Dogmatic Theology-Christology, Creation

elementary

enter learning outcome code/codes

level of course:

Intermediate

objectives of the course:

The aim of the class is to acquire intellectual skills in order to apply theological hermeneutics for biblical texts relating the act of creation. The students are also expected to be able to perceive the complementary quality of Theology and natural sciences. Interpretation of Jesus Christ as a person and events in his life on the basis of biblical sources, ecclesiastical traditions and postulates of the Magisterium are other questions to be covered in the course of Christology and Soteriology

prerequisites:

Competence in the Propaedeutics of Theology

course contents:

Creatolology: extra-biblical sources describing the act of creation, dialogue of Theology and sciences, Copernicus and Galileo on the question of universe. Was Darwin right? The notion of evolutionism, the Big Bang theory. Faith and natural sciences. Theology of the space, Creation and ecology. Time as a material dimension. Matter as a quality open to eternity. Creation according to I and II Vatican Council.

Christology: Jesus in history and Jesus of the faith. Jesus Christ – one and universal – as a union of religions. Why did Jesus assume human form? Did Jesus Christ have to die on the cross? Transition to divinity – life and death of Christ.

assessment methods:

End-of-semester grading

Berger K., Po co Jezus umarł na krzyżu?, Poznań 2004;

Dziura R., (red.), Jezus Chrystus, Lublin 2004;

Facchini F., Przygoda człowieka, Kraków 2008;

Gesché A., Chrystus, Poznań 2005;

Johnston G.S., Czy Darwin miał rację, Kraków 2005;

Kehl M., I widział Bóg, że to jest dobre. Teologia stworzenia, Poznań 2008;

Kijas J.Z., Początki świata i człowieka, Kraków 2004;

Moltmann J., Bóg w stworzeniu, Kraków 1995;

Müller G.L., Chrystologia - nauka o Jezusie Chrystusie, Kraków 1998;

Schönborn Ch., Bóg zesłał Syna swego. Chrystologia, Poznań 2002.