Systematic Theology Seminar 1 - RETA4011

• Title: STP-Systematic Theology Seminar 1
• Guaranteed by: Department of Systematic Theology (27-SYST)
• Faculty: Protestant Theological Faculty
• Actual: from 2023
• Semester: winter
• Points: 5
• E-Credits: 5
• Examination process: winter s.:
• Hours per week, examination: winter s.:0/2, C [HT]
• Capacity: unknown / unlimited (unknown)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan; enabled for web enrollment
• Guarantor: doc. Dr. Petr Macek, Ph.D.
• Pre-requisite : RETA4001

Annotation

Last update: doc. Dr. Petr Macek, Ph.D. (23.09.2023)

The seminar introduces into the work of a systematic theologian. Students learn to master a critical reading of a mid-
difficult modern theological text. They are required to search in theological handbooks and dictionaries unfamiliar
terms, statements, theories, doctrines, schools, books, authors. Students are also supposed to ask critical
questions and let their own opinions to be corrected by the texts. Students are motivated to their own
thinking and work, also through moderation of a particular session and through making protocols of the sessions.
The aim of the seminar is to learn to interpret a mid-difficult theological text, to formulate the line of thought with their
own words and lead a critical discussion with the particular author.

This year we will read The Faith We Confess by Jan Milič Lochman.
Note: The course will open with the minimum of two participants.

Literature

Last update: doc. Dr. Petr Macek, Ph.D. (03.10.2023)

LOCHMAN, Jan Milič: The Faith We Confess. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1984. (The text is avilable via moodle. The key: Lochman)

For Further Reading:

MIGLIORE, Daniel L.: Faith seeking understanding, Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2014 (3).

BARTH, Karl: Dogmatics in Outline. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1959.
GUTHRIE, Shirley C.: Christian Doctrine, revised edition, Louisville, Westminster/John Knox Press, 1994.
KÜNG, Hans: Credo. The Apostle’s Creed explained for today, New York: Doubleday, 1993.

Course completion requirements

Last update: doc. Dr. Petr Macek, Ph.D. (23.09.2023)

Credits are usually approved for regular and active participation and a final paper (about 8 pages long). However the conditions for giving the approval can be a subject of deliberation.