None  English-taught at participation Erasmus student

The student: 

can describe at a basic level issues and concepts of the following loci of the Christian doctrine of faith: christology, soteriology, pneumatology, ecclesiology, scripture, sanctification, sacraments, eschatology (ET 3); 

can articulate the interrelationship of the loci mentioned; 

can depict the theology-historical development systematic theology from 1500 to the present (ET 3,4,7); 

can bring together at a basic level the various sources of Scripture, tradition, culture and one's own experience into one's own theological position; 

can summarize and present the content of a systematic-theological text; 

can make a good oral presentation (ET 5). 

This course continues the initial orientation in Christian doctrine of faith and discusses topics in systematic theology not yet covered in year 1. 

We discuss questions such as: Who is Jesus Christ (Christology)? Why and how is he significant to us (soteriology)? Who is the Holy Spirit (pneumatology)? What is the Bible, Holy Scripture, for a book (scripture) How should we view the church and the sacraments (ecclesiology)? How does salvation become a reality in our lives here and now (sanctification)? How do we expect God to make his future a reality (eschatology)? 

We will discuss these theological themes in conjunction with their theology-historical development. A focus here is the intertwining of the development of Protestantism and modernity. 

An important part of this course, in addition to systematic theology, is the history of theology. In ST1 the emphasis is on early church and Middle Ages, in this course on the Reformation period and modernity. This is covered in the lectures, in the choice texts for the presentations. In addition, the student studies a survey of the period mentioned 

Presentations, lectures, self-study 

lectures: 15 (5 x 3) hours;  

presentation: 32 hours (15h reading, 4h podcast, 10h preparation, 3h presenting and attending); 

self-study: 91 hours; 

exam: 2 hours; 

Presentation (1/5) and Written examination (4/5). Two books may be taken on this examination: Historical Theology and We believe. 

Zelfstudie-opdracht Systematische Theologie

Docent: docenten ST

Toetsvorm: essay

Ingangseis: HBO-theologie (incl. ST-vak over Van der Kooi, Van den Brink, Christelijke dogmatiek).

Code: PRE-ST

EC: 2,5

Simpson, C.B., Modern Christian Theology (London etc.: Bloomsbury 2016, 2020), 100 pagina’s naar keuze (100 pagina’s / categorie 2 / 20 uur).