History of theology in the Middel Ages. Specific questions

ltheo2621  2021-2022  Louvain-la-Neuve

History of theology in the Middel Ages. Specific questions
4.00 credits
30.0 h
Q2

This biannual learning unit is being organized in 2021-2022
Teacher(s)
Counet Jean-Michel;
Language
French
Main themes
These objectives will be achieved after a presentation of the cararcteristic axes of monastic and scolastic theologies. The birth, the main theologians of the XII century and the important syntheses of the scolastic theology will be studied with some indications on the latse scolastic and the heterodox doctines.
Learning outcomes

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :

1 - make the difference between various types of theology practised in the Middel Ages (methods; sources; literary genres; historical, cultural, institutional contexts) ;
 
2 - use the main tools in the field and deepen a specific question in a personal research.
 
Content
The course will deal with the concept of creation in medieval theology. Instances of medieval theological conceptions of creation - from monastic theology and from scholastic theology - will be questioned and commented to build the image of divine creation for the medieval thinkers. Greek theology won't be forgotten.
The methods of medieval theology, its different forms (monastic, scholastic, positive), its literary forms, the challenges it had to take up, will be presented.
Teaching methods
classical lecture
Evaluation methods
Oral exam. The student  chooses a topic  on which he  makes a presentation and has to answer questions on the matter of the course.
Bibliography
David Neil Bell, Par mille chemins. Développement et diversité de la théologie médiévale, Paris, Cerf, 2000.
Brian Gaybba, Aspects of the Medieval History of Theology : Twelth to Fourteenth Centuries, Pretoria, University of South Africa, 1988.
Brian Gaybba, God's Wisdom and Human Reason. The Development of Theology as a Discipline in Medieval Texts, Pretoria, University of South Africa Press, 1999.
Marc Ozilou, Guy Berceville, La Théologie Médiévale dans Histoire de la Théologie, sous la direction de Jean-Yves Lacoste, Paris, Seuil, 2009.
Faculty or entity
TEBI


Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)

Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Learning outcomes
Certificat universitaire en langue, littérature et civilisation latines

Master [120] in History

Master [120] in Philosophy

Master [60] in Philosophy

Master [120] in Theology