Course: Comparative Dogmatics

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Course title Comparative Dogmatics
Course code KFI/KD
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech, English
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Vokoun Jaroslav, prof. PhDr. Th.D.
Course content
1. Theology of the Word in the Reformation and Roman Catholic conception. 2. Personnel and existentialist approach in evangelical and Roman Catholic theology and poetic-liturgical doxological approach in Orthodox theology 3. The Theology of Good Friday and the Resurrection in some evangelical authors 4. Orthodox teaching about theosis and its versions in Western theology 5. Orthodox Eucharistic ecclesiology 6. Orthodox pneumatology in comparison with evangelical, evangelical protestant and Roman Catholic pneumatology 7. Evangelical theology of worship in comparison with Catholic and Orthodox approaches 8. Orthodox theology of lay and diaconate in comparison with Roman Catholic and Reform theology At the request of students, some topics may be replaced by others (e.g. in connection with the topic of their qualification work or professional interest).

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming)
Learning outcomes
The course aims to deepen students' theological knowledge in an ecumenical perspective.
They will learn to compare the theological positions of the authors of different denominations and understand the reasons for these differences.
Prerequisites
none

Assessment methods and criteria
Colloquium

The students will prepare and present a paper on one selected study from the Orthodox and one from the Reformation tradition. The study should be a professional article, a chapter in a book or a book in agreement with the teacher. In the paper, the students will not only present the author's argumentation, but also make a comparison with the concepts of the topic in Catholic and Orthodox/Evangelical theology. During the oral exam discussion they will demonstrate basic knowledge of seminar topics and problems related to them.
Recommended literature
  • Jana Jarolímová, Jaroslav Vokoun, Tomáš M. Živný et al:. Zákon a Evangelium. Edice Lutheranus ? Studie a texty k teologii a dějinám luterské reformace. Praha, 2020.
  • Robert Svatoň. Doteky křesťanského Východu v protestantské teologii 20. století: Schlink, Pelikan, Torrance, Mannermaa, Moltmann. Nakladatel: Pavel Mervart, 2019.
  • Schmemann, Alexander. For the life of the world : sacraments and orthodoxy,. Crestwood, 1973.


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