Winter 2004/Pasadena
ST502
Kärkkäinen

ST502: SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY II: CHRISTOLOGY AND SOTERIOLOGY. Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen.

DESCRIPTION:

: This course is designed to provide a foundational understanding of Christian beliefs about Christ, salvation, and the Holy Spirit. Topics include biblical and historical developments of Christological and pneumatological traditions, their contemporary and contextual/intercultural varieties, various approaches to election, atonement, salvation, healing, and Spirit-baptism. On the basis of biblical and historical developments, a contemporary Evangelical theology will be constructed in dialogue with ecumenical and contextual/intercultural perspectives.

RELEVANCE FOR MINISTRY:

: An essential part of preparation for Christian ministry is to learn to think theologically through issues of faith and ministry. The student is encouraged to develop his/her own theology and cultivate ecumenical, cultural, and interreligious sensitivity toward other traditions.

COURSE FORMAT:

: The class will meet once a week for three-hours sessions of lectures, discussions, and some student presentations.

REQUIRED READING:

: Blue, Ken. Authority to Heal. InterVarsity Press, 1987.; Green, J. B. and M. D. Baker. Recovering the Scandal of the Cross. InterVarsity Press, 2000.; Grenz, S. J. Theology for the Community of God. Eerdmans, 2000, pp. 243-460.; Kärkkäinen, V.-M. Pneumatology. The Holy Spirit in International, Ecumenical, and Historical Perspective. Baker Academic, 2002.; _______________. Christology. A Global Introduction. Baker Academic, 2003.; _______________. One with God: Salvation as Deification and Justification (photocopy).; Choose one contextual/intercultural text from below or of the student's choice (100-150 pp.):

: Barr, W. R. Constructive Christian Theology in the Worldwide Church. Eerdmans, 1997.; Comblin, J. The Holy Spirit and Liberation. Orbis, 1989.; Cone, J. H. A Black Theology of Liberation. 2nd ed. Orbis, 1986.; Kärkkäinen, V.-M. An Introduction to the Theology of Religions. InterVarsity Press, 2003.; Küster, Volker. The Many Faces of Jesus. An Intercultural Christology. Orbis, 2001.; Parsons, S. F., ed. The Cambridge Companion to Feminist Theology. Cambridge University Press, 2002.; Pope-Levison, P. and J. R. Levison. Jesus in Global Contexts. Westminster, 1992.; Ramachandra, V. The Recovery of Mission: Beyond the Pluralist Paradigm. Paternoster, 1996.; Yong, A. Beyond the Impasse: Toward a Pneumatological Theology of Religions. Baker, 2003.