Module THMN2087: Liturgies of Initiation and Eucharist

Department: Theology and Ministry

THMN2087: Liturgies of Initiation and Eucharist

Prerequisites

• None

Corequisites

• None

Excluded Combination of Modules

• None

Aims

• To enable students to acquire a knowledge of the history of baptism and eucharist.
• To consider the theology and practice of these two sacraments.
• To encourage students to become sensitive and well-informed planners and leaders of baptismal and eucharistic liturgies.
• To enable students to make informed judgements on liturgical matters appertaining to baptism and the eucharist.
• To develop an understanding of baptism and eucharist in the student's own tradition and in other Christian traditions.
• To enable students to participate in liturgical development and revision in their own churches.

Content

• Baptism in the New Testament and its OT antecedents
• The Historical development Of Initiation Rites
• Confirmation
• Baptism in the Protestant Reformation, focusing on the English Prayer Books
• Contemporary issues in initiation, including baptismal policies, the admission of children to communion, ecumenical statements on initiation and recent revision of the baptismal rites
• The Eucharist in the New Testament and its OT antecedents
• The Historical Development of the Eucharist
• Issues in Eucharistic Theology
• The Eucharist in the Reformation and Counter-Reformation
• Recent eucharistic revision and ecumenical statements on the eucharist
• Study of selected texts (selected on an ecumenical basis)

Learning Outcomes

• By the end of the module, students will be able to:
• demonstrate an understanding of the historical development of baptism and the eucharist;
• comment on the significance of selected baptismal and eucharistic texts

• discuss key theological and pastoral issues in baptism and the eucharist

• relate studies in this module to wider theological and pastoral concerns.

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

• 14 hours contact time; lectures/seminars with group activities

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Summative Assessment

Formative Assessment:

In-class exercise

■ Attendance at all activities marked with this symbol will be monitored. Students who fail to attend these activities, or to complete the summative or formative assessment specified above, will be subject to the procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University