B-KUL-A00B5A Fundamental Theology
General information
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Academic year: 2010-2011
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Study points: 4
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Language: English
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Difficulty:
Advanced
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Duration:
26.0 hours
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Periodicity:
Taught next academic year in the second semester
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POC:
Facultaire onderwijscel Godgeleerdheid
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Taught by
Boeve Lieven
Aims
- Students understand the goal and methods of fundamental theology in a context which is situated in/after late-modernity.
- Students are able to examine and illustrate the contemporary questions regarding the relation between faith and reason, tradition and context, theology and philosophy.
- Students aquired the capacity to apply the thinking structures developed during the lectures to other fundamental theological issues.
Previous knowledge
Students have already acquainted an extensive introduction in fundamental and dogmatic theology, as well as in contemporary Western philosophy.
Students who are not familiar with the West-European context are strongly advised to take the course A01C7A Christianity and Contemporary Culture, or - if appropriate - its Dutch variant A03C7A Christendom en hedendaagse cultuur, which are both taught in the faculty's master programmes during the first semester.
Content
This course deals with the challenges posed to theology by the current postmodern thinking in philosophy and the humanities.
This course is included in
Master in de gespecialiseerde studies in de godgeleerdheid en de godsdienstwetenschappen
(Theologie en religiestudie)
Doctoral Programme in Theology
Doctoraatsopleiding in de Godgeleerdheid
Master of Advanced Studies in Theology and Religion
Course Material
Articles and literature
Toledo / e-platform
Syllabus
Activities
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B-KUL-A00B5a Fundamental Theology |
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General information
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Study points: 4.00
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Language: English
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Category:
interactive lecture
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Duration:
26.0 hours
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Periodicity:
Taught next academic year in the second semester
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POC:
Facultaire onderwijscel Godgeleerdheid
Taught by
Boeve Lieven
Content
In order for theology to affirm its plausibility in the present, postmodern context it must, as fides quaerens intellectum, relate in a new way with contemporary critical consciousness. In the lectures present thinking patterns will be analysed and a model of critical consciousness developed. Afterwards, this model will be applied to the Christian narrative, which will be criticised as a ‘master narrative’. Finally, this model will be theologically recontextualised, resulting in a project for a fundamental theology which adequately relates to a context in which the consciousness of plurality, particularity and heterogeneity has become predominant.
In 2009-2010, especially the theological consequences of Jean-François Lyotard's postmodern philosophy will be investigated and discussed.
Course Material
Course notes will be made available at the Cursusdienst; they also include a reader with the articles to be read by the students in addition to the lectures. Supplementary material will be made available in class or through Toledo.
Course activities
Students actively participate in the lectures by - preparing them through the reading assignments,
- attentively following the thinking patterns as developed during the lectures, and
- critically engaging the discussion of these patterns and the theological implications thereof.
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Evaluation
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B-KUL-A20B5a Evaluation: Fundamental Theology |
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Evaluation description
Examination type:
oral with written preparation
When?:
final examination during examination period
Explanation
Students receive two questions, testing both their insightful-reproductive as well as their critical-productive competences as regards the subject matter of this course. In answering these questions, texts of the authors discussed can be used. A copy of the reader will be made available at the examination.
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