Course Summary

This graduate course is designed to provide students with an understanding of the nature, attributes, and creative work of the Triune God as this is made known to us through God’s self-revelation. It is an advanced unit and forms part of a Specialization in the sub-discipline of Systematic Theology within the Discipline of Theological Studies.

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Learning Outcomes

At the end of this unit students will be able to:

1. Outline the major theological doctrines relevant to this unit

2. Explain in detail the ways that the Church has understood the interaction between the self-revealing God and creation

3. Analyse critically a range of primary and secondary texts by relevant theological thinkers

4. Use appropriate methods of critical theological reflection to interpret the major doctrines examined in this unit

 5. Apply insights from their study to Christian life and ministry within their particular context

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Course Content

1. The nature, scope and approaches to theology

2. The Self-Revealing God: General and Special Revelation

3. Theological Method

4. The holy Trinity

5. The nature and attributes of God

6. God the Creator

7. God the Governor: providence and the problem of evil