God: Monotheism and Trinity

LTHEO1262  2016-2017  Louvain-la-Neuve

God: Monotheism and Trinity
3.0 credits
30.0 h
2q

This biannual course is taught on years 2014-2015, 2016-2017, ...

Teacher(s)
Bourgine Benoît ;
Language
Français
Main themes
To meet these objectives, the course consists in: - 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.
Aims
By the end of this course, the student should be able: - 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.

The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.

Content

2016-2017

The teaching studies the Christian confession to God, One and Trinity, from the point of view of biblical, historical and systematic theology.

Other information

without object

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Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)

Program title
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Aims
Minor in Theology
4
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Bachelor in religious studies
3
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3
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Master [120] in Sciences of Religions
3
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