CHTH236 Special Topic

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Paper title	Special Topic
Paper code	CHTH236
Subject	Christian Thought and History
EFTS	0.1500
Points	18 points
Teaching period	Not offered in 2022 (Distance learning)
Domestic Tuition Fees (NZD)	$929.55
International Tuition Fees	Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website.

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Schedule C

Arts and Music, Theology

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An investigation of the Māori religious worldview and Māori engagement with Christianity.

Paper title	Māori Theology and Religion
Paper code	CHTH236
Subject	Christian Thought and History
EFTS	0.1500
Points	18 points
Teaching period	Semester 2 (Distance learning)
Domestic Tuition Fees	Tuition Fees for 2023 have not yet been set
International Tuition Fees	Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website.

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Prerequisite

36 100-level points

Restriction

CHTH 336

Schedule C

Arts and Music, Theology

Notes

May not be credited with CHTH 217 or CHTH 317 taught in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022.

Eligibility

Enrolments for this paper are limited and it requires departmental permission. View more information about limitations of enrolment.

Teaching staff

Course Coordinator: Professor Murray Rae

Lecturers: Revd Wayne Te Kaawa, Professor Murray Rae

Textbooks

Textbooks are not required for this paper

Graduate Attributes Emphasised

Global perspective, Interdisciplinary perspective, Lifelong learning, Information literacy, Environmental literacy, Communication, Critical thinking, Cultural understanding.
View more information about Otago's graduate attributes.

Learning Outcomes

Students who successfully complete this paper will:

1. Show familiarity with traditional Māori religious thought and practice.
2. Understand the historical threads of engagement between Māori and Christian missionaries and develop the capacity to critically analyse the impact and consequences of that engagement.
3. Be able to offer an informed account of selected Māori adaptations of Christianity, particularly those associated with the Māori prophets.
4. Develop understanding of the distinct insight and enrichment of Christian theology brought about through the influence of mātuaranga and kaupapa Māori.
5. Develop the capacity to recognise and articulate the ways in which engagement with Māori theology and religion facilitates a constructive critique of the Western theological tradition.

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