1. What is theology?
a. Theology and philosophy
b. Theology and religion
c. Doctrines
d. Heresies
e. Schisms and traditions
f. Aquinas, Barth, Ford
2. God and creation
a. God as creator
b. God’s relationship with the world
c. God as Trinity
d. Augustine, Aquinas, Luther, Calvin, Barth, Rahner and Cone
3. Knowledge of God
a. Natural and revealed theology
b. As redeemer and creator
c. Creeds
d. Anselm, Aquinas, Calvin, Kierkegaard, Barth, Hartshorne
4. The human condition
a. Pre- post-Fall
b. Men and women
c. Nature of sin
d. Atonement, judgement and eternal life
e. Augustine, Luther, Neibuhr, Macquarrie
5. The person of Christ
a. Jesus of history; the Christ of faith
b. Incarnation
c. As saviour
d. Anselm, Bultmann, Cone, Moltmann, Pannenburg
6. Bible and authority
a. Hermeneutics
b. Inspiration and interpretation
c. Canon and communities
d. Hermeneutical circle
e. Schleiermacher, Bultmann, Ricoeur
7. Liberation theology
a. Situation
b. Process of liberation
c. Marx and hermeneutics
d. Jesus the liberator
e. Influence and impact
d. Gutierrez, Sobrino, Segundo, Cone
8. Feminist theology
a. Responses to patriarchy
b. Liberal feminist theology
c. Reconstruction feminist theology
d. Radical and post-Christian feminist theology
e. Ethics and ministry
d. Ruether, Fiorenza, Pagels, Daly, Hampson
9. Theology of religions
a. Defining religion
b. Secularism and postmodernism
c. Exclusivism
d. Inclusivism
e. Pluralism
f. Cupitt, Barth, Rahner, Hick, Kung
10. Sacramental theology
a. What is sacrament?
b. Baptism
c. Eucharist
d. Ministry
e. Church
f. Cyprian, Luther, Barmen Declaration, Bonhoeffer
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