Fall 2020/Fuller Online

HT501

Kärkkäinen

HT501: THE CHURCH’S UNDERSTANDING OF GOD AND CHRIST IN ITS THEOLOGICAL REFLECTION (4 Units: 160 hours). Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen.

DESCRIPTION: HT501 is a survey of systematic and philosophical theology that focuses especially on the doctrine of God, The Trinity, Christology (comprising the person and work of Christ), and the Person and Work of the Holy Spirit. The course reflects the historic Christian church's development of trinitarian and Christological theology and creeds in its dialogue with its opponents and with its cultural context. Related topics and themes to be addressed may include the development and articulation of the Christian doctrine of God including the divine perfections and nature, as well as the doctrine of the Trinity; the development and articulation of the person and work of Christ; and Pneumatology, the person and work of the Holy Spirit.

LEARNING OUTCOMES: Students who complete HT501 will demonstrate: (1) a basic critical theological knowledge of the conceptual and normative dimensions of the doctrines of God and Christ 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 course will be conducted online on a ten-week schedule aligned with Fuller’s academic calendar for a total of 40 instructional hours. 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: 1,100 pp. total.

1. Electronic Course Reader (Canvas): (total 220 pp.).

a. Orientation to Systematic Theology

Plantinga, R., Thompson, T. and Lundberg, M. An Introduction to Christian Theology. Cambridge University Press, 2010., Chap. 1 “What is Theology?” and Chap. 2 “The Critical Context of Theology Today”

b. Orientation to Patristic Theology:

Plantinga, R., Thompson, T. and Lundberg, M. An Introduction to Christian Theology. Cambridge University Press, 2010, Chap. 16 “Theology in the Patristic Era”).

Strongly recommended (but not required): Kelly, J.N.D., Early Christian Doctrines, rev. ed. Harper One, 1978, Chap. 9 “The Nicene Crisis,” Chap. 10 “The Doctrine of the Trinity.” and Chap. 11 “Fourth-Century Christology.”

c. Perspectives on Contemporary Global Theology of Christ and Trinity (90 pp):

Kärkkäinen, V.M. &Delbert Burkett, ed. “Christology in Africa, Asia and Latin America,” in The Blackwell Companion to Jesus. Wiley-Blackwell, 2010. ISBN: 978-1405193627, Pub. Price $202.75. Available as an e-book from the Fuller Library [pp. 375-93 assigned].

Kärkkäinen, V.M., & Peter C. Phan, ed. “The Trinitarian Doctrines of Jürgen Moltmann and Wolfhart Pannenberg in the Context of Contemporary Discussion,” in Cambridge Companion to Trinity, Cambridge University Press, 2011. ISBN: 978-0521701136, Pub. Price $36.99. Available as an e-book from the Fuller Library [pp. 412-48 assigned].

2. Kärkkäinen, V.M. Christian Theology in the Pluralistic World: A Global Introduction. Eerdmans, 2019 [174 pp. assigned].

3. Kärkkäinen, V.M.. Christ and Reconciliation: A Constructive Christian Theology for the Pluralistic World, vol. 1. Eerdmans, 2013. ISBN: 978-0802868534, Pub. Price $46.50 [320 pp. assigned]. Available as an e-book from the Fuller Library.

4. Kärkkäinen, V.M. The Holy Spirit: A Guide to Christian Theology. Westminster John Knox, 2012. ISBN: 978-0664235932, Pub. Price $22.00. Available as an e-book from the Fuller Library [128 pp. assigned].

5. SPECIAL FOCUS ON “CONTEXTUAL,” INTERCULTURAL, AND INTERRELIGIOUS THEMES (or a choice of your own by instructor’s permission; choose relevant sections, max. 200 pages):

Alfaro, S. Divine Compañero: Toward a Hispanic Pentecostal Christology. Pickwick, 2010. ISBN: 978-1606086995, Pub. Price $22.00 [166pp. assigned].

Baker, G. A.ed. Jesus in The World’s Faiths: Leading Thinkers from Five Religions Reflect on His Meaning. Orbis Books, 2005. ISBN: 978-1570755736, Pub. Price $21.00 [198pp.].

Baker, G. A. & Gregg, S. E., eds. Jesus Beyond Christianity: The Classic Texts. Oxford University Press, 2010. ISBN: 978-0199553457, Pub. Price $110.00 [256pp. assigned]. Available as an e-book from the Fuller Library.

Boff, L. Jesus Christ Liberator: A Critical Christology for Our Time. Orbis. 1978. ISBN: 978-0883442364, Pub. Price $37.00. Available as an e-book from the Fuller Library [335pp. assigned].

Boff, L. Trinity and Society. Orbis, 1988. ISBN: 978-1597521383, Pub. Price $32.00. [288 pp. assigned].

Chung, S. W., ed. Christ the One and Only. Baker, 2005. ISBN: 978-0801028540, Pub. Price $28.00 [272pp. assigned].

Clooney, F. Hindu God, Christian God: How Reason Helps Break Down the Boundaries between Religions. Oxford University Press, 2010. ISBN: 978-0199738724, Pub. Price $34.95 [220 pp. assigned]. Available as an e-book from the Fuller Library.

Comblin, J. The Holy Spirit and Liberation. Wipf & Stock, 2004. ISBN: 978-1592445622, Pub. Price $28.00 [232 pp. assigned].

Cone, J.H. God of the Oppressed. Orbis, 1997. ISBN: 9781570751585. Pub. Price $24.00. Available as an e-book from the Fuller Library [257 pp. assigned].

Cone, J.H. A Black Theology of Liberation. 2nd ed. Orbis, 1990. ISBN: 978-1570758959, Pub. Price $21.00. Available as an e-book from the Fuller Library [200pp. assigned].

Hagner, D. The Jewish Reclamation of Jesus: An Analysis and Critique of the Modern Jewish Study of Jesus. Wipf & Stock, 1997. ISBN: 978-1579100315, Pub. Price $35.00 [341pp. assigned].

Imbach, J. Three Faces of Jesus: How Jews, Christians and Muslims See Him. 2nd ed. Templegate, 1993. ISBN: 978-0872431942, Pub. Price $12.95 [151pp. assigned].

Joh, W. Heart of the Cross: A Postcolonial Christology. John Knox Press, 2006. ISBN: 978-0664230630, Pub. Price $30.00 [184pp. assigned].

Johnson, E. She Who Is: The Mystery of God in Feminist Theological Discourse. The Crossroad Publishing Company, 3rd ed., 2017. ISBN: 978-0824522070, Pub. Price $35.95. Available as an e-book from the Fuller Library [344 pp. assigned].

Küster, Volker. The Many Faces of Jesus: An Intercultural Christology. Orbis, 2001. ISBN: 978-1570753541, Pub. Price $31.00 [250pp. assigned].

Lee, Sang Hyun. From a Liminal Place: An Asian American Theology. Fortress Press, 2010. ISBN: 978-0800696689, Pub. Price $29.00 [200 pp. assigned]. Available as an e-book from the Fuller Library.

Lefebure, L. D. The Buddha & The Christ: Explorations in Buddhist and Christian Dialogue. Orbis, 1993. ISBN: 978-0883449240, Pub. Price $29.00 [239pp. assigned].

Leirvik, O. Images of Jesus Christ in Islam. 2nd ed. Continuum. 2010. ISBN: 978-1441181602, Pub. Price $39.95 [304pp. assigned]. Available as an e-book from the Fuller Library.

Robinson, N. Christ in Islam and Christianity. State University of New York Press, 1991. ISBN: 978-0791405581, Pub. Price $199.00 [235pp. assigned]. Available as an e-book from the Fuller Library.

Parsons, S. F., ed. The Cambridge Companion to Feminist Theology. Cambridge University Press, 2002. ISBN: 978-0521663809, Pub. Price $36.99 [288 pp. assigned]. Available as an e-book from the Fuller Library.

Peacore, L. D. The Role of Women’s Experience in Feminist Theologies of Atonement. Pickwick, 2010. ISBN: 978-1556358036, Pub. Price $30.00 [254pp. assigned]. Available as an e-book from the Fuller Library.

Pope-Levison, P. & Levison, J. R. Jesus in Global Contexts. Westminster John Knox, 1992. ISBN: 978-0664251659, Pub. Price $30.00 [236pp. assigned].

Pui-lan, Kwok. Postcolonial Imagination and Feminist Theology. John Knox, 2005. ISBN: 978-0664228835, Pub. Price, $30.00 [256 pp. assigned].

Schimmel, A. M., & Abdoldjavad Falaturi, eds. We Believe in One God. Burns & Oates, 1980. ISBN: 978-0860120780, Pub. Price: not available, find used on Amazon. [200 pp. assigned].

Schreiter, R. J., ed. Faces of Jesus in Africa. Orbis, 2005. ISBN: 978-0883447680, Pub. Price $24.00 [200pp. assigned].

Volf, Miroslav. Allah: A Christian Response. HarperOne, 2011. ISBN: 978-0061927072, Pub. Price: $25.99. [336 pp. assigned].

Ward, P. Concepts of God. Images of the Divine in Five Religious Traditions. Oxford: One, 1998. ISBN: 978-1851680641, Pub. Price: $28.00. [208 pp. assigned].

RECOMMENDED READING:

Adams, Marilyn McCord. Christ and Horrors: The Coherence of Christology. Cambridge University Press, 2006. ISBN: 978-0521686006, Pub. Price $41.99 [344 pp.].

Beilby, James and Eddy, Paul eds. The Nature of the Atonement, Four Views. IVP, 2006. ISBN: 978-0830825707, Pub. Price $25.00.

Bloesch, D. Jesus Christ: Savior & Lord. InterVarsity Press, 2005. ISBN: 9780830827541, Pub. Price $32.00.

Coakley, Sarah God, Sexuality and the Self: An Essay ‘On the Trinity.’ Cambridge University Press, 2013. ISBN: 978-0521552288, Pub. Price $103.00.

Crisp, Oliver D. Divinity and Humanity: The Incarnation Reconsidered. Cambridge Univ. Press, 2007. ISBN: 978-0521695350, Pub. Price $36.99.

Crisp, Oliver D. God Incarnate: Explorations in Christology. T&T Clark, 2009. ISBN: 978-0567033482, Pub. Price $39.95.

Crisp, Oliver D. Revisioning Christology: Theology in the Reformed Tradition. Ashgate, 2011. ISBN: 978-1409430056, Pub. Price $56.95.

Crisp, Oliver D. and Sanders, Fred eds. Advancing Trinitarian Theology, Explorations in Constructive Dogmatics, eds. Zondervan Academic, 2014. ISBN: 978-0310517092, Pub. Price $22.99.

Crisp, Oliver D. and Sanders, Fred eds. Christology Ancient and Modern: Explorations in Constructive Dogmatics. Zondervan Academic, 2013. ISBN: 978-0310514961, Pub. Price $22.99. [NOTE: videos of the plenary addresses at LATC2013 and LATC2014 on Christology and the Trinity respectively, can be found online at: http://latheology.com/past-years. Students are encouraged to watch these.]

Emery, Gilles, and Levering, Matthew eds. The Oxford Handbook of The Trinity. Oxford University Press, 2014. ISBN: 978-0198712138, Pub. Price $50.00 [607 pp.]

Fiddes, P. Participating in God: A Pastoral Doctrine of the Trinity. Westminster John Knox, 2000. 212pp. ISBN: 9780664223359. Pub. Price $35.00.

Holmes, Stephen R. The Quest for the Trinity: The Doctrine of God in Scripture, History and Modernity. IVP Academic, 2012. ISBN: 978-0830839865, Pub. Price $27.00.

Kärkkäinen Veli-Matti,Trinity and Revelation: A Constructive Christian Theology for the Pluralistic World, volume 2. Eerdmans, 2014. ISBN: 978-0802868541, Pub. Price $45.00.

Moltmann, The Crucified God. The Cross of Christ as the Foundation and Criticism of Christian Theology, Fortress, 2015. ISBN: 978-1506402956, Pub. Price $29.00.

Moltmann, J. The Trinity and the Kingdom: The Doctrine of God. Fortress Press, 1993. 276pp. ISBN: 9780800628253. Pub. Price $27.00.

Morris, Thomas V. Our Idea of God. University of Notre Dame Press, 1991 [reprinted by Regent College Publishing, 1997]. ISBN: 978-1573831017, Pub. Price $24.95

Pannenberg, W. Systematic Theology, vol. 1. Eerdmans, 2010, chs. 4, 5.ISBN-13: 978-0802865038. $61.50.

Parsons, S. F., ed. The Cambridge Companion to Feminist Theology. Cambridge University Press, 2002. ISBN: 978-0521663809, Pub. Price $36.99.

Phan, Peter C. ed. The Cambridge Companion to the Trinity. Cambridge University Press, 2011. ISBN: 978-0521701136, Pub. Price $36.99 [439 pp.].

Pinnock, C. Most Moved Mover: A Theology of God’s Openness. Baker, 2001. 218pp. ISBN: 9780801022906. Pub. Price $24.00.

Tanner, Kathryn. Jesus, Humanity and the Trinity: A Brief Systematic Theology. Fortress Press, 2001. ISBN: 978-0800632939. Pub. Price $ 19.00 [134 pp.].

Tanner, Kathryn. Tanner, Kathryn Christ the Key. Cambridge University Press, 2009. ISBN: 978-0521732772, Pub. Price $37.99 [302pp.]

Webster, John, Tanner, Kathryn, and Torrance, Iain eds. The Oxford Handbook to Systematic Theology. Oxford Univ. Press, 2007. ISBN: 978-0199245765, Pub. Price $175.00 [pp. 160-175].

ASSIGNMENTS AND ASSESSMENT:

1. 1,100 pages of required reading [This assignment is related to learning outcomes 1,2, 3] [73 hours].
2. Weekly video lessons with PowerPoint presentations and extended written lecture outlines. [This assignment is related to learning outcomes 1,2, 3] [20 hours].
3. 250-word weekly forum posts (10%). [This assignment is related to learning outcomes 1, 3] [10 hours].
4. 250-word weekly replies (10%). [This assignment is related to learning outcomes 1, 3] [10 hours].
5. Two quizzes (30%). [This assignment is related to learning outcomes 1, 2] [10 hours].
6. A 1,000-word critical response essay on an elective reading (10%) [This assignment is related to learning outcomes 2] [10 hours]
7. A research essay on an assigned topic [10 pages] (40%). [This assignment is related to learning outcomes 2, 3] [27 hours].

PREREQUISITES: None.

RELATIONSHIP TO CURRICULUM: Option to meet the TH1 or TH4 requirement in the 120 MDiv and 80 MAT Programs (Fall 2015). Option to meet the TH1 requirement in the 80 MATM and 80 MAICS Programs (Fall 2015). Meets the STA requirement in the 144 MDiv Program.

FINAL EXAMINATION: None.

NOTE: This ECD is a reliable guide to the course design but is subject to modification. Textbook prices are set by publishers and are subject to change. Copyright 2019 Fuller Theological Seminary.