Summer 2016/Fuller Online
IS501
Oden
IS501: PRACTICES OF WORSHIP (4 Units: 160 hours). Patrick Oden.
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 exercises related to Christian spiritual disciplines and practices of worship; (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/VIEWING: 1100 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, Pub. Price $27.99 [10 hours of viewing assigned]. (available to purchase online at the Archives bookstore).
Farhadian, Charles E. ed. Christian Worship Worldwide: Expanding Horizons, Deepening Practices. Eerdmans, 2007. ISBN: 978-0802828538, Pub. Price $22.00 [200 pp.]. [10 hours]
Moltmann, Jürgen. The Living God and the Fullness of Life. WJK, 2015. ISBN: 978-0664261610, Pub. Price $30.00 [200 pp.]. [10 hours].
Ross, Allen. Recalling the Hope of Glory. Kregel, 2006. ISBN: 978-0825435782, Pub. Price: $35.99 [200 pp. of reading]. [10 hours].
The Holy Bible. CEB, NRSV, and TNIV translations are acceptable [50 pp.]. [3 hours].
Additional readings drawn from contemporary and historical resources accessible through online links or provided through e-reserve. [7 hours].
CORE PRACTICES:
Sabbath-Keeping
Moltmann, Jürgen, The Living God
Ross, Allen. Recalling the Hope of Glory.
Selected texts from the Philokalia, v. 2
Confession
Moltmann, Jürgen, The Living God
Farhadian, Charles E. ed. Christian Worship Worldwide.
Ross, Allen. Recalling the Hope of Glory.
Praise
Moltmann, Jürgen. The Living God
Ross, Allen. Recalling the Hope of Glory.
Farhadian, Charles E. ed. Christian Worship Worldwide.
Living Worship: A Multimedia Resource
Gathering & Sending
Ross, Allen. Recalling the Hope of Glory.
Farhadian, Charles E. ed. Christian Worship Worldwide.
Living Worship: A Multimedia Resource
Reading & Proclaiming the Word
Ross, Allen. Recalling the Hope of Glory.
Farhadian, Charles E. ed. Christian Worship Worldwide.
Living Worship: A Multimedia Resource
Prayer
Coakley, Sarah “Living into the Mystery of the Holy Trinity: The Trinity, Prayer, and Sexuality”
Moltmann, Jürgen, The Living God
Cassian, John. Conferences 9-10
Communion
Moltmann, Jürgen, The Living God
Ross, Allen. Recalling the Hope of Glory.
Farhadian, Charles E. ed. Christian Worship Worldwide.
Living Worship: A Multimedia Resource
Enacting the Prophetic.
Moltmann, Jürgen, The Living God
Ross, Allen. Recalling the Hope of Glory.
Farhadian, Charles E. ed. Christian Worship Worldwide.
Living Worship: A Multimedia Resource
RECOMMENDED READING:
Beck, T. David. Luminous : Living the Presence and Power of Jesus. IVP, 2013. ISBN: 978-0830835805, Pub. Price $16.00.
Bolsinger, Tod E. It Takes a Church to Raise a Christian: How the Community of God Transforms Lives. Brazos, 2004. ISBN: 978-1587430893, Pub. Price $22.00.
Coakley, Sarah. The New Asceticism. Bloomsbury, 2015. ISBN: 978-1441103222, Pub. Price $24.95.
Jennings, Theodore W. The Liturgy of Liberation: The Confession and Forgiveness of Sins. Exploration Press, 2014. ISBN: 978-0913552735, Pub. Price $10.00.
Maynard-Reid, Pedrito U. Diverse Worship: African-American, Caribbean & Hispanic Perspectives. InterVarsity Press, 2000. ISBN: 978-0830815791, Pub. Price $20.00.
Pierson, Mark. The Art of Curating Worship : Reshaping the Role of Worship Leader. Sparkhouse, 2010. ISBN: 978-1451400847, Pub. Price $16.99.
Van Opstal, Sandra Maria. The Next Worship: Glorifying God in a Diverse World. IVP, 2016. ISBN: 978-0830841295, Pub. Price $18.00.
White, James F. Introduction to Christian Worship. 3rd ed. Abingdon, 2000. ISBN: 978-0687091096, Pub. Price $33.99.
Yee, Russell. Worship on the Way : Exploring Asian North American Christian Experience. Judson Press, 2012. ISBN: 978-0817017071, Pub. Price $17.99.
ASSIGNMENTS AND ASSESSMENT:
1100 pages reading and videos, including at least 50 pages of biblical text [This assignment is related to learning outcome #3]. [52 hours].
Online Moodle Interaction: for each practice, students will engage, reflect, create (utilizing instruction, participation, presentation, discussion, engaging practice-based theology, case studies) (30% of final grade). [This assignment is related to learning outcome #1, #2, #3]. [44 hours].
Presentation: With partners, prepare a one-hour interactive expression of a course discipline for one week’s topic discipline. (15%). [This assignment is related to learning outcome #3]. [6 hours preparation and development].
Students will participate in directed practices and disciplines over the course of the quarter. (10%). [This assignment is related to learning outcome #2]. [15 hours].
Four fieldwork activities and reflections (20%). [This assignment is related to learning outcome #2]. [8 hours + 8 hours = 16 hours].
Autobiography related to core course concept (5%). [This assignment is related to learning outcome #1]. [2 hours].
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 Program and the 80 MAT, 80 MATM, 80 MAICS Programs (Fall 2015).
FINAL EXAMINATION: None