition, Philosophy, Interdisciplinary studies, Experience, Culture and Community, to enter into critical dialogue with churches and agencies as they respond to the challenge of social justice in the world, to create policy and position statements in relation to issues of social justice.

This module aims to enable students to develop an understanding of how Scripture and theology inform dimensions of Christian worship; extend students’ understanding of the discipline of liturgical theology with specific reference to trends in the field and to deepen students’ appreciation of Christian ritual and the ways in which it functions in the life of communities of believers.

This module aims to enable students to apply critically their understanding of worship to the study of specific issues, both theoretical and practical, relating to worship in its contemporary context; analyse and appraise contemporary trends in worship and current debates in this field of study; and develop reflective skills that quip them to move between theory and practice in evaluating their experiences of corporate worship.