The unit will examine the problem of articulating the nature of God and God’s relationship with the world. The main foci for this will be God as sustaining source (creation) and as final goal (eschatology) of the universe, and in particular, of humanity. The unit will in large part comprise class examination of a range of texts in a seminar setting.

Prerequisites:
three levels of Systematic Theology

Assessment:
one 6,000 word essay

Bibliography:

• Carroll, Denis. A Pilgrim God for a Pilgrim People. Dublin: Gill & Macmillan, 1989.
• Daly, Gabriel. Creation and Redemption. Wilmington, DE: Michael Glazier, 1989.
• Edwards, Denis. Breath of Life: A Theology of the Creator Spirit. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 2004.
• ———. The God of Evolution: A Trinitarian Theology. New York: Paulist, 1999.
• Hayes, Zachary. Visions of a Future: A Study of Christian Eschatology. Wilmington, DE: Michael Glazier, 1989.
• Lane, Dermot A. Keeping Hope Alive: Stirrings in Christian Theology. Dublin: Gill & Macmillan, 1996.
• Macquarrie, John. In Search of Deity: An Essay in Dialectical Theism. London: SCM, 1984.
• Ratzinger, Joseph. Eschatology: Death and Eternal Life. Translated by Michael Waldstein. Edited by Aidan Nichols. Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press, 1988.