Course

Eastern Christian Theology – Coptic Orthodox

Eastern Christian Theology has developed within different communities. In the Coptic Orthodox community it developed within the Islam Empire, but as the spiritual cradle of Eastern Christianity with Alexandria as the theological and philosophical center of the East. With its roots embedded in the Jewish religious belief the coptic culture also adopted bits and pieces of the Pharaonic culture, but with the belief that God had planted Christianity as a precursor of Christ in this pre-Christian culture from which Jopseph, the Old Testament patriarch harvested and gave symbolically to Moses. This course will once more harvest the waste and rich resources of this ancient culture.

Meinardus, Otto F. A., 2002. Two Thousand Years of Coptic Christianity. Cairo/New York: The American University in Cairo Press (264 p)

Davis, Stephen J., 2008. Coptic Christology in Practice. Incarnation and Divine Participation in Late Antique and Medieval Egypt, Oxford/New York: Oxford University Press (318 p)

Hovorun, Cyril, 2008. Will, Action and Freedom: Christological Controversies in the Seventh Century. Leiden/Boston: Brill (203 p, excerpts)
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Selected primary texts in translations (200 p) or in Greek/Syriac (100 p)

The schedule is available at the latest one month before the course starts. We do not recommend that you print the schedule as some changes may happen.

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Michael Hjälm

Head of Department of Eastern Christian Studies, Doctor of Theology, Senior Lecturer

michael.hjalm@ehs.se

Grades

A = Excellent, B = Very good, C = Good, D = Satisfactory, E = Sufficient, Fx = Insufficient, F = Insufficient

Examination Format

  • Seminars
  • Written examination

Grundläggande behörighet.
Kurser i teologi 60 hp: Baskurser 30 hp samt ytterligare 30 hp där kurserna Text, kontext och livstolkning 15 hp och History of Eastern Christianity (forsättningsnivå) 7,5 hp ingår.
För studenter som inte går östkyrkligt program vid THS gäller:
Kurser i teologi 60 hp: Baskurser 30 hp samt kurserna Text, kontext och tolkning 15 hp och Teologi, religion och kyrka i Sverige 15 hp, eller motsvarande.

Vid Teologiska högskolan Stockholm tillämpas obligatorisk närvaro.

Established by Subject Representative College at Enskilda Högskolan Stockholm on December 21, 2016.

Last revised on February 22, 2017.