God: Monotheism and Trinity
[THEO1262]
[30h] 3 credits
This course is taught in the 2d semester.
This two-yearly course is taught in 2008-2009, 2010-2011,...
Teacher(s): Benoît Bourgine
Language: French
Level: First
Aims
- to describe the stages development of the Trinitarian dogma;
- to understand the theological problems tied to the confession of one God in three persons;
- to indicate in which terms the question of God poses itself to present-day mentality;
- to deal with a particular question in this field using an adequate bibliography.
Main themes
- presenting a historical and doctrinal synthesis of the question of one God in three persons;
- introducing the student to present-day problems, situating them in their contemporary context;
- initiating the student to theological work; this part of the course includes an introduction to the elaboration of an issue and a practical initiation to bibliographical tools with the student asked to write a paper with a view to making practical use of what he/she has learned in this initiation.
Content and teaching methods
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