Completing the course will give the students the following learning outcome, sectioned into knowledge, skills and general competence:

Knowledge:

The student

has advanced insight in the historical process of theology development in the West in premodern and modern times
has specialised knowledge about dominating theologians and theological school-building in different periods from the beginning of the 17th century until present
posesses advanced knowledge in methodological issues connected to the study of promary historical text material
has the necessary competence to co-operate with scholarly peers on matters dealt with in this course

Skills:

The student

can develop and accomplish – under supervision – independent, limited research projects related to history of Western theology in the last 400 years
can analyse historically and systematically different topics of pre-modern and moderns theology
has teaching competence related to college- and high-school level and to basic levels of university studies in church history, history of theology, and relation betwee theology and society over the last 400 years.

General Competence:

The student

has advanced knowledge of the general history of the development of ideas, philosophy and theology in the last 400 years
has specialised theoretical and methodological command of analysing the relation between the mentioned three elements
is well aquainted with relevant ethical norms related to the exploration and publication of primary historical texts

Emnebeskrivelse

History of theology from 1600 until present time (CH) History