TDS092  THE THEOLOGY OF AVERY DULLES (A.Y. 2023/2024)

• Accademic Unit

  Faculty of Theology

• Course

  Licentiate in Theology specialization in Dogmatic Theology

Objectives:To gain an in-depth knowledge of some of Dulles’s major writings and to become familiar with his manner of doing theology.

Content:This seminar will enable participants to gain an overview of the 60-year theological output of the distinguished U.S. theologian, Father (later Cardinal) Avery Dulles SJ. The intellectual dimensions of his path to the Catholic faith will be traced. His contribution to theological methodology will be examined, paying special attention to his journey from the neo-Scholasticism in which he was trained to the ‘Models’ methodology for which he became famous. His writings on ecclesiology, faith, ecumenism and the place of theology in Church and society will be a major focus.

Methodology:Presentations by course members and discussion.

Means of evaluation:A final paper (12-15 pages), based on the student’s class presentation.

• Information
• Teachers
• Lesson schedule/Room
• Bibliography

Information

• Semestre: 1° Semestre
• ECTS: 6

Teachers

James CORKERY

Lesson schedule/Room

Semester	Day	From	To	Room	Floor	Building	Notes
1° Semestre	Mercoledì	16.00	16.45	L107	1	Lucchesi
1° Semestre	Mercoledì	17.00	17.45	L107	1	Lucchesi

Bibliography

• Dulles, A., A Testimonial to Grace and Reflections on a Theological Journey, Sheed & Ward, New York 1996; Dulles, A., Models of the Church, Expanded Edition, Image, New York, 2002; Dulles, A., The Assurance of Things Hoped For: A Theology of Christian Faith, Oxford University Press, New York, 1994; Dulles, A., The Craft of Theology: From Symbol to System, Dublin, Gill and Macmillan, 1992; Dulles, A., Church and Society: The Laurence J. McGinley Lectures, 1988-2007, Fordham University Press, New York 2008.