Winter 2015/Fuller Online
ST502
Kärkkäinen
ST502: SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY 2: CHRISTOLOGY AND SOTERIOLOGY (4 Units: 160 hours). Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen.
DESCRIPTION: This course is designed to provide a theological understanding of Christian beliefs about Christ, salvation, and the Holy Spirit. Topics include biblical and historical developments of Christological and pneumatological traditions, their contemporary and contextual/intercultural varieties, various approaches to election, atonement, salvation, forgiveness, healing, Spirit-baptism, as well reconciliation of communities. An evangelical theology will be constructed in dialogue with ecumenical and intercultural perspectives, and in light of the church’s mission to other religions.
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; and (5) an appreciation of ecumenical and cultural diversity.
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. Lectures for each lesson will be available online.
REQUIRED READING: 1,210 pp. required.
Green, J. B., and M. D. Baker. Recovering the Scandal of the Cross, 2nd ed. InterVarsity Press, 2000. ISBN: 978-0830839315, Pub. Price $17.00 [232 pp.].
Grenz, S. J. Theology for the Community of God. Eerdmans, 2000. ISBN: 978-0802847553, Pub. Price $40.00 [pp. 243-460 assigned].
Kärkkäinen, V.-M. Pneumatology: The Holy Spirit in International, Ecumenical, and Historical Perspective. Baker Academic, 2002. ISBN: 978-0801024481, Pub. Price $26.00 [208 pp.].
________.Christology: A Global Introduction. Baker Academic, 2003. ISBN: 978-0801026218, Pub. Price $28.00 [304 pp.].
_____. One with God: Salvation as Deification and Justification. Liturgical Press, 2004. ISBN: 978-0814629710, Pub. Price $16.95 [144 pp.]. OR Shults, F. L., and Sandage, S. J. The Faces of Forgiveness. Baker, 2003. ISBN: 978-0801026249, Pub. Price $26.00 [272 pp.]. OR Blue, K. Authority to Heal. InterVarsity Press, 1987. ISBN: 978-0830817009, Pub. Price $15.00 [168 pp.].
Choose ONE contextual/intercultural/interreligious text from below or of your choice (200 pp.):
Comblin, J. The Holy Spirit and Liberation. Wipf & Stock, 2004. ISBN: 978-1592445622, Pub. Price $26.00 [232 pp.].
Cone, J. H. A Black Theology of Liberation. 2nd ed. Orbis, 1986. ISBN: 978-0883446850, Pub. Price $22.00 [200 pp.].
Imbach, J. Three Faces of Jesus: How Jews, Christians and Muslims See Him, 2nd ed. Templegate, 1993. ISBN: 978-0872431942, Pub. Price $12.95 [151 pp.].
Kärkkäinen, V.-M. An Introduction to the Theology of Religions. InterVarsity Press, 2003. ISBN: 978-0830825721, Pub. Price $29.00 [372 pp.].
Küster, Volker. The Many Faces of Jesus: An Intercultural Christology. Orbis, 2001. ISBN: 978-1570753541, Pub. Price $29.00 [250 pp.].
Parsons, S. F., ed. The Cambridge Companion to Feminist Theology. Cambridge University Press, 2002. ISBN: 978-0521663274, Pub. Price $85.00 [288 pp.].
Ramachandra, V. The Recovery of Mission: Beyond the Pluralist Paradigm. Wipf & Stock, 2002. ISBN: 978-1592440641, Pub. Price $31.00 [308 pp.].
Summer, G. The First and the Last: The Claims of Jesus Christ and the Claims of Other Religious Traditions. Eerdmans, 2004. ISBN: 978-0802863348, Pub. Price $23.00 [225 pp.].
Tiessen, T. L. Who Can Be Saved? Reassessing Salvation in Christ and World Religions. InterVarsity Press, 2004. ISBN: 978-0830827473, Pub. Price $28.00 [511 pp.].
Yong, A. Beyond the Impasse: Toward a Pneumatological Theology of Religions. Baker, 2003. ISBN: 978-0801026126, Pub. Price $39.98 [208 pp.].
RECOMMENDED READING: The syllabus lists a number of sources for various topics.
ASSIGNMENTS AND ASSESSMENT:
Instruction hours: taped lectures. [This assignment is related to learning outcome # 1, 4, 5] [20 hours].
250-word weekly forum posts (15%). [This assignment is related to learning outcome # 2, 3] [10 hours].
250-word weekly replies (15%). [This assignment is related to learning outcome # 2, 3] [10 hours].
1,210 pages of required reading. [This assignment is related to learning outcome # 1, 4, 5] (15 pages/hour) [81 hours]
Two 4-page word reading responses, 8 pages (30%). [This assignment is related to learning outcome # 2, 3, 5] [14 hours].
A research paper of 10 pages (40%) [This assignment is related to learning outcome # 2, 3] [25 hours].
PREREQUISITES: None.
RELATIONSHIP TO CURRICULUM: Meets 144 MDiv core requirement in Systematic Theology “B” (STB).
FINAL EXAMINATION: None.