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The Fourth Gospel has played a crucial role in the Christian understanding of the identity of Jesus Christ. The module will explore its distinct narrative presentation of Jesus' life and issues of its continued relevance for the life of the church in the world.

This module will examine the Gospel's narrative presentation of Jesus' life, teaching, death and resurrection, comparing this portrayal to that of the Synoptics and employing a range of contemporary critical reading strategies. In addition to focusing on the person of Christ, it will highlight major themes such as truth, life, witness, glory, the Spirit and discipleship, exploring their continued relevance for Christian existence in the world.

By the end of the module students should be able to demonstrate that they:

• are fully conversant and display mastery of current methods used in research on John’s Gospel;
• have engaged in in-depth study of key sections of the text;
• can reflect in a sophisticated way about how the Gospel may have contemporary relevance, especially for theology, spirituality and human flourishing.

200 hours consisting of Staff/student contact time of 20 hours (study day 5 hours; online discussion and tutorials 15 hours) plus 180 hours of student directed learning.

The module will be delivered via a series of online lectures and podcasts, including provision of online documents. There will also be one face-to-face study day and a period dedicated to online discussion and to interaction with staff. All online material will be delivered via the VLE.

The Library Catalogue contains full details of the current reading list for this module. Further details may also be found in the Module Guide.