Cracow, Poland

Systematic Theology
(field of studies: Theology)

Teologia systematyczna

Integrated Master's degree
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⇑Systematic Theology at UPJPII

Field of studies: Theology
Language: PolishStudies in Polish
Subject area: humanities
Kind of studies: full-time studies
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University website: rekrutacja.upjp2.edu.pl/en/

⇑Test: Is Systematic Theology the right fit for you?

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10 questions · two minutes

1. In an RE or philosophy class, someone asks how belief in a good God can be reconciled with suffering. How do you react?

2. How do you approach difficult texts – philosophical or ancient ones, for example?

3. Friends ask you what Christians actually believe about something like the Trinity. What do you do?

4. Do you enjoy discussing things with people whose views differ from yours?

5. Lectures, reading and seminars will be in English, with students from different countries and church traditions. How does that sound?

6. Are you interested in history – such as how key questions of faith were debated in centuries past?

7. You’re writing an essay that asks you to take a position on a tricky issue. How do you go about it?

8. How do you react when someone asks you a hard question about your beliefs?

9. Where do you see yourself after graduating?

10. What motivates you most to study Systematic Theology?

⇑Definitions and quotes

Systematic Theology
Systematic theology is a discipline of Christian theology that formulates an orderly, rational, and coherent account of the doctrines of the Christian faith. Related disciplines are dogmatics, ethics, apologetics, and philosophy of religion.
Theology
Theology is the critical study of the nature of the divine. It is taught as an academic discipline, typically in universities and seminaries.
Theology
The theological systems of men and schools of men are determined always by the character of their ideal of Christ, the central fact of the Christian system.
Josiah Gilbert Holland, p. 580. Quote in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895).
Theology
Theology must either regress to blind faith or progress towards free philosophy.
Friedrich Engels, Outlines of a Critique of Political Economy (January 1844), Published in Deutsch-Französische Jahrbücher [1]
Theology
Theology must be man's critical reflection on himself, on his own basic principles. Only with this approach will theology be a serious discourse, aware of itself, in full possession of its conceptual elements.
Gustavo Gutiérrez, A Theology of Liberation (1971), p. 11.

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