DESCRIPTION: This course, offered in Spanish, focuses upon the central message
of Jesus as presented in the canonical Gospels. Questions such as the view of
the reign of God in documents of the Old Testament and the Second Temple
Period, the appropriation of Jesus' proclamation by Paul and other NT and
post-NT writers, and the history of scholarship on the meaning of the kingdom
of God are considered insofar as they inform our understanding of the
latter.
LEARNING OUTCOMES: Students completing this course will have demonstrated (1)
a fundamental knowledge of the content of Jesus' proclamation of the kingdom of
God in the Synoptic Gospels; (2) an acquaintance with the place of that
proclamation in the wider NT canon; (3) an understanding of the historical
importance of the theme of the kingdom of God in Latin American theology,
especially Liberation Theology; (4) an appreciation for the potential of Jesus'
proclamation of the kingdom of God for informing a radical ecclesiology and a
transforming discipleship.
RELEVANCE FOR MINISTRY: A thorough understanding of the proclamation of Jesus
is essential for developing an approach to ministry that is distinctively
Christian.
COURSE FORMAT: Lectures and discussion of the assigned primary and secondary
readings. The class meets five times weekly for four-hour sessions.
REQUIRED READING:
Arias, Mortimer. Anunciando el reinado de Dios: Evangelización
integral desde la memoria de Jesús. San José: Visión
Mundial, 1998.
Driver, Juan. Contra corriente: Ensayo sobre eclesiología
radical. 3ra ed. Comunidad en Compromiso. Santafé de Bogotá y
Ciudad de Guatemala: Ediciones Clara-Semilla, 1998.
González, Antonio. Reinado de Dios e imperio: Ensayo de
teología social. Colección "Panorama". Santander: Editorial
Sal Terrae, 2003.
Ridderbos, Herman N. La Venida del Reino. Teología del Nuevo
Testamento. Buenos Aires: Ediciones la Aurora, 1985. (En el CD para el
curso.)
RECOMMENDED READING:
Jeremias, J. Teología del Nuevo Testamento, Vol. 1: La
Predicación de Jesús. Traducción de Constantino
Ruiz-Garrido. Biblioteca de Estudios Bíblicos 2. Salamanca:
Sígueme, 2001.
Ladd, G. E. El evangelio del reino. Miami: Editorial Vida, 1985.
_______. Teología del Nuevo Testamento. Colección
Teológica Contemporánea. Traducción de
José-María Blanch y Dorcas González Bataller. Barcelona:
Clie, 2002.
ASSIGNMENTS: