Module TMMC3191: The Bible and Christian Faith

Department: Theology, Ministry and Mission

TMMC3191: The Bible and Christian Faith

Prerequisites

• None

Corequisites

• None

Excluded Combination of Modules

• None

Aims

• To enable students to understand and engage critically with a variety of hermeneutical approaches to the Bible.
• To enable students to relate the Bible to a range of situations in the church and world.
• To help students embrace a readiness to respond to specific biblical interpretatins with both sympathy and critical discernment.

Content

• The study of a number of hermeneutical approaches to the Bible, ranging from those concerned with the world behind the text (historical criticism), those oriented to the world of the text (literary approaches), and those that recognize the influence of the world in front of the text (the role of readers).
• Exploration of how the Bible (both Old and New Testaments) can be related to the contemporary world.

Learning Outcomes

• [SSK 1, 2, 4]
• Discuss, informed by the methodologies and findings of current research and scholarship, a range of hermeneutical approaches to the Bible.
• Give a critical, coherent and detailed account of a range of aproaches to relating the Bible to the Christian faith and to contemporary situations, engaging with the questions and issues that this raises.

• [SSS1, 3] [also SSS2 for GradCert / Grad Dip]
• Apply and critically evaluate different approaches relating the Bible to the Christian faith.
• Exercise sound judgment in using the Bible in reflection on complex situations in the church and world, communicating with relevance, rigour, creativity and sensitivity.

• [KS 1, 2]
• Identify, gather, analyse and critically evaluate textual source materials, including material from primary sources and scholarly research, and communicate their findings with clarity and fairness.
• Critically evaluate ideas, arguments and assumptions, using them to construct and communicate coherent and well-reasoned arguments, showing critical awareness of their own and others' beliefs, commitments and prejudices.

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

• Content will be delivered by lectures

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Summative Assessment

Formative Assessment:

■ 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