Unit name | Vatican II and Post-conciliar Roman Catholic Debates in Theology |
---|---|
Unit code | THRSM0123 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | M/7 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
Unit director | Professor. D'Costa |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | Department of Religion and Theology |
Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
This unit will first explore the documents of the Second Vatican Council to introduce students to some of the key areas in Catholic theology after the Second World War: teachings on religious freedom, ecumenism, other religions, the role and nature of the pope’s authority, and the nature of liturgy.
In the second half of the unit the student will be introduced to key Catholic theologians who have developed the above issue. Students will thus engage with major debates within the largest Christian denomination in the world and have a grasp of contemporary Catholic history and thought.
The aims of the unit are to introduce students to:
a) the key texts of Vatican II and critical commentaries on those texts;
b) to examine some debates subsequent to the Council regarding the critical issues in the Vatican II texts;
c) to develop an understanding of different theological paradigms operating with contemporary Catholicism.
By the end of the unit students should be able to demonstrate:
Lectures / Seminars - 3 hours per week
One summative coursework essay of 5000 words (100%) (Assessing ILOs 1-6)
The Second Vatican Ecumenical Council :a counterpoint for the history of the Council, Marchetto, Agostino, Chicago : University of Scranton Press, 2010
History of Vatican II edited by Giuseppe Alberigo, Maryknoll, N.Y. : Orbis ; Leuven : Peeters, 1996-2006. 5 volumes.
Vatican II : Renewal within tradition edited by Matthew L. Lamb and Matthew Levering,. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008
The nature and mission of theology: Essays to orient theology in today's debates , Joseph Ratzinger , San Francisco, Ignatius Press, 1995
Toward Vatican III: The work that needs to be done edited by David Tracy with Hans Küng, SCM, London, 1998
Vatican II: Catholic Doctrines on Muslims and Jews, Gavin D’Costa, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014