DCT- Year 1- Chapter 16- Augustine on human nature
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Assess the view that Augustine's teaching on human nature is too pessimistic.
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Critically assess Agustine's analysis of human sexual nature.
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'If the Fall did not actually happen, then Christian teaching on human nature makes no sense'. Discuss
DCT- Year 1- Chapter 17- Death and the afterlife
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Assess the view that there is no last judgement; each person is judge by God a tthe moment of their death.
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'Purgatory is the most important Christian teaching about the afterlife'. Discuss
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To what extent is the Parable of the sheep and the Goats in Matthew 25 only about heaven and hell?
DCT- Year 1- Chapter 18- Knowledge of God's existence
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Critically assess the view that the Bible is the only way of Knowing God.
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'Everyone has innante knowledge of God's existence'. Discuss
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To what extent is faith in God rational?
DCT- Year 1- Chapter 19- Jesus Christ
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'Jesus' role was just to liberate the poor and weak against oppression'. Discuss
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'Jesus is not unique' Discuss
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To what etent was Jesus just a teacher of morality?
DCT- Year 1- Chapter 20- Christian Moral Principles
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Assess the view that the Bible is a comprehensive moral guide for Christians.
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To what extent do Christians actually disagree about what Christian ethics are?
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'Christian moral Principles are not self-eviden' Discuss.
DCT- Year 1- Chapter 21- Christian Moral Principles: Bonhoeffer
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Assess the view that Bonhoeffer's teaching son ethics still has relevance today.
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'Christian ethics means being obedient to God's will'. Discuss.
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To what extent was Bonhoeffer's religious community at Finkenwalde successful?
DCT- Year 1- Chapter 11- Religious Pluarlism and theology
Critically assess the argument that the most honest view is that only one religion can actually be true
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To what extent is theological inclusivism not pursasive?
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'A Loving God would not save all people' Discuss.
DCT- Year 1- Chapter 12- Religious Pluarlism and Society
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'Social cohesion is not hte main aim of inter-faith dialogue'. Discuss
Analyse the view that Christians should not eek to convert people from other faiths to Christianity.
Evaluate the claim that migrain is the primary cause of multi-faith societies.
DCT- Year 1- Chapter 13- Gender and Society
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'There is no such thing as an ideal Christian family'. Discuss
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To what extent should Christians resist secualr views on Gender?
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'Mena nd women are equal but different' Discuss
DCT- Year 1- Chapter 14- Gender and Theology
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Assess the view that a male saviour cannot save women.
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To what extend does it matter whether God is presented in male or female terms?
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Critically compare Daly's and Ruether's teaching on God.
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DCT- Year 1- Chapter 15- Challenge of secularism
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Assess the view that Christianity should be a significant contributor to society's culture and values.
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'Secularism does more harm than good'. Discuss
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To what extent are spiritual values just human values?
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DCT- Year 1- Chapter 16- Liberation theology and Marx
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'Teh sole concern of theology shoudl be the preferntial option for the poor. Discuss
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To what extent should theology be about changing the world, not interpreting it?
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'marx does not offer a satisfactory solution to the problme of the exploritation of the poor' Discuss
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