THEOLOGY 700 A & B

Theory and Method in the Study of Theology and Religion

Please note: this is archived course information from 2018 for THEOLOGY 700.

Description

Engages critically with the shifts in hermeneutics and methodology that have characterised European philosophy across the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries and determines their impact on the academic study of theology and religion, with a particular focus on the interpretation of biblical/sacred texts and Marxist theory. 

To complete this course students must enrol in THEOLOGY 700 A and B.

Availability 2018

Not taught in 2018

Lecturer(s)

Coordinator(s) Dr Robert Myles

Reading/Texts

Jasper, David. A Short Introduction to Hermeneutics. Louisville: WJK, 2004.

Reed, Randall W. A Clash of Ideologies: Marxism, Liberation Theology, and Apocalypticism in New Testament Studies. Eugene: Pickwick, 2010.

Points

THEOLOGY 700A: 15 points

THEOLOGY 700B: 15 points

Restrictions

THEOLOGY 701, 702