Details for Christian Worldview

Awards offering Christian Worldview

This unit is offered as a part of the following awards:

Unit Content

Curriculum Objective

This course unit sets out the theological foundations of a Christian Worldview based on the broad parameters of the gospel, covering foundational material upon which later theology units build.

Outcomes

Students should be able to:

• demonstrate thorough understanding of the nature, task and sources that inform Christian theology
• give a comprehensive overview of the content of Christian belief
• critically analyse and evaluate various viewpoints that have been formulated relevant to these topics
• communicate coherently and comprehensively about the church’s witness to Jesus Christ
• appreciate the need for the practical application of theology, and value its role in informing Christian life and ministry

Subject Content

1. Defining worldview, its significance, and its relation to    Christian theology
2. The nature, task and sources of theology
3. The triune God, Christology and Pneumatology
4. Creation and providence
5. Humanity in the image of God and impacted by sin
6. The nature and role of the church
7. Eschatology

This course may be offered in the following formats

Classroom, intensive, extensive, multi-streaming and distance learning modes.
Required Specialist Facilities or Equipment

Please consult your course prospectus or enquire about how and when this course will be offered next at Alphacrucis College.

Assessment Methods

Reading reflections (20%, 1000 words); Major essay (40%, 2000 words);  Final exam (40%, 90 minutes)

Prescribed Text

• Grenz, S. Theology for the Community of God. Carlisle: Paternoster, 1994.

Representative References

• Dockery, D. and G. Thornbury (eds.). Shaping a Christian Worldview.  Nashville: Baker, 2002.
• Duce, Philip and Daniel Strange, eds. Keeping Your Balance: Approaching Theological and Religious Studies. Leicester: InterVarsity Press, 2001.
• Erickson, Millard J.  Christian Theology. 2nd ed. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1998.   
• Grenz, Stanley J.  Theology for the Community of God.  Carlisle: Paternoster, 1994.
• Horton, S (ed.).  Systematic Theology: A Pentecostal Perspective. Springfield: GPH, 1993.
• Lodahl, Michael. The Story of God: Wesleyan Theology & Biblical Narrative. Kansas City: Beacon Hill: 1994.
• Matthaei, Sondra Higgins. Making Disciples: Faith Formation in the Wesleyan Tradition. Nashville: Abingdon, 2000.
• McGrath, Alister E.  Christian Theology: An Introduction. 3rd ed.  Oxford: Blackwell, 2001.  
• McGrath, Alister E.  The Christian Theology Reader.  Second Edition.  Oxford: Blackwell, 2001.
• Oden, Thomas C.  Systematic Theology.  San Francisco: Harper, 1992.
• Ormerod, N.  Introducing Contemporary Theologies. Maryknoll: E.J. Dwyer, 1990, 1997.
• Van Gelder, C. The Essence of the Church. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2000.
• Wainwright, Geoffrey,  Doxology : The Praise of God in Worship, Doctrine and Life.  New York : Oxford University Press, 1980.