Winter 2017/Fuller Live!

Menlo Park and Pasadena

HT503

Garcia-Johnson

HT503: THE CHURCH’S UNDERSTANDING OF CHURCH, HUMANITY, AND CHRISTIAN LIFE IN ITS THEOLOGICAL REFLECTION (SPANISH) (4 Units: 160 hours). Oscar Garcia-Johnson.

DESCRIPTION: HT503 is a survey of systematic and philosophical theology that focuses especially on revelation and scripture; theology of creation; theological anthropology, soteriology, and ecclesiology. The course reflects the historic Christian church’s development of these doctrines in dialogue with its opponents and with its cultural context in the view of understanding how these developments have been received and interpreted particularly in the Americas. Related topics and themes to be addressed may include the role of preColombian texts and hermeneutics in the interpretation of the biblical text during the colonial period, views on human representation in the Americas and the role of western theological anthropology, the authority and uses of scripture in church and politics, and the place of the church in a globalized and pluralistic world.

LEARNING OUTCOMES: Students who complete HT503 will demonstrate: (1) a basic critical theological know-ledge of the conceptual and normative dimensions of the doctrines of revelation, creation, anthropology, soteriology, and ecclesiology as those and other selected doctrines emerged in the early church and developed to this day; (2) a basic competence in interpreting historic and contemporary perorations of these doctrines and an ability to evaluate these theological issues and their historical and contemporary development; and (3) a critical and sympathetic appreciation for the breadth, unity, and diversity of the Christian church.

COURSE FORMAT: This class meets once per week for three hour sessions for a total of 30 hours of classroom instruction for lecture and discussion plus 10 hours of directed learning activities for a total of 40 instructional hours.

REQUIRED READING: Approximately 1,022 pages in total.

González, Justo. L. Culto, Cultura y Cultivo. Ediciones Puma, 2009. ISBN: 978-9972701498, Pub. Price $12.99 [144 pp.].

Martell-Otero, Loida, Zaida Maldonado Perez, and Elizabeth Conde-Frazier. Latina Evangélicas: A Theological Survey from the Margins. Wipf and Stock, 2013. ISBN: 978-1608991365, Pub. Price $21.00 [178 pp.].

Pagán, Samuel., ed. La Iglesia Evangélica Hispana en los Estados Unidos: Historia, Ministerios y Desafíos. NHCCL, 2016. ISBN: 978-1945174810, Third Party Distributor Price $39.99 [200 pp] [Call Centro Latino for distributor’s information]

Zizioulas, Ioannis. El Ser Eclesial. Sigueme, 2003. ISBN: 978-8430114931, Pub. Price €20.00 [250 pp.].

Other selected readings to be made available weekly via e-Reserves and digital sources, including selections from Augustine, J. Calvin, Karl Barth, L. Boff, D. Bonhoeffer, Kwok Pui-Lan, J. H. Yoder, Walter Mignolo, Enrique Dussel, Ivonne Gebara, José Miguez Bonino, and others [approximately 250 pp. assigned].

ASSIGNMENTS AND ASSESSMENT:

1. Class attendance and participation [30 hours], including group discussion of reading assignments (10%) [2 hours of Directed Learning Activity]. [This requirement is related to learning outcomes #1 and 3] [30 total hours].
2. Careful reading of assigned texts: 1,022 pages of required reading. The quality and extent of readings will be assessed in the form of one final exam, reflective reports and a Creedal Document. [This assignment is related to learning outcome #1, 2, 3] [68 hours].
3. Collaborative-spirituality: Each week students will reflect upon a reading selection with a theological-practical content, post their impressions in Moodle (250 words), and interact with two members of their group (200 words) (10%). [This assignment is related to learning outcome #3]. [10 hours].
4. Four 700-word reflective reports (40%) [This assignment is related to learning outcome #2]. [24 hours].
5. A final exam (15%). [This assignment is related to learning outcome #1, 2]. [5 hours].
6. A research paper on one of the theological themes treated in the course [2,000-2,500 words] (25%). [This assignment is related to learning outcome #2,3]. [23 hours].

PREREQUISITES: None.

RELATIONSHIP TO CURRICULUM: Option to meet the TH2 or TH4 requirement in the 120 MDiv and 80 MAT Programs (Fall 2015). Option to meet the TH2 requirement in the 80 MATM and 80 MAICS Programs (Fall 2015). Meets the STB requirement in the 144 MDiv Program.

FINAL EXAMINATION: Yes.