Winter 2016/Fuller Online

IS501

Tan

IS501: PRACTICES OF WORSHIP (4 Units: 160 hours). Sooi-Ling Tan.

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.

Anderson, Herbert and Edward Foley. Mighty Stories, Dangerous Rituals: Weaving Together the Human and the Divine. Jossey-Bass Publishers, 2001. ISBN: 978-0787956486, Pub. Price: $18.95 [200 pages assigned]

Bechtel, Carol M. Touching the Altar: the Old Testament for Christian Worship. Eerdmans,2008. ISBN: 978-0802828484, Pub Price $22.00 [100 pages assigned]

Caccamo, James F., & 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].

Labberton, Mark. The Dangerous Act of Worship: Living God's Call to Justice. IVP Books, 2013. ISBN: 978-0830834143, Pub. Price $16.00 [200 pages assigned]

Bible Reading: Revelation 1-5, John 1-4, Acts (10 pp); Genesis (10 pp.); Psalms (30 pp).

CORE PRACTICES

Sabbath-Keeping

Brueggemann, Walter. Sabbath as Resistance: Saying No to the Culture of Now.
Westminster John Knox Press, 2014. ISBN: 978-0664239282, Pub. Price $14.00 [89 pp.]

Olson, Dennis. “The Sabbath and Christian Worship.” In Bechtel, Carol M. Touching the Altar: the Old Testament for Christian Worship. Eerdmans, 2008. ISBN: 978-0802828484, Pub. Price $22.00(pp. 1-32)

Wizba, Norman. Living the Sabbath: Discovering the Rhythms of Rest and Delight. Brazos Press, 2006. ISBN: 978-1587431654, Pub. Price $20.00 [173 pp.]

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 and the Psalms, The Politics Of Glad Abandonment” in The Psalms & the Life of Faith. Augsburg Fortress Press, 1995. ISBN: 978-0800627331, Pub. Price $26.00 [pp. 112-132].

Communion

McNichols, Michael. Shadow Meal: Reflections on Eucharist. Wipf & Stock, 2010. ISBN: 978-1608993604, Pub. Price $17.00 [140 pp. assigned].

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 pages assigned]

Reading and Proclaiming the Word

Davis, Ellen. “No Explanations in the Church: Two Sermons on the Prophets” In Bechtel, Carol M. Touching the Altar: the Old Testament for Christian Worship. Eerdmans, 2008. ISBN: 978-0802828484, Pub. Price $22.00(pp. 95-120).

Prayer

Nouwen, Henri. The Only Necessary Thing. The Crossroad Publishing Company, 2008. ISBN: 978-0824524937, Pub. Price $15.95 [224 pp.]

Enacting the Prophetic

Luz, Manuel. Imagine That: Discovering your unique role as a Christian artist. Moody Publishers, 2009. ISBN: 978-0802424501, Pub. Price $14.99 [80 pp. assigned].

OPTIONAL PRACTICE

Worship and Justice

Labberton, Mark. The Dangerous Act of Worship: Living God's Call to Justice. IVP Books, 2013. ISBN: 978-0830834143, Pub. Price $16.00 [200 pages assigned]

McCann Jr, J. Clinton. “The Hope of the Poor: The Psalms in Worship and our Search for Justice” In Bechtel, Carol M. Touching the Altar: the Old Testament for Christian Worship. Eerdmans, 2008. ISBN: 978-0802828484, Pub. Price $22.00[pp. 155-177]

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). [This assignment is related to learning outcome #1, 2, 3]. [40 hours]
3. Students will participate in directed practices and disciplines over the course of the quarter. [This assignment is related to learning outcome #2]. [15 hours]
4. Four fieldwork activities and reflections. [This assignment is related to learning outcome #2]. [8 hours + 8 hours].
5. Autobiography related to core course concept. [This assignment is related to learning outcome #1]. [2 hours].
6. Signature Assignment: 100 word CIQ response, integration paper related to course practices, and Rule of Life (2,500 words total) (20%). [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 and the 80 MAT, 80 MATM, 80 MAICS Programs (Fall 2015).

FINAL EXAMINATION: None.