| CODE | PLC5814 | |||||||||
| TITLE | Catholic Understanding of Humanity for Contemporary Culture | |||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | |||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 7 | |||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | |||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Pastoral Theology, Liturgy and Canon Law | |||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | The study-unit will be analyzing the Catholic church understanding of the Human person and of the role of education within the conception of humanity as established by Vatican Council II. This will lead to a development of an ethical critical hermeneutic of cultural practices both within and outside the Church. This study has four parts: 1. a historical reading of Vatican Council II's understanding of the human person within a Post World War II social setting; 2. engaging Vatican Council II's understanding of the human person with Post-Colonial, Post-Holocaust and Feminist literature; 3. an analysis of the ethical implication of Vatican Council II's conception of the human person on contemporary cultural constructs of sexism, racism and classism; 4. an exploration of Vatican Council II's understanding of the Human person through contemporary artistic and Cultural expressions. Study-unit Aims: The aims of this study-unit are segmented in three: 1. Exploring Vatican Council II's conception of Human person and its ethical implications; 2. Providing an ethical deconstruction of sexism, racism and classism through Vatican Council II's understanding of Human Person; 3. Exploring, engaging and inclusive possibilities with contemporary cultural constructs through Vatican II understanding of Human Person. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: A. give a detailed and holistic description of the nature of the human person as this is conceptualized by Vatican Council II; B. read and understand the documents of the Church on the human being in the light of the anthropology elaborated by Vatican Council II; C. express and articulate through words their faith as human beings in relation to contemporary cultural constructs. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: A. enter in to an ethical critical relationship with contemporary culture; B. engage dialogically with contemporary cultural constructs in the light of the contemporary Catholic Anthropology; C. express their faith in a more organic way, thus engaging more critically in their faith and its expressions. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Arendt, H. The Life of the Mind, New York: The Harcourt, Inc. Arendt, H. The Human Condition, Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1998 Bauman, Z. Liquid Modernity, Malden, USA: Polity, 2012 Bauman, Z. Modernity and the Holocaust, New York: Cornell University Press, 2000 Mouffe, C. The Democratic Paradox, New York: Verso, 2009 Mouffe, C. On The Political, New York: Routledge, 2008 Derrida, J. trans. Dooley, M. and Hughes, M. On Cosmopolitanism and Forgiveness, New York: Routledge Taylor and Francis Group, 2007 Francis I (2013) Evangelii Gaudium: Apostolic Exhortation on the Proclamation of the Gospel in Today's World, Libreria Editrice Vaticana: http://www.vatican.va Harvey, D. A Brief History of Neoliberalism, New York: Oxford University Press, 2009 Ratzinger, J. Introduction to Christianity, San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2004 Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, (1965) Pastoral Constitution: Gaudium et Spes, Libreria Editrice Vaticana: http://www.vatican.va Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, (1965) Declaration on Religious Freedom: Dignitatis Humanae, Libreria Editrice Vaticana: http://www.vatican.va Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace (2005) Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church, London: Continuum Imprint. Said E.W. Culture and Imperialism, New York: Vintage Books A Division of Random House, Inc. 1994 Young, R.J.C. Postcolonialism: An Historical Introduction, Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2009 |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and Independent Study | |||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Carl Mario Sultana |
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2025/6. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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