Pastoral Theology and Scientific Ethics
| Title | Ποιμαντική Θεολογία και Επιστημονική Ηθική / Pastoral Theology and Scientific Ethics |
| Code | 2196 |
| Faculty | Theology |
| School | Theology |
| Cycle / Level | 1st / Undergraduate, 2nd / Postgraduate |
| Teaching Period | Spring |
| Coordinator | Nikolaos Koios |
| Common | Yes |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 600014826 |
Programme of Study: Anamorfōméno PPS Tmīmatos THeologías (2023-2024)
Registered students: 7
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KORMOS | Elective Courses | Winter/Spring | - | 3 |
| Academic Year | 2019 – 2020 |
| Class Period | Spring |
| Faculty Instructors | |
| Weekly Hours | 3 |
| Class ID | 600151347
|
Course Type 2016-2020
- Scientific Area
Course Type 2011-2015
Knowledge Deepening / Consolidation
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600151347
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
- Greek (Instruction, Examination)
- English (Instruction, Examination)
Learning Outcomes
Βy courses completion the student is able to:
know the way the central concepts of today's scientific ethics have shaped,
come into contact with the basic challenges modern pastoral theology and practice are facing,
understand the type of answers pastoral theology has to offer to the demands of the era,
perceive the concerns and moral dilemmas that develop in individual areas of contemporary life (internet's ethics and pastoral theology, neuroethics, roboethics etc.)
General Competences
- Apply knowledge in practice
- Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
- Work autonomously
- Work in teams
- Work in an interdisciplinary team
- Generate new research ideas
- Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
- Respect natural environment
- Be critical and self-critical
- Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
In lesson courses it is considered the perceptions of modern scientific ethics formation, from the perspective of Christian Pastoral Theology. Thus issues such as scientific research limits, medical ethics, neuroethics, ecological ethics, etc., are dealt with. The Christian orthodox theological views in partial issues of modern technology applications, such as the internet's pastoral theology and ethics, the possibility of creation of "post-humans" etc., are also discussed.
Keywords
Pastoral Theology, Ethics, Science, scientific ethics
Educational Material Types
- Notes
- Slide presentations
- Multimedia
- Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
- Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Description
Use of power point, movie viewing
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 39 | 1.6 | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Reading Assigment | 16 | 0.6 | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Field trips and participation in conferences / seminars / activities | 6 | 0.2 | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Written assigments | 12 | 0.5 | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Exams | 2 | 0.1 | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Total | 75 | 3 |
Student Assessment
Description
The overall presence of students in the classroom, in particular the extent of their participation in the discussion, questions, or comments, is a basic indicator of student interest and is counted in the test results. The examinations are either oral or in the form of papers.
Student Assessment methods
- Written Assignment (Summative)
- Oral Exams (Summative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
Αργύρη Νικολαϊδη (επιμ.), Ο Κόσμος στην Επιστήμη και τη Θρησκεία. Διάλογος ανάμεσα στη σύγχρονη Επιστήμη και την Ορθόδοξη Παράδοση, Αφοι Κυριακίδη, Θεσσαλονίκη 2018
Additional bibliography for study
Hans Küng, Η Αρχή των Πάντων. Φυσικές Επιστήμες και Θρησκεία, μτφρ. Ε. Θεοδώρου, εκδ. Ουρανός, Αθήνα 2009
Last Update
02-06-2020
