R2 000.00

INSTRUCTOR:

Dr Fr Larry Kaufmann CSsR

DURATION & TIME:

2 – 6 October 2017, 08h30 – 16h30 (unless otherwise specified)

The module covers the contribution that Christianity must make to build a just and concerned society in twenty-first century Southern Africa. Topics to be considered will include:

The relationship of Christianity to morality: correcting the image of Christ and Christianity as a judgmental and condemning God, and a condemning and judgmental institution,
Human life: the basis for all human rights; the dignity of human life in the image and likeness of God,
The beginning of human life and the implications in a society where in-vitro fertilisation, surrogate motherhood, cloning and stem cell research are already happening,
The end of human life: euthanasia, suicide, discontinuing treatment,
Quality of life: the right of an individual to determine treatment, cosmetic bodily changes, sex changes,
The responsibility of the Christian community in the face of the HIV/AIDS crisis in Southern Africa,
Human sexuality: a positive teaching of sexuality as a God-given gift
The crisis in family life in South Africa,
The response of the Christian community to the human needs of single and homosexual persons,
Humankind‘s responsibility to preserve and improve the gift of creation that has been committed to its care: ecology, sustainable development,
The Church’s social teaching,
Private property: theological, sociological and traditional approaches to private property,
Distributive justice, with particular reference to problems in Southern Africa
Commutative justice: honesty in dealings with others and society.

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