Spring 2017/Houston
CH575
Haddad
CH575: WOMEN IN CHURCH HISTORY AND THEOLOGY (4 Units: 165 hours). Mimi R. Haddad.
DESCRIPTION: This course of study places special attention on the unique contributions women have made to the Church from the first century through the late- 20th century. Such advances usually happened despite official impediments to women’s spiritual leadership and active ministry. The course highlights conflicts women faced raised by doctrine, traditions, and practices of the Church and as well as issues of ethnic and racial bias.
LEARNING OUTCOMES: Students who complete CH575 will demonstrate: 1) knowledge of the developing history of women in the Church and key women who have shaped that history through the 20th century through exposure to primary source materials; 2) the ability to historically access theological, cultural and philosophical presuppositions about women and how these influenced women’s roles in Christian ministry, 3) a critical and sympathetic appreciation for the breadth, unity and diversity of women’s contributions to the Christian church and how to interpret these contextually.
COURSE FORMAT: This class meets for three weekend sessions for a total of 30 hours of classroom instruction for lecture and discussion plus 10 hours of directed learning activities for a total of 40 instructional hours.
REQUIRED READING: *UPDATED ON 03/10/17* 1000 pages of assigned reading.
Carter, Jimmy. A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence and Power. Simon & Schuster Inc., 2014. $5.29 ISBN- 978-1-4767-7395-7 [31 pages]
Oden, Amy. In Her Words:Women’s Writings in the History of Christian Thought. Abingdon Press, 1994. ISBN: 978-0687459728, Pub Price $32.99. [234 pp. assigned].
LaCelle-Peterson, Kristina. Liberating Tradition: Women’s Identity and Vocation in Christian Perspective. Baker Academic, 2008. ISBN: 978-0801031793, Pub. Price $26.00 [158 pp. assigned].
Payne, Philip, B. Man and Woman, One in Christ: An Exegetical and Theological Study of Paul’s Letters. Zondervan, 2009. ISBN: 978-0310219880, Pub Price $32.99. [178 pp. assigned].
Van Leeuwen, & Mary Stewart. Gender & Grace: Love, Work & Parenting in a Changing World. InterVarsity Press, 1990. ISBN: 978-0830812974, Pub Price $26.00. [224 pp. assigned].
Course Reader posted on Moodle page. [175 pp.]
Priscilla Papers, Vol 20, Number 4, 2006 (61 pp.)
Correcting Caricatures, 2012 (Christians for Biblical Equality) (38 pp.)
The Deception of Eve, and the Ontology of Women, 2010 (Christians for Biblical Equality) (38 pp.)
Male Authority in Context, 2012 (Christians for Biblical Equality) (38 pp.)
RECOMMENDED READING: Recommended reading will be listed on the full course syllabus
ASSIGNMENTS AND ASSESSMENT:
1000 pages of reading. [This assignment is related to learning outcomes #1-3]. [70 hours].
Small Group Discussion in Directed Learning Activities. (10%). [This assignment is related to learning outcome #4] [10 hours].
Two response papers (3-4 pp.) responding to assigned readings and questions posed in the syllabus. (40%). [This assignment is related to learning outcomes 2-3] [20 hours].
Students will write three 5-7 page research papers focusing on theological, cultural and philosophical presuppositions about women in each of the three of the following periods: 1) the early church, 2) medieval, and reformation church, and 3) the modern church that have a direct bearing on women’s roles in ministry. (50%) [This assignment is related to learning outcomes #2, 3] [30 hours].
PREREQUISITES: None.
RELATIONSHIP TO CURRICULUM: Option to meet the TH4 requirement in the 120 MDiv and 80 MAT Programs (Fall 2015). Option to meet the C5 requirement in the 120 MDiv and 80 MATM Programs (Fall 2015).
FINAL EXAMINATION: None