Course

Eastern Christian Ecclesiology

This is a course in Eastern Christian Ecclesiology in which practical and theoretical perspectives will be considered. Three main perspectives will be presented. The first perspective is historical, reflecting on the ideas of the Church. The second perspective will be contemporary, reflecting on the ideas of the Church in the Orthodox diaspora. The third perspective will be canonical reflecting on regulations of the Church.

Hovorun, Cyril D., 2015. Meta-Ecclesiology: Chronicles of Church Awareness. New York, NY: Pagrave Macmillan. (164 p)

Gallagher, Clarence, 2002. Church Law and Church Order in Rome and Byzantium: A Comparative Study (Birmingham Byzantine and Ottoman Studies) Abingdon & Oxford: Routledge. (294 pp.)

Ormerod, Neill, 2002. “The Structure of Systematic Ecclesiology”, in Theological Studies 63 (2002), pp. 3-30. (28 pp.)

Plekon, Michael, 2003. Tradition alive: on the church and the Christian life in our time. Oxford, UK: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. (234 pp.)

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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Grades

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

Examination Format

  • Papers
  • Seminars
  • Take-home examination

Grundläggande behörighet.

Completion of a course requires a minimum of 80% attendance at lectures and 100% attendance at seminars/group work and other assignments. Absence beyond that can be compensated by supplementing assignment(s) if the instructor finds it possible. In case of an absence of 50% or more, the course is considered as interrupted, even if assignments have been completed.

If a student due to disability has a decision from the EHS on special pedagogical support, the examiner shall, if necessary, adapt the examination and conduct the examination in an alternative way.

Established by Subject Representative College at Enskilda Högskolan Stockholm on January 22, 2020.