The central task of this doctoral-level seminar is to assess the value and meaning of the concept of revelation for contemporary Christian theology. To this end, we will examine the place of this concept within a broad sampling of twentieth-century theological and philosophical writing. Key questions to be considered throughout the course include: Should revelation be understood as a source or norm (or both) for theological construction? Can the concept of revelation be maintained as a distinctively theological category without thereby isolating theology from human efforts to attend faithfully to the ways in which the world reveals itself to us? In what ways do individual, social, and historical context matter in the reception of revelation? Is there such a thing as a non-ideological appropriation of revelation? The work of Karl Barth and the Second Vatican Council led to wide interest in the concept of revelation in the early and middle parts of the century, but the topic languished through the 1970s and early 1980s. With the publication of a variety of new works over the past two decades critically assessing the value of earlier approaches and offering new perspectives, this is a propitious time to take up this central theological topic once again.