TM202 Mission of the Triune God
This module sets out to explore the Christian doctrine of God as Trinity in the context of the relationship between God and creation and the Church's understanding of its partnership with God's Mission.
TM202 Mission of the Triune God
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What is this Module all about?
This module sets out to explore the Christian doctrine of God as Trinity in the context of the relationship between God and creation and the Church's understanding of its partnership with God's Mission. The class is taught at a mixed University Level Two and Threee and requires TM104 Introduction to the Christian Tradition and TM214.5 The Person and Work of Christ as a prerequisite. It is studied in a broadly academic environment acknowledging the various methods of modern scholarship but with a view to understanding how this greater knowledge of the mission of the Trinity informs our own mission practice.
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Useful resources for TM202 Mission of the Triune God
Books
The following are indicative books for this subject but your tutor will issue you with a class bibliography.:
- Boff, L. Trinity and Society, Tunbridge Wells, Burns and Oates, 1988.
- Bosch, D. Transforming Mission, New York, Orbis Books, 1991.
- Cocksworth, C. Holy, Holy, Holy: Worshipping the Trinitarian God, London, 1997.
- Cunningham, D. These Three Are One; the Practice of Trinitarian Theology, Oxford, Blackwell, 1998.
- D'Costa, G. The Meeting of Religions and the Trinity, Edinburgh, T&T Clark, 2000.
- LaCugna, C.M. God for Us: The Trinity and Christian Life, New York, 1991.
- Moltmann, J. The Trinity and the Kingdom of God, London, SCM, 1998
- Volf,M. Exclusion and Embrace , Nashville, Abingdon Press, 1996
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You may find the following web sites helpful when studying Mission of the Triune God. Material on the net has no quality control making tutors very wary - and rightly so! Nevertheless there is a growing amount of first class academic work on line particularly coming from Religious Studies Departments of good Universities. Treat with care and you'll find it very useful for assignments.
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The Trinity
- New Advent Catholic Website
- St. Thomas Aquinas' Summa Theologica, writings of the early church fathers, the online Catholic Encylopedia and other links on the development of Catholic theology. You will need to search for relevant documents
- Trinitarian Lives
- A sermon on the Trinity and the Mission of the Triune God by Richard J. Ounsworth O.P.
- Wikipedia
- The Wikipedia entry on the Trinity. Wikipedia is an online free encyclopedia.
Liberation Theology
- A Concise History of Liberation Theology
- By Leonardo and Clodovis Boff. From the book Introducing Liberation Theology published by Orbis Books.
- Wikipedia
- The Wikipedia article on Liberation Theology. Wikipedia is an online free encyclopedia.
Feminist Theology
- Feminist Theology Links
- A good starting point for links from a Dutch University.
- Feminist Christology and God language
- From the site map here have a look around gender, feminist Christology and God language for relevant articles online
- Womanist Figures of Jesus
- A summary of Karen Trimble Alliaume's dissertation research and study entitled "The Risks of Repeating Ourselves: Reading Feminist/Womanist Figures of Jesus"
Mission
sorry I've not had time to find sites - please suggest some.
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TM202 Mission of the Triune God at Bristol
This module is taught at Bristol by Francis Miles
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TM202 Mission of the Triune God at Cheltenham
This module is taught at Cheltenham by Mike Parsons
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TM202at Ludlow
This module is taught at Ludlow by Mike Parsons
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Code and title
TM202 Mission of the Triune God
Brief description
This module sets out to explore the Christian doctrine of God as Trinity in the context of the relationship between God and creation and the Church's understanding of its partnership with God's Mission.
Level and Credits
Level II 15 credits
Status
Core for Diploma
Type
Standard
Prerequisites
TM104 Introduction to the Christian Tradition
TM214.5 The Person and Work of Christ
Recommended prior study*
Nil
Restrictions*
Open to all Students who are working at level Two
Content summary
This course will cover:
- The late Twentieth century revival in Trinitarian theology.
- The classical Trinitarian theology of the early centuries as a resource for contemporary reflection.
- Trinitarian language in relation to feminist theology and inter-faith dialogue.
- The mission of God as an aspect of Trinitarian belief.
- Implications of Trinitarian theology for Christian worship, the mission and structure of the Church.
- God and creation.
- Recent theologies of Christian mission.
- The interaction of human and divine action.
Learning outcomes
By the end of this half-module students should:
- Knowledge and Understanding
- Be aware of the biblical roots of Trinitarian theology and the way in which these were developed in the early Church.
- Be able to compare and evaluate different contemporary expressions of Trinitarian theology.
- Have considered the challenges to traditional Trinitarian language presented by feminism and by a multi-faith society.
- Have explored, and be able to discuss, the relationship between the Christian doctrine of God, the understanding of the divine mission in the economy of salvation, and the development of contemporary concepts of the Church's life and mission.
- Skills
- Be able to handle with understanding key historical texts in the development of the doctrine of the Trinity.
- Be able to employ some traditional and contemporary Trinitarian theology in theological reflection, integrating issues of theology, mission, worship and pastoral concern.
- Be able to formulate and justify their own opinions and communicate them in appropriate ways clearly and cogently with appropriate evidence and support material.
- Be able to show critical self-awareness about their own beliefs, commitments, and prejudices in interpretation
Teaching and learning
120 hours
20 hours class contact
100 hours personal study (reading, assignments, class preparation)
Assessment
Two assignments of 2000 words or equivalent such as a project of theological reflection, an annotated sermon or other presentation. (50% each)
Indicative resources
- Boff, L. Trinity and Society, Tunbridge Wells, Burns and Oates, 1988.
- Bosch, D. Transforming Mission, New York, Orbis Books, 1991.
- Cocksworth, C. Holy, Holy, Holy: Worshipping the Trinitarian God, London, 1997.
- Cunningham, D. These Three Are One; the Practice of Trinitarian Theology, Oxford, Blackwell, 1998.
- D'Costa, G. The Meeting of Religions and the Trinity, Edinburgh, T&T Clark, 2000.
- LaCugna, C.M. God for Us: The Trinity and Christian Life, New York, 1991.
- Moltmann, J. The Trinity and the Kingdom of God, London, SCM, 1998
- Volf,M. Exclusion and Embrace , Nashville, Abingdon Press, 1996
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