DESCRIPTION: This course is designed to provide the student with a foundation in the Christian beliefs regarding Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit, and human salvation. Study will cover the church's unfolding articulation of its Christology and pneumatology, with attention to both biblical and historical developments as well as their expressions across cultural and traditional boundaries. Discussions of salvation in Christ will include attention to atonement, forgiveness, justification, sanctification, and renewal as well as the intimately related Christological doctrines.

SIGNIFICANCE FOR LIFE AND MINISTRY: The ability to think theologically on the constellation of core Christian doctrines covered in this course is critical to the life of faith for ministers of every kind as they engage in proclamation, missions, evangelism, as well as tending to their own personal discipleship.

LEARNING OUTCOMES: Students completing this course will have demonstrated (1) a basic understanding of issues in their traditional and contemporary expressions; (2) an ability to reflect theologically upon the topics for this course; (3) skills towards developing one's own theology in critical dialogue with various views; (4) an acquaintance with a range of cultural and contextual matters that shape our understanding of theological issues; (5) an appreciation of ecumenical and cultural diversity.

COURSE FORMAT: This course meets daily from 8 am to noon from July 2 through July 13, with the exception of July 4.

REQUIRED READING:

Grenz, S.J. Theology for the Community of God. Eerdmans, 2000 (pp. 243-460). ISBN: 9780802847553, $40.00.

Kärkkäinen, V.-M. Pneumatology: The Holy Spirit in International, Ecumenical, and Historical Perspective. Baker Academic, 2002; 208 pp. ISBN: 9780801024481, $26.00.

Kärkkäinen, V.-M. Christology: A Global Introduction. Baker Academic, 2003. 304 pp. ISBN: 9780801026218, $28.00.

Green, J.B. & M.D. Baker. Recovering the Scandal of the Cross. InterVarsity Press, 2000. 978-0830815715, $17.00.

Choose one special topic (or a title of your own choice accepted by the professor):

Beilby, J. & B.R. Eddy. The Nature of the Atonement: Four Views. InterVarsity Press, 2006. 208 pp. ISBN: 9780830825707, $20.00.

Blue, K. Authority to Heal. InterVarsity Press, 1987. 168 pp. ISBN: 9780830817009, $15.00.

Kärkkäinen, V.-M. One with God: Salvation as Deification and Justification. Liturgical Press, 2004. 144 pp. ISBN: 0814629717, $16.95.

Macchia, F. Baptized in the Spirit: A Global Pentecostal Theology. Zondervan, 2006. 304 pp. ISBN: 9780310252368, $24.99.

Pinnock, C.H. Flame of Love: A Theology of the Holy Spirit. InterVarsity Press, 1996. 288 pp. ISBN: 9780830815906, $20.00.

Shults, F.L. & S.J. Sandage. The Faces of Forgiveness. Baker, 2003. 272 pp. ISBN: 9780801026249, $26.00.

Choose one contextual/intercultural/interreligious text from below or of your choice (200 pp.):

Chung, S.W., ed. Christ the One and Only. Baker, 2005. 272 pp. ISBN: 9780801028540, $28.00.

Comblin, J. The Holy Spirit and Liberation. Wipf & Stock, 2004. 232 pp. ISBN: 9781592445622, $26.00.

Cone, J.H. A Black Theology of Liberation. 2nd ed. Orbis, 1986. 200 pp. ISBN: 9780883446850, $22.00.

Imbach, J. Three Faces of Jesus: How Jews, Christians and Muslims See Him. 2nd ed. Templegate, 1993. 151 pp. ISBN: 9780872431942, $12.95.

Küster, Volker. The Many Faces of Jesus: An Intercultural Christology. Orbis, 2001. 250 pp. 9781570753541, $29.00.

Parsons, S.F., ed. The Cambridge Companion to Feminist Theology. Cambridge University Press, 2002. 288 pp. ISBN: 9780521663274, $85.00.

Ramachandra, V. The Recovery of Mission: Beyond the Pluralist Paradigm. Wipf & Stock, 2002. 308 pp. ISBN: 9781592440641, $31.00.

Tiessen, T.L. Who Can Be Saved? Reassessing Salvation in Christ and World Religions. InterVarsity Press, 2004. 511 pp. ISBN: 9780830827473, $28.00.

Yong, A. Beyond the Impasse: Toward a Pneumatological Theology of Religions. Baker, 2003. 208 pp. ISBN: 9780801026126, $39.98.