Winter 2016/Fuller Online

IS501

Burton

IS501: PRACTICES OF WORSHIP (4 Units: 160 hours). Bryan Burton

DESCRIPTION: Christian practices constitute the Christian life. The combined Christian practices of vocational formation, worship, community, and mission facilitate the integration of personal, spiritual, academic, and global formation into the vocational coherence of a Christian leader through reflection, relationships, and practices. IS501 is an integrative course that explores the identity and practices of Christian worship as a people called, gathered, and sent by God. Together, professor and students study and enact historic Christian disciplines necessitated by this distinctive identity (Sabbath-Keeping, Confession, Praise, Gathering & Sending, Reading & Proclaiming the Word, Prayer, Communion, Enacting the Prophetic).

LEARNING OUTCOMES: (1) Students will reflect on their current and past experiences of Christian practices of worship. (2) Students will participate in local contexts and demonstrate the capacity to engage in activities and exercisesrelated to Christian spiritual disciplines and practices ofworship. (3) Students will demonstrate the capacity to engage scripture, tradition, and contemporary resources to reflect theologically on historic practices of worship. (4) Students will articulate how worship practices impact their response to the Central Integration Question (CIQ) and will identify exercises, habits, and disciplines to embody these practices within their sociocultural context.

COURSE FORMAT: This course meets ten weeks online (which includes 8 hours of participation in vocation and formation groups) 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. of required reading and/or the equivalent in viewing.

Caccamo, James F., and Todd Johnson, and Lester Ruth. Living Worship:A Multimedia Resource for Students and Leaders. Brazos Press, 2006. ASIN: 1587432951, Published Price: $27.99 [10 hours of viewing assigned].

Peterson, David. Engaging with God: A Biblical Theology of Worship. IVP Academic, 2002. ISBN: 978-0830826971, Pub. Price $26.00 [200 pp assigned.].

Webber, Robert. Ancient-Future Worship: Proclaiming and Enacting God’s Narrative. Baker, 2008. ISBN: 978-0801066245, Pub Price $20.00 [192 pp].

Bible Reading/Praying the Bible Weekly Spiritual Formation: Reinders, Philip. Seeking God’s Face: Praying with The Bible through the Year. Baker, 2010. ISBN: 978-0801072642. Pub Price $29.95 [832 pp] Assigned texts from Seeking God’s Face will correspond to the weeks of the course.

Weekly assigned Bible Readings [50 pp].

CORE PRACTICES

Sabbath-Keeping

Baab, Lynne. Sabbath Keeping: Finding Freedom in the Rhythms of Rest. IVP, 2005. ISBN: 978-0830832583, Pub Price $16.00 [132pp.].

Confession

Bonhoeffer, Dietrich. “Confession and community” in Life Together. HarperOne, 2009. ISBN: 978-0060608521, Pub. Price $14.99 [pp. 110-122].

Praise

Brueggemann, Walter. “Praise as a Constitutive Act” in Israel’s Praise: Doxology against Idolatry and Ideology. Augsburg Fortress Press, 1988. ISBN: 978-0800620448, Pub. Price $19.00 [pp. 1-28].

Communion

Wright, NT. The Meal Jesus Gave Us. 2^nd edition. Westminster/John Knox, 2015. ISBN: 978-0664261290, Pub Price $14.00 [96 pp.].

Gathering and Sending

Schmit, Clayton J. Sent and Gathered. A Worship Manual for the Missional Church. Baker Academic, 2009. ISBN: 978-0801031656, Pub. Price $22.00 [52 pp. assigned].

Reading and Proclaiming the Word

Charry, Ellen (ed). Inquiring after God. “Inquiring after God when Meditating on Scripture” and “Inquiring after God when Preaching”. Wiley-Blackwell, 2000. ISBN: 978-0631205449, Pub Price $64.95 [50 pp. assigned].

Prayer

Kreeft, Peter. Prayer for Beginners. Ignatius, 2000. ISBN: 978-0898707755, Pub. Price $11.95 [130 pp.].

Enacting the Prophetic

Brueggeman, Walter. The Prophetic Imagination. 2^nd ed. Fortress, 2001. ISBN: 978-0800632878, Pub Price $19.00 [151 pp.].

OPTIONAL PRACTICE

Worship as Cultural Formation

Smith, James K.A. Desiring the Kingdom: Worship, Worldview and Cultural Formation. Baker Books, 2009. ISBN: 978-0801035777, Pub. Price $22.99 [240 pp. assigned].

ASSIGNMENTS AND ASSESSMENT:

1. 1,100 pages reading and videos, including at least 50 pages of biblical text. [This assignment is related to learning outcome #3]. [62 hours].

2. Online: for each practice, students will engage, reflect, create (utilizing instruction, participation, presentation, discussion, engaging practice-based theology, case studies) practices of worship which will be incorporated into The Rule of Life. [This assignment is related to learning outcome #1, 2, 3]. [40 hours].

3. Students will participate in 10 weekly directed practices and disciplines over the course of the quarter. (10%) [This assignment is related to learning outcome #2]. [10 hours].

4. Four fieldwork activities and reflections. (20%). [This assignment is related to learning outcome #2]. [8 hours + 8 hours].

5. Autobiography forum post related to core course concept. (5%). [This assignment is related to learning outcome #1]. [2 hours].

6. A 1200-1500 word research and reflection paper which presents the student’s understanding of the role of The Bible and the Practice of Worship as introduced in David Peterson’s Engaging with God required text for course. (30%). [This assignment is related to learning outcomes #1 and #3].

7. Signature Assignment: 100 word CIQ response, integration paper related to course practices, and Rule of Life (2,000-2,500 words total). (35%). [This assignment is related to learning outcome #1, 3, and 4]. [25 hours].

PREREQUISITES: None. Recommended in first year of study.

RELATIONSHIP TO CURRICULUM: Meets a core integrative requirement in the 120 MDiv Program and the 80 MAT, 80 MATM, 80 MAICS Programs.

FINAL EXAMINATION: None.