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Course Description

The course is designed to study major movements and thinkers, theologians and philosophers in the Christian tradition since the eighteenth-century Enlightenment, together with solid historical background and critical assessments. The study also covers the entire modern period, in both Europe and America, including extensive treatment of modern Catholic thinkers, Evangelical thought, and Black and Womanist theology.

Course Objectives                                                                                       

By the end of the course, students should be able to:

1. Explore the major movements and thinkers, theologians and philosophers in the Christian tradition; 
2. Give a critical assessments of the effects of the eighteenth-century Enlightenment on Christianity; and
3. Discuss the contributions of Catholic, Evangelical, and Black Womanist Theology.

Course Content                                                                                 

Topics

1. Introduction to major movements and thinkers, theologians and philosophers in the Christian tradition since the eighteenth-century Enlightenment.
2. Catholic thinkers
3. Evangelical thought
4. Black theology 
5. Womanist theology

Mode of Delivery

Through lectures, demonstrated examples, class interaction, group discussion, reading and assignments.

Reading Materials

1. Bird, M. F. (2020). Evangelical Theology, 2^nd ed. Grand Rapids, MI.: Zondervan.
2. Geneva, K. et al. (2011). Womanist Theological Ethics. Louisville, KN.: Westminster John Knox.
3. Kennedy, P. (2010). Twentieth-Century Theologians: A New Introduction to Modern Christian Thought. London: I. B. Tauris & Co.
4. Kerr, F. (2006). Twentieth Century Catholic Theologians. Hoboken, NJ.: Wiley-Blackwell.
5. Martey, E. (2009). African Theology: Inculturation and Liberation. Eugene, OR.: Wipf and Stock.
6. Ngige, N. J. and Bose, E. E. eds (2020). Addressing Contextual Misleading Theologies in Africa Today. Oxford: Regnum.
7. Oduyoye, M. A. (2001). Introducing African Women’s Theology. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press.