THEO2040

Sacramental Theology

Faculty of Education and Arts School of Humanities and Social Science

10 Units 2000 Level Course

Available in 2013

UoN Broken Bay Instit - Online	Semester 2

Previously offered in 2012, 2011, 2010

This course will study mainly the structures of ministry in the Church. It seeks to define the role and relationship between ordained ministry and lay commitment in the Church and in the world.

Objectives

Upon completion of this course, students will be expected to:

1. Comprehend the theological, spiritual and practical dimensions of the sacraments
2. Outline the historical development of the sacraments in the life of the Christian Church
3. Understand different meanings of sacramental theology in the Christian Church

Content

Themes will include: sacraments, sacramentality and the various concepts of sacraments through the ages in the Christian Church; the practice of the sacraments in the Christian Church today; how many sacraments?; sacramentology and ecumenism.

Replacing Course(s)

Not Applicable.

Transition

Not Applicable.

Industrial Experience

Assumed Knowledge

This course builds on THEO1021 The Church: Foundations and Experience.

Modes of Delivery

Distance Learning : Paper Based

Teaching Methods

Self Directed Learning

Assessment Items

Essays / Written Assignments	Two written assignments of 2500 words each and each with a weighting of 50%.
Other: (please specify)	Specific instructions about the weighting, timing and word limits of all assessment tasks will be found in the course outline available in the first two weeks of semester.

Contact Hours

Self Directed Learning: for 130 hour(s) per Term for Full Term

Timetables