2010 Teaching Summary
For second semester 2010, I will be teaching the following courses in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Newcastle, Australia.
- THEO1021 The Church: Foundations and Experience: What is a Christian church? Why does it matter? Over the past two millennia the Christian tradition has had a tremendous impact upon western notions of the self, belief, and the state. This course will therefore help students understand the relationship between the church’s intrinsic nature (its distinctive practices and beliefs) and its socio-political location within western culture. Over thirteen weeks we will explore the rise of Christianity within the urban Roman empire, the nature of Christian worship in terms of Eastern Orthodox and Reformation iconoclasm, the impact of the Enlightenment, and the shape of the church in the global multicultural societies of today.
- THEO3004 Directed Studies in Theology
As well, for autumn semester in the Religions and Theology Department at the University of Manchester, I rewrote the content and reader for the team taught Classics in Religious Thought first year BA core course, as well as writing the content and reader for the new team taught Religion, Politics and the Media MA course, both convened by other lecturers.