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Spring 2012/Southwest-Phoenix
ST503
Peacore
ST503:
SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY 3: ECCLESIOLOGY AND ESCHATOLOGY. Linda Peacore.
DESCRIPTION:
This course in an introduction to the doctrines of ecclesiology and
eschatology, including the topics of worship, sacraments, death, resurrection,
judgment, heaven and hell, and the nature and life of the church. The course is
intended to provide students with the resources for developing their own
understanding about these areas of Christian theology.
SIGNIFICANCE FOR
LIFE AND MINISTRY: A thoughtful understanding of the life and worship of the
church is important to Christian ministry and will influence what is preached
and taught. Therefore it is essential for students to begin forming a framework
from which they will carry out their ministries as well as live their Christian
lives. Students are encouraged to consider their own faith traditions in
dialogue with others who may be from a different spiritual heritage.
LEARNING
OUTCOMES: Students completing this course will have demonstrated (1) a basic
understanding of key theological issues in their traditional and contemporary
expressions; (2) an ability to reflect theologically upon the course topics;
(3) skills towards developing oneŐs own theology in critical dialogue with
various views; and (4) an appreciation of ecumenical and cultural diversity.
COURSE FORMAT: Meets
four Saturdays from 8:00 am – 5:00 pm, April 21; May 5, 19; June 2 for
lecture, discussion, and student presentations.
REQUIRED
READING:
Grenz,
Stanley J. Theology for the Community of
God. Eerdmans, 2000 (relevant sections). ISBN: 9780802847553.
Pub.price: $40.00.
KŠrkkŠinen,
Veli-Matti. An
Introduction to Ecclesiology. InterVarsity Press,
2002. 238 pages. ISBN: 978-0-8308-2688-9. Pub. price:
$20.00.
Bauckham,
R. & T. Hart. Hope Against Hope.
Eerdmans, 1999. 252 pages. ISBN: 978-0-8028-4391-3.
Pub. price: $20.00.
A text on a special topic: choose one:
Farrow,
Douglas. Ascension and Ecclesia.
Eerdmans, 1999. 356 pages. ISBN: 978-0-8028-2791-3.
Pub. price: $34.00.
Gelder, C. van,
ed. Confident Witness. (Gospel and
Culture Series.) Eerdmans, 1999. 332 pages. ISBN: 978-0-8028-4655-6.
Pub. price: $29.00.
Grenz, S.J. The Millennial Maze.
InterVarsity Press, 1994. 239 pages. ISBN: 978-0-8308-1757-3. Pub. price:
$18.00.
George, T. Pilgrims on the Sawdust Trail: Evangelical
Ecumenism. Baker, 2004. 240 pages. ISBN: 0801027640. Pub. price: $19.99.
Hauerwas, S.
& Willimon, W.H. Resident Aliens:
Life in the Christian Colony. Abingdon, 1989. 175
pages. ISBN: 9780687361595.
Pub. price: $17.00.
Gibbs, E. &
Bolger, R.K. Emerging Churches. Baker
2006. 352 pages. ISBN: 978-0801027154. Pub. price: $19.99.
KŠrkkŠinen, V.-M. Toward a
Pneumatological Theology. Ed. Amos Yong. UPA, 2002. 316 pages. ISBN: 978-0761823896.
Pub. price: $65.50.
Moltmann, Jźrgen.
The Church in the Power
of the Spirit. Fortress, 1993. 430 pages.
ISBN: 978-0800628215. Pub. price:
$25.00.
__________. The Coming of God: Christian Eschatology.
Fortress, 2004. 412 pages. ISBN: 978-0800636661. Pub. price:
$25.00.
Newbigin, L. The Gospel in a Pluralistic
Society. Eerdmans, 1989. 255 pages. ISBN: 978-0802804266. Pub. price:
$24.00.
Schwartz, H. Eschatology. Eerdmans,
2000. ISBN: 978-0-8028-4733-1. 448 pages. Pub. price:
$26.00.
Stackhouse, J.G.
ed. Evangelical Ecclesiology: Reality or
Illusion? Baker 2003. 240 pages. ISBN: 978-0801026539.
Pub. price: $24.00.
Volf, M. After Our Likeness: The Church as the Image
of God. Eerdmans, 1998. 314 pages. ISBN: 978-0-8028-4440-8.
Pub. price: $32.00.
A contextual and/or intercultural text (sections relevant
for the course): choose one:
Anderson, A. African Reformation: African Initiated
Christianity in the Twentieth Century. Africa World
Press, 2000. 300 pages. ISBN: 978-0865438842.
Pub. price: $24.95.
Barr,
W.R. Constructive Christian Theology in
the Worldwide Church.
Eerdmans, 1997. 553 pages. ISBN: 978-0802841438. Pub. price:
$39.00.
Boff, L.
Ecclesiogenesis: The Base Communities Reinvent the Church. Orbis, 1986. 115 pages. ISBN: 9780883442142. Pub. price: $22.00.
Evans, J. We Have Been Believers: An African American
Systematic Theology. Augsburg Fortress, 1993. 192
pages. ISBN: 978-0800626723. Pub. price: $20.00.
Farley, M. &
S. Jones, eds. Liberating
Eschatology: Essays in Honor of Letty M. Russell. Westminster John Knox, 1999.
280 pages. ISBN: 978-0664257880. Pub. price: $29.95
Gonz‡lez, J. Ma–ana: Christian Theology from a Hispanic
Perspective. Abingdon, 1990. 186 pages. ISBN: 9780687230679. Pub. price:
$20.00.
Mbiti, J. New Testament Eschatology in
an African Background. Oxford University Press,
1971. 228 pages. ISBN: 978-0198216599.
Oduyoye, M.A.
& M. Kanyoro, eds. The Will to Arise: Women, Tradition, and the Church in Africa. Wipf & Stock, 1992. 230 pages. ISBN: 978-1597524742. Pub. price:
$26.00.
Parratt, J. Reinventing Christianity: African Theology
Today. Eerdmans, 1995. 228 pages. ISBN:
978-0-8028-4113-1. Pub. price: $21.00.
Parsons, S.F., ed. The
Cambridge Companion to Feminist Theology. Cambridge University
Press, 2002.288 pages. ISBN: 978-0521663809.
Pub. price: $32.99.
Russell, L.M. Church in the Round: Feminist Interpretation
of the Church. Westminster John Knox, 1993. 256 pages. ISBN: 978-0664250706. Pub. price:
$30.00.
Schźssler
Fiorenza, E. Discipleship of Equals:
Critical Feminist Ekklesia-logy of Liberation. Crossroad,
1993. 384 pages. ISBN: 978-0824512446. Pub. price: $29.95.
ASSIGNMENTS:
(1) Class attendance and participation (5%). (2) Five, 1-2
page reflection essays (25%). (2) Two, 4-5 page book reviews OR One written book review and one oral
presentation (30%). (4) One 10-page research paper (40%).
PREREQUISITES: None.
RELATIONSHIP
TO CURRICULUM: Meets MDiv core requirement in Systematic Theology ŇCÓ (STC).