Doctoral Seminar: Advanced Theological Method

A doctoral-level seminar examining the most sophisticated questions of theological method, including the relationship between systematic, historical, philosophical, and practical theology. Students develop their own methodological framework for doctoral research.

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10 Lessons

3 Credits

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About This Course

What You Will Learn

Demonstrate mastery of the major methodological approaches in contemporary theology

Critically evaluate foundationalist and post-foundationalist theological epistemologies

Articulate and defend an original methodological framework for doctoral research

Engage in scholarly colloquy at the doctoral level

Produce a methodological essay suitable for publication

Prerequisites

CHR403

Course Content

10 lessons · Self-paced estimated

Theology as a Discipline: Wissenschaft and the Academy

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Revisiting the Sources: Scripture, Tradition, Reason, Experience

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Hermeneutical Philosophy and Theological Interpretation

The Turn to Praxis: Practical Theology as Theological Method

Contextual and Decolonial Theological Methods

Interdisciplinary Theology: Engaging the Sciences and Humanities

Theological Epistemology: Foundations and Anti-Foundationalism

The Ethics of Theological Scholarship

Developing Your Methodological Framework

Doctoral Colloquium: Presenting and Defending Methods

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