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CRS152: Family and Marriage
Welcome to CRS152: Marriage and family. Marriage and family is a two-credit course offered in the second semester of first year to undergraduate students of Christian Theology at the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN). The Course comprises three modules with five units each. The course is designed and developed with the appropriate theological accent suitable for the Christian notion of marriage and family.
What Will You Learn?
This course aims at helping you gain more knowledge about Christian marriage and family life. The approach adopted in this course theoretical and theological. It acknowledges the import of the Christian scripture, the Church’s tradition and teaching on marriage and family. It stresses the basic elements of Christin theology of marriage and family. It is hoped that this approach will properly assist you to appreciate the profound theological insight of the Christian understanding and teaching on marriage and family. The thinking also is that after going through this course, the issue of marriage and family can no longer be anything but something for you. This course then will serve as a source of motivation thus encouraging you becoming an apostle for Christian marriage and family, defending and protecting all values associated with the institution of marriage and family.
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By the end of this course, you would be able to;
1. Have a clear vision of the Christian notion of marriage and family, and differentiate it from other forms of marriage;
2. Distinguish marriage and family from other social institutions, and recognize its primacy in the order of creation and institutions;
3. Identify the fundamental values associated with the institution of marriage and family, and thus defend these values against any legislation or attitude contrary to these values;
4. Appreciate why marriage and family, though a human reality, is a saving mystery for humanity, a sacrament, and a means of holiness;
5. Discuss, teach, and advise on the basic elements of Christian theology of marriage and family.
The course takes you back to the origin and purpose of marriage. It disposes you of a true theological definition and meaning of Christian marriage and family. It gives you an insight of the complex nature and yet the different perspectives of marriage and family. It places you in a better position to appreciate the value of marriage and family for you as an individual, and for society at large. It brings you to a stage of marvel and deep appreciation of God’s love and concern for humanity.
The course, therefore, equips you with the necessary theoretical and theological knowledge to critically evaluate, appreciate and defend the institution of marriage and family. The course tells you that marriage is the greatest gift of God to humanity. It simply says: we ‘are’ today as humans – thanks to God and thanks to marriage and family. It makes you an ambassador of pro-marriage-and-family movements.
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Clear vision of the Christian notion of marriage and family
Marriage and family from other social institutions
Primacy in the order of creation and institutions
Why marriage and family, though a human reality
Basic elements of Christian theology of marriage and family