Winter 2004/Pasadena
ST502
Kärkkäinen
ST502: SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY II: CHRISTOLOGY AND SOTERIOLOGY. Veli-Matti
Kärkkäinen.
DESCRIPTION:
- This course is designed to provide a foundational 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, healing, and Spirit-baptism. On
the basis of biblical and historical developments, a contemporary Evangelical
theology will be constructed in dialogue with ecumenical and
contextual/intercultural perspectives.
RELEVANCE FOR MINISTRY:
- An essential part of preparation for Christian ministry is to learn
to think theologically through issues of faith and ministry. The student is
encouraged to develop his/her own theology and cultivate ecumenical, cultural,
and interreligious sensitivity toward other traditions.
COURSE FORMAT:
- The class will meet once a week for three-hours sessions of
lectures, discussions, and some student presentations.
REQUIRED READING:
- Blue, Ken. Authority to Heal. InterVarsity Press, 1987.
- Green, J. B. and M. D. Baker. Recovering the Scandal of the Cross.
InterVarsity Press, 2000.
- Grenz, S. J. Theology for the Community of God. Eerdmans, 2000, pp.
243-460.
- Kärkkäinen, V.-M. Pneumatology. The Holy Spirit in
International, Ecumenical, and Historical Perspective. Baker Academic,
2002.
- _______________. Christology. A Global Introduction. Baker Academic,
2003.
- _______________. One with God: Salvation as Deification and
Justification (photocopy).
- Choose one contextual/intercultural text from below or of the
student's choice (100-150 pp.):
- Barr, W. R. Constructive Christian Theology in the
Worldwide Church. Eerdmans, 1997.
- Comblin, J. The Holy Spirit and Liberation. Orbis, 1989.
- Cone, J. H. A Black Theology of Liberation. 2nd ed. Orbis, 1986.
- Kärkkäinen, V.-M. An Introduction to the Theology of
Religions. InterVarsity Press, 2003.
- Küster, Volker. The Many Faces of Jesus. An Intercultural
Christology. Orbis, 2001.
- Parsons, S. F., ed. The Cambridge Companion to Feminist Theology.
Cambridge University Press, 2002.
- Pope-Levison, P. and J. R. Levison. Jesus in Global Contexts.
Westminster, 1992.
- Ramachandra, V. The Recovery of Mission: Beyond the Pluralist
Paradigm. Paternoster, 1996.
- Yong, A. Beyond the Impasse: Toward a Pneumatological Theology of
Religions. Baker, 2003.
RECOMMENDED READING:
- Moltmann, Jürgen. The Spirit of Life: A Universal
Affirmation. Fortress, 1992.
- Pannenberg, W. Systematic Theology. Vol. 2. Eerdmans, 1991.
- Pinnock, C. A Flame of Love: A Theology of the Holy Spirit.
InterVarsity Press, 1993.
- Schwartz, H. Christology. Eerdmans, 1998 (esp. recommended).
ASSIGNMENTS:
- (1) 1,200 pages of required reading. (2) Reading responses: about
15 pages. (3) A research paper, 10 pages (4) Take-home final exam; topics will
be given in the beginning of the course.
PREREQUISITES: None.
RELATIONSHIP TO CURRICULUM:
- Meets M.Div. core requirement in Systematic Theology "B"
(STB).
FINAL EXAMINATION:
- Yes.