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Emnekatalog: TEOL5465
TEOL5465 - Catholic social teaching
Emneansvarlig:
Gunnar Harald Heiene (Gunnar.Heiene@mf.no)
Studiepoeng: 10
Undervisningstermin:
Vår
Avdelingstilhørighet:
Avdelingsråd for teologi
Generell informasjon
The subject is a core subject within the study program Master of Theology, Catholic Theology. It is also an elective within the study
program Master in Religion, Society and Global Issues.
The subject covers three thematic areas within catholic theology: (a) Man as social being, human rights and duties, (b) The Church as
source for premises, advices and social criticism, (c) Catholic social teaching in practice: The Church´s work for peace and human
rights, against poverty and ecological crisis.
Course requirements
Studiekrav
The student will
- Participate in a study tour to Rome (one week)
- Write a book report up to 2,000 words from a limited part of the course syllabus. The topic of the report is selected in cooperation with
the professor and is graded pass/fail
- Discuss preliminary essay drafts from the students in the seminar
- Participate in the evaluation of the curriculum and/or of the learning environment, if such evaluation is stipulated in the relevant term.
Avsluttende vurdering
In order to pass TEOL5465 the student must fulfill all the requirements and write an essay (2800-4000 words). The essay is assessed
with grades (A-F).
Mål og innhold
The goal of this course is to understand the role and content of the social teaching of the Roman Catholic Church in our global society
The students will demonstrate the following skills:
- To demonstrate knowledge of the social teaching of the Roman Catholic Church, as it is expressed in the main social encyklicas,
important conciliar documents and other relevant church documents
- To discuss the understanding within the Roman Catholic Church of the human person´s responsibility for society and politics and of
the social and political task of the Church
- To demonstrate knowledge of the Church´s actual work for justice, peace, human rights, etc.
Litteratur
LITTERATUR/LITERATURE
- "An excerpt" i:/in:/from: Preaching justice : Dominican contributions to social ethics in the twentieth century
/ Francesco Compagnoni red./ed. Dublin: Dominican Pub., 2007, s./p. 13-37, 287-304, ISBN/ISSN:
1905604076/9781905604074/9781905604067/1905604068
- Bendikt 16, pave, Caritas in veritate Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2009 , hentet/cited 2010-01-29 fra/from http://tinyurl.com/nhvska
- Boff, Leonardo, Cry of the earth, cry of the poor Maryknoll, N.Y.: Orbis Books, 1997, ISBN/ISSN: 1-57075-136-6
- Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales, The common good and the Catholic Church's social teaching 1996 ,
hentet/cited 2009-12-18 fra/from http://www.cori.ie/justice/cath_soc_thought/otherdocs/common_good.htm
- Charles, Rodger, "A summary of Christian social teaching" i:/in:/from: Christian social witness and teaching : the Catholic tradition
from Genesis to Centesimus Annus Leominster: Gracewing, 1998 b./vol. 2, s./p. 390-436, 464f.
- Den Romersk-katolske kirke, "§1877-1948" i:/in:/from: Den Katolske kirkes katekisme Oslo: St. Olav, 2001, s./p. 469-481,
ISBN/ISSN: 82-7024-133-4
- Hornsby-Smith, Michael P., An introduction to Catholic social thought Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006, ISBN/ISSN:
0-521-86339-2/0-521-68199-5/978-0-521-86339-1 (elektronisk utg.)/978-0-521-68199-5 , hentet fra/cited from
https://proxy.mf.no/login?url=http://www.dawsonera.com/depp/reader/protected/external/AbstractView/S9780511319723
- Tanner, Norman P., "Et utvalg/An excerpt" i:/in:/from: The church and the world : Gaudium et spes, Inter mirifica New York: Paulist
Press, 2005, s./p. 3-90, ISBN/ISSN: 0-8091-4238-4