Module Level
8
Time Allowance
Lectures: 20 hours Seminars: 4 hours Private Study: Required Reading of Hugh Connolly SIN (London: Continuum, 2002
Assessment
Continuous Assessment 40% End of Semester Examination 60%
Module Aims
To develop in students an understanding
- of the call to Christian conversion through the Church
- as growth in moral and theological virtues
- in contrast with the nature and reality of sin
Learning Outcomes
- — Have learned the biblical and moral-theological basis of Christian conversion as sequela (following) and imitatio (imitation) Christi (of Christ)
- — Have understood the personal development and communal dynamic of virtue(s) in the lives of Christians
- — Be familiar with the Apostolic Exhortation of Saint Popoe John Paul II Reconcilation and Penance
- — Have an understanding of the biblical concept(s) of sin, its historical development and theological treatment