The Mystery of the Trinity and New Evangelization
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Objectives:
The objective of the course is twofold: (1) a first, more theoretical dimension is the review of the treatise on the Trinity, but from an eminently practical perspective (2), because the goal is re-reading it from the perspective of the proclamation of the Gospel in contemporary world. The aim is to work together on how to present the doctrine of the Trinity, showing its significance and relevance for the lives of our contemporaries.
.Bibliography:
G. Maspero, The Mystery of Communion. Encountering the Trinity (South Bend, IN: St. Augustine’s Press, 2021)
S. Bullivant, The Trinity: How Not to Be a Heretic (New York; Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 2015)
J. Ratzinger, The God of Jesus Christ, Meditations on the Triune God (San Francisco, CA: Ignatius Press, 2018)
J. Daniélou, God and the Ways of Knowing (San Francisco, CA: Ignatius Press, 2003)
J. Daniélou, God's Life in Us (Denville: Dimension Books, 1969)
G. Maspero – R.J. Wozniak (Eds.), Rethinking Trinitarian Theology: Disputed Questions And Contemporary Issues in Trinitarian Theology (London-New York: T&T Clark, 2012)
Method:
The method will be eminently dialogical. The professor will provide a methodological framework, which will be justified in the course of the lectures. Then we will reread together the different parts of the treatise and discuss how they can be translated in the light of the existential questions they touch upon.
Evaluation:
The final grade will be based on:
1. Class Participation
2. Final Exam: the test will consist of providing a practical example of translation of a doctrinal element of the treatise in terms of the new evangelisation.
Tentative schedule:
February 12th Introduction: Narrative and the Trinity
February 19th The relational approach
February 26th First Testament issues (violence, religions, covenant)
March 4th The novelty of the New Testament
March 11th Heresies in us
March 18th The Fathers of the Church: why they are the key...
April 8th Middle Age and Contemporary Theology
April 15th The Personal Revolution
April 22nd Fatherhood, Filiation and Love
April 29th Missions and Human Existence: Time, Story and History
May 6th Mary and the Trinity: the way to Ecumenism and Spiritual life
May 13th Final Q&A (...and proposals)
May 20th Final exam
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