T7337
Christian Anthropology and Grace

This unit seeks to provide a theological understanding of the human person and the ability to relate Christian anthropology to the theology of grace. It begins to integrate prior theological learning into a coherent framework based on a Christian vision of human persons and their orientation to the divine life. It examines the Scriptural foundations of Christian anthropology and the theology of grace, Augustine’s theology of grace and the Pelagian controversy and the Eastern tradition on grace and the notion of deification. It follows Medieval developments in the theology of grace through developments in the theology of grace in the Reformation and Counter-Reformation period to contemporary debates on grace, and their connection with ecumenism. Personal, social, and cultural implications of the life of grace are also investigated.