This unit examines the history of the Christian Church since 1550 under three headings:

  1. Reform and Revolution 
  2. Change and Renewal 
  3. The Church Universal 

There are no prerequisites for this unit, and it can be taken at the Degree level as well as the Graduate Diploma level.

Next avalailable 
2nd semester, 2008

This unit examines the history of the Christian Church under three headings:

  1. The Church in Imperial Rome
  2. The Church as Christendom
  3. The Continental churches and Reform

There are no prerequisites for this unit, and it can be taken at the Degree level as well as the Graduate Diploma level.

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Next available 1st semester, 2009

This unit deals with thedoctrine of revelation  and  the  doctrine of man, and covers approximately one quarter of the whole of Systematic Theology. It includes the following topics:

1. The concepts of revelation and inspiration; 2. The place and nature of Scripture; 3. The issues raised by reason, authority and experience; 4. Creation and providence; 5. Humanity as created; 6. Sin and evil.

In dealing with these topics students will be introduced to the primary biblical materials and relevant sections of the historic Creeds and confessional documents such as the 39 Articles, the Westminster Confession, the Belgic Confession and the Heidelberg Catechism.

Next available 1st semester 2010

This unit deals with thedoctrines of salvation  and  the  doctrines of the last things, and covers approximately a quarter of the whole of Systematic Theology. It includes the following topics:

The Gospel of God; Repentance, faith, forgiveness, justification, election and grace;  The work of the Spirit : regeneration, sanctification and fellowship; The kingdom present and future; Judgement present and future;   Consummation of all things in Christ;  Death, intermediate state, resurrection; Heaven and hell

Next available 1st semester 2009

This course deals with ethics from a biblical, a philosophical, and a practical (issues) perspective.

Part 1 deal with the question how the Bible should be used in ethics, and looks at the major themes in Old and New testament ethics.

Part 2 deals with the philosophical theories of ethics, and compares and evaluates these in the light of the biblical material.

In part 3 students can choose two ethical issues for study using the tools learned in biblical and philosophical ethics.

Next available 2nd semester, 2009.

This Christian Worldview course examines:

  1. The nature of worldviews
  2. Examples of worldviews (e.g. Naturalism, New Age, Buddhism, Islam)
  3. The development of a Christian worldview
  4. The application of Christian worldview thinking

Next available 2nd semester 2010