This biannual learning unit is being organized in 2025-2026
Teacher(s)
Language
French
Main themes
To achieve those objectives, one will offer:
- an original critical research on a question of dogmatics or on a significant work;
- readings, developments and discussion with the professor.
- an original critical research on a question of dogmatics or on a significant work;
- readings, developments and discussion with the professor.
Learning outcomes
At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to : | |
| 1 | - highlight the interest, the requirements and the dynamics of a research of dogmatic theology; |
| 2 | - understand problems in their complexity, to assess their fundamental issues and their practical impact; |
| 3 | - elaborate a personal thought by integrating the bringing-in of a research. |
Content
2025-2026
Controversial Issues
What issues, both current and timeless, are stirring up Catholic theology? Each session will be an opportunity to address and discuss various topics, most of which are traditional:
Knowing God: first through reason or through faith? Natural theology and revealed theology
Do the God of creation and the God of salvation dwell on the same floor? Nature and grace in modern Catholic theology
What to do with the chosen people? A theology of Israel after the abandonment of replacement theology
Must one believe in heaven to go there? The spirit of childhood and the Kingdom of God
Is today's faith faithful to its origins? The act of tradition
Are we free to believe or not to believe? The question of religious freedom
Must we believe in heaven to go there? The spirit of childhood and the Kingdom of God
Is there such a thing as Christian politics? The relationship between God and Caesar, torn between the legitimacy of pluralism and the search for consensus
What legitimacy is there in speaking of truth? What truth does theology speak of?
How does theology defend freedom? Civil and political freedom, freedom of expression and thought, freedom of belief and religion.
Is atheism a Christian heresy? The coordinates of contemporary atheism.
Is God all-powerful? Towards a theology of God's omnipotence.
Controversial Issues
What issues, both current and timeless, are stirring up Catholic theology? Each session will be an opportunity to address and discuss various topics, most of which are traditional:
Knowing God: first through reason or through faith? Natural theology and revealed theology
Do the God of creation and the God of salvation dwell on the same floor? Nature and grace in modern Catholic theology
What to do with the chosen people? A theology of Israel after the abandonment of replacement theology
Must one believe in heaven to go there? The spirit of childhood and the Kingdom of God
Is today's faith faithful to its origins? The act of tradition
Are we free to believe or not to believe? The question of religious freedom
Must we believe in heaven to go there? The spirit of childhood and the Kingdom of God
Is there such a thing as Christian politics? The relationship between God and Caesar, torn between the legitimacy of pluralism and the search for consensus
What legitimacy is there in speaking of truth? What truth does theology speak of?
How does theology defend freedom? Civil and political freedom, freedom of expression and thought, freedom of belief and religion.
Is atheism a Christian heresy? The coordinates of contemporary atheism.
Is God all-powerful? Towards a theology of God's omnipotence.
Evaluation methods
15-minute oral exam. The student presents orally a written work that has been sent by e-mail to the professor at least 48 hours before the date of the exam.
This written work is a synthesis in which the student proposes a personal and argued positioning of the questioning treated in the course. The student chooses an article among the 10 proposed and offers an original synthesis in fundamental, biblical and dogmatic theology (A4 format, recto/verso, 1000 words, 6000 characters including spaces).
This written work is a synthesis in which the student proposes a personal and argued positioning of the questioning treated in the course. The student chooses an article among the 10 proposed and offers an original synthesis in fundamental, biblical and dogmatic theology (A4 format, recto/verso, 1000 words, 6000 characters including spaces).
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