(in Polish) The Christian Eschatology as an example of the Hope's Theology

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Course ID:	WT-DTE-WJTCE
Erasmus code / ISCED:	08.2 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0221) Religion and theology The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title:	(unknown)
Name in Polish:	The Christian Eschatology as an example of the Hope's Theology
Organizational unit:	Institute of General Theology
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ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	(not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	English
Subject level:	elementary
Learning outcome code/codes:	enter learning outcome code/codes
Short description:	The code on MS Teams: 04mmfc4 The main aim of the course is to present Christian Eschatology as a response to the human hope of life. The historical development of eschatological thought in the Church will be analyzed, with special emphasis placed on the Ancient and Modern Eschatology. The key role of the New Testament texts will be shown. The main eschatological topics such as parousia, God's judgment, resurrection, heaven, hell and purgatory will be analyzed in detail.
Full description:	Themes 1. The eschatological horizon of human hope. 2. From "the last things" to the eschatology of hope: the causes and effects of the "eschatological storm" in the 20th century. 3. Mosaic of eschatological views in the Old Testament. 4. Jesus and the Kingdom of God. Eschatology of the evangelists. 5. Eschatology of St. Paul: parousia, resurrection. 6. Jewish and early Christian apocalyptic. 7. Early Christian millenarianism. From universal to individual eschatology. 8. Parousia. 9. Resurrection. 10. God's judgment. 11. Heaven. 12. Hell. 13. Purgatory. 14. Contemporary views and eschatological problems. 15. The language of hope in Eschatology.
Bibliography:	Alison, James. Living in the End Times: The Last things Re-Imagined. London: SPCK, 1997. Davies, Douglas. The Theology of Death. London: T & T Clark, 2008. Fergusson, David and Marcel Sarot (eds). The Future as God’s Gift: Explorations in Christian Eschatology. Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 2000. Hayes, Zachary. Visions of the Future: A Study in Christian Eschatology. Wilmington, Delaware: Michael Glazier Press, 1989. Hebblethwaite, Brian. The Christian Hope. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010. Kelly, Anthony. Eschatology and Hope. Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, 2006. Lane, Dermot. Keeping Hope Alive: Stirrings in Christian Theology. Dublin: Gill and Macmillan, 1996. Peters, Ted, Robert John Russell and Michael Welker, Resurrection: Theological and Scientific Assessments. Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2002. Polkinghorne, John. The God of Hope and The End of the World. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2002. Rausch, Thomas P. Eschatology, Liturgy and Christology. Collegeville, Minnesota: Liturgical Press, 2012. Walls, Jerry L (ed), The Oxford Handbook of Eschatology. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008. Wright, N.T. Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church. New York: HarperOne, 2008.
Efekty kształcenia i opis ECTS:	1. The student knows: - the concept of eschatology and specific issues that constitute its subject - causes and effects of the "eschatological storm" in the 20th century - the official teaching of the Church on eschatological matters (parousia, God's judgment, resurrection, heaven, hell, purgatory) - key biblical texts on eschatology 2. The student is able to: - analyze and explain key biblical texts on eschatology - analyze and explain key patristic texts on eschatology – explain the importance of the main eschatological issues (parousia, God's judgment, resurrection, heaven, hell, purgatory) - explain the difference between "last things" and an eschatology of hope
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	1. Active participation in lectures (attendance, participation in discussions) - 20% 2. Self-prepared and delivered lecture - 30% 3. Final oral exam or written assignment on an approved subject (15,000 characters) - 50%.

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