Winter 2020/Fuller Online

TH559

Oden

TH559: THEOLOGIES OF THE HOLY SPIRIT (4 Units: 160 hours). Patrick Oden.

DESCRIPTION: This course will examine scriptural, historical, and theological themes related to pneumatology, the study of the Holy Spirit. Throughout the course, our study will be attentive to elements of orthodoxy, orthopraxy, and orthopathy in coming to terms with a holistic understanding of the work of the Spirit in our lives, our contexts, and throughout the world.

LEARNING OUTCOMES: Students completing this course will have demonstrated their ability to (1) understand key developments and topics in pneumatology; (2) analyze critically main contributions and challenges of the doctrine of the Spirit; (3) reflect on the significance of pneumatology to Christian theology and faith; and (4) Students will present a theological framework for understanding the practice of spiritual dynamics.

RELATIONSHIP TO PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES: Addresses MDiv PLO4 and MAT PLO2 “Students will have demonstrated capacities for historically informed theological and ethical reflection.”

COURSE FORMAT: This course will be conducted online on a ten-week schedule aligned with Fuller’s academic calendar for a total of 40 instructional hours, which is outlined below in the assignment and assessment section. Students are required to interact with the material, with each other, and with the instructor regularly through online discussions, reading, and other assignments that promote active learning.

REQUIRED READING: 1200 pages required.

Green, Gene L., et al. The Spirit over the Earth: Pneumatology in the Majority World. Eerdmans, 2016. ISBN: 978-0802872739, Pub. Price $22.00 [145 pp. assigned].

Kärkkäinen, Veli-Matti. Pneumatology: The Holy Spirit in Ecumenical, International, and Contextual Perspective, 2nd edition. Baker Academic, 2018. ISBN: 978-0801099465, Pub. Price $26.00. Available as an e-book from the Fuller Library. Also available on Kindle [180 pp. assigned].

Kärkkäinen, Veli-Matti, Kirsteen Kim, and Amos Yong, eds. Interdisciplinary and Religio-Cultural Discourses on a Spirit-Filled World: Loosing the Spirits. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. ISBN: 978-1349443710, Pub. Price $99.99. Available as an e-book from the Fuller Library. Also available on Kindle [250 pp. assigned].

Pinnock, Clark. Flame of Love. A Theology of the Holy Spirit. IVP, 1996. ISBN: 978-0830815906, Pub. Price $28.00. Available on Kindle and as an e-book from the Fuller Library [235 pp. assigned].

Additional 390 pages will be provided via Canvas and will include a number of historical and contemporary authors not represented in the Required Reading, including Sarah Coakley, Jürgen Moltmann, Elizabeth Johnson, James Evans, Killian McDonnell, Jose Comblin, Yves Congar, Kwame Bediako, Basil the Great, William Seymour, Gordon Fee, Wolfhart Pannenberg, Michael Welker, John Wesley, John Taylor, Kirsteen Kim, Philip Clayton, Vladimir Lossky, Antony the Great, George Fox, and others.

RECOMMENDED READING:

Barclay, Robert. Barclay's Apology in Modern English. Edited by Dean Freiday. Barclay Press, 2009. ISBN: 978-1594980183.

Cattell, Everett Lewis. The Spirit of Holiness. revised ed. Barclay Press, 2015. ISBN: 978-1594980312.

Clayton, Philip. Adventures in the Spirit: God, World, Divine Action. Fortress Press, 2008. ISBN: 978-0800663186.

Coakley, Sarah. God, Sexuality and the Self: An Essay 'on the Trinity’. Cambridge University Press, 2013. ISBN: 978-0521552288.

———. The New Asceticism. Bloomsbury, 2015. ISBN: 978-1441103222. Pub. Price: $24.95.

Comblin, José. The Holy Spirit and Liberation. Orbis Books, 1989. ISBN: 978-1592445622.

Congar, Yves. Yves Congar I Believe in the Holy Spirit: The Complete Three Volume Work in One Volume. The Crossroad Publishing Company, 1997. ISBN: 978-0824516963.

Fee, Gordon D. God's Empowering Presence: The Holy Spirit in the Letters of Paul. Hendrickson, 1994. ISBN: 978-0943575940.

Fox, George. The Journal of George Fox. Friends United Press, 2006. ISBN: 978-0913408247.

Basil the Great. On the Holy Spirit. St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, 2011. ISBN: 978-0881418767.

Johnson, Elizabeth A. She Who Is: The Mystery of God in Feminist Theological Discourse. 10th anniversary ed. Crossroad, 2002. ISBN: 978-0824519254.

———. Women, Earth, and Creator Spirit. Paulist Press, 1993. ISBN: 978-0809134151.

Kärkkäinen, Veli-Matti. Pneumatology: The Holy Spirit in Ecumenical, International, and Contextual Perspective. Baker, 2002. ISBN: 978-0801024481.

———. Holy Spirit and Salvation: The Sources of Christian Theology. Westminster John Knox, 2010. ISBN: 978-0664231361.

———, ed. The Spirit in the World: Emerging Pentecostal Theologies in Global Contexts. Eerdmans, 2009. ISBN: 978-0802862815.

Kim, Kirsteen. The Holy Spirit in the World: A Global Conversation. Orbis Books, 2007. ISBN: 978-1570757501.

Kuyper, Abraham. Concise Works of the Holy Spirit. AMG Publishers, 2009. ISBN: 978-0899576985.

Levison, John. Filled with the Spirit. Eerdmans, 2009. 2009. ISBN: 978-0802863720.

Loder, James E. The Logic of the Spirit: Human Development in Theological Perspective. Jossey-Bass, 1998. ISBN: 978-0787909192.

Loder, James E., and W. Jim Neidhardt. The Knight's Move: The Relational Logic of the Spirit in Theology and Science. Helmers & Howard, 1992. ISBN: 978-0939443253.

Lossky, Vladimir. In the Image and Likeness of God. St Vladimir's Seminary Press, 1974. ISBN: 978-0913836132.

———. The Mystical Theology of the Eastern Church. St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, 1998. ISBN: 978-0913836316.

Macchia, Frank D. Baptized in the Spirit: A Global Pentecostal Theology. Zondervan, 2006. ISBN: 978-0310252368.

Martin, Lee Roy, ed. A Future for Holiness: Pentecostal Explorations. CPT 2013. ISBN: 978-1935931355.

McDonnell, Kilian. The Other Hand of God: The Holy Spirit as the Universal Touch and Goal. Liturgical Press, 2003. ISBN: 978-0814651711.

McDonnell, Kilian, and George T. Montague. Christian Initiation and Baptism in the Holy Spirit: Evidence from the First Eight Centuries. Revised ed. Liturgical Press, 1991. ISBN: 978-0814650097.

Moltmann, Jürgen. The Church in the Power of the Spirit. Translated by Margaret Kohl. Fortress Press, 1993. ISBN: 978-0800628215.

———. The Spirit of Life. Translated by Margaret Kohl. Fortress Press, 1992. ISBN: 978-0800634247.

Müller-Fahrenholz, Geiko. God's Spirit: Transforming a World in Crisis. Continuum, 1995. ISBN: 978-0826408242.

Nuttall, Geoffrey F. The Holy Spirit in Puritan Faith and Experience. University of Chicago Press, 1992. ISBN: 978-0226609416.

Oden, Patrick. It's a Dance: Moving with the Holy Spirit. Barclay Press, 2007. ISBN: 978-1594980121.

Pannenberg, Wolfhart. Systematic Theology. Translated by Geoffrey W. Bromiley. 3 vols. Vol. 3, Eerdmans, 1998. ISBN: 978-0802864567.

Park, Jong-Chun. Crawl with God, Dance in the Spirit! Abingdon Press, 1998. ISBN: 978-0687056897.

Seymour, William J. The Words That Changed the World - Azusa Street Sermons. Christian Life Books, 1999. ISBN: 978-0964628984.

Sherry, Patrick. Spirit and Beauty: An Introduction to Theological Aesthetics. second ed. SCM Press, 2010. ISBN: 978-0334028659.

Smith, James K. A., and Amos Yong. Science and the Spirit: A Pentecostal Engagement with the Sciences. Indiana University Press, 2010. ISBN: 978-0253222275.

Synan, Vinson, ed. Century of the Holy Spirit: 100 Years of Pentecostal and Charismatic Renewal, 1901-2001. Thomas Nelson, 2001. ISBN: 978-0785245506.

Taylor, John V. John V. Taylor The Go-between God: The Holy Spirit and the Christian Mission. Wipf and Stock, 2015. ISBN: 978-1498205986.

Welker, Michael. God the Spirit. Wipf and Stock, 2013. ISBN: 978-1625642608. Pub. Price: $41.00.

———, ed. The Work of the Spirit: Pneumatology and Pentecostalism. Eerdmans, 2006. ISBN: 978-0802803870.

Wright, Christopher J.H. Knowing the Holy Spirit through the Old Testament. IVP, 2006. ISBN: 978-0830825912.

Yong, Amos. Beyond the Impasse: Toward a Pneumatological Theology of Religions. Wipf & Stock, 2014. ISBN: 978-1498204651.

———. In the Days of Caesar: Pentecostalism and Political Theology. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2010. ISBN: 978-0802864062, Pub. Price $30.00. Available on Kindle

———. The Spirit Poured out on All Flesh: Pentecostalism and the Possibility of Global Theology. Baker, 2005. ISBN: 978-0801027703.

Zahl, Simeon. Pneumatology and Theology of the Cross in the Preaching of Christoph Friedrich Blumhardt: The Holy Spirit between Wittenberg and Azusa Street. T & T Clark, 2010. ISBN: 978-0567472403.

ASSIGNMENTS AND ASSESSMENT:

1. In preparation for each topic, reading of required material (1,200 pages). [This assignment is related to learning outcomes #1-3.] [72 hours].
2. Weekly Posted Lectures (15 hours) [This assignment is related to learning outcomes #1-3]
3. Weekly Canvas assignments interacting with required reading, fellow students and other posted material for each topic (35%). [This assignment is related to learning outcome #2-3] [25 hours total: 20 hours for posts (250+ words) and 5 hours for replies (100+ words)]
4. One research paper (10 pages) (35%) [This assignment is related to learning outcome #1-3] [24 hours].
5. Completion of three 5-page essays related to orthodoxy, orthopraxy, and orthopathy (30%). [This assignment is related to learning outcome #4]. [24 hours].

PREREQUISITES: Previous biblical and theological study is highly recommended, but not required.

RELATIONSHIP TO CURRICULUM: Option to meet the TH4 requirement in the 120 MDiv and 80 MAT Programs (Fall 2015).

FINAL EXAMINATION: None.

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