Church Specific Studies (2op)

Osaamistavoitteet

The student
- Is familiar with ecumenical and interfaith dialogue as an important background to diaconal work
- Is able to work from the background of the church with people of diverse faiths and spiritualities
- Is familiar with the specific contributions and challenges of women to Christian self understanding, church life and policy
- Is able to recognise and apply the insights of contextual theologies in their diaconal work (feminist theology, liberation theology, urban theology, Dalit theology etc)

Sisältö

- Modern ecumenism
- Interfaith dialogue
- Interfaith and ecumenical work and diaconia
- Women and the modern ecumenical movement (issues and themes, theology and the Bible)
- Contextual approaches to theology