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DKT2kesä2025 Theological foundations of diaconia and Christian education II (5 cr)

Code: DKT2005A20S-3038

General information


Enrollment

03.02.2025 - 16.02.2025

Timing

26.05.2025 - 31.07.2025

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Virtual portion

5 op

Mode of delivery

Distance learning

Campus

Diak joint implementation

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

0 - 70

Degree programmes

  • BA of Social Services, Christian Early Childhood Education and Care
  • BA in Health Care, Diaconal Nursing
  • BA of Social Services, Diaconal Work
  • BA of Social Services, Christian Youth Work

Teachers

  • Aino-Elina Kilpeläinen
  • Eveliina Hellas

Groups

  • Diak

Objective

Students
• know the main outline of the Old Testament
• know how to analyse the history and theology of the Middle Ages and reformation and their meaning in the shaping of Christianity as well as identify their impact on the modern era
• are familiar with the central characteristics of Lutheran theology and know how to analyse diaconal work in the church and education through them
• know the theological basis of a church service and participate in executing a church service

Content

• Central contents of the Old Testament (creation, historical books, prophesies, apocalypse)
• central Christian questions of the late Middle Ages and reformation age
• confession and teachings of the Lutheran church and their impact on the theology and history of diaconal work and Christian education
• the theological basis of church services and participation in the execution of a church service

Evaluation scale

0-5