Summer 2004/Pasadena
Two-week Intensive: August 2-13
CH503
Muller
CH503: MEDIEVAL AND REFORMATION THEOLOGY. Richard Muller.
DESCRIPTION:
- A survey of the development of the Christian doctrine in the
western church from Gregory the Great to the Reformation, with emphasis on the
rise of scholasticism and the beginnings of the Reformation.
RELEVANCE FOR MINISTRY:
- This course is designed to enable students to understand more fully
their own identity as Christians and as members of the Christian church by
providing them with a view of the relationship of the historical course of
Christianity to the present day existence and belief-structure of the church
and by giving them the tools to move toward a theologically spiritually
responsible ministry in the light of the church's historic witness.
COURSE FORMAT:
- The class will meet daily for two weeks for four-hour sessions of
lecture/discussion, with associated readings.
REQUIRED READING:
- Bonaventure. The Mind's Road to God. Bobbs-Merrill, 1953.
- Fairweather, Eugene R. A Scholastic Miscellany: Anselm to Ockham.
Westminster, 1956.
- * Hagglund, Bengt. History of Theology. Concordia, 1968.
- Luther, Martin. Three Treatises. Fortress, 1970.
- Muller, Richard. Dictionary of Latin and Greek Theological Terms.
Grand Rapids: Baker, 1985.
- Syllabus.
- * Recommended reading prior to first class meeting: section on
Medieval-Reformation history.
RECOMMENDED READING:
- Seeberg, Reinhold. Textbook of the History of Doctrines. 2
vols. Baker, 1979.
ASSIGNMENTS:
- Completion of required readings prior to each class meeting and
participation in discussions. Four short papers on selected topics in the
assigned readings; final examination, in two parts--identifications and essays.
- Students may submit one of the written assignments on or before the
first Friday of the course in order to receive a grade on that essay and
comment on their work prior to the end of the session. All other assignments
will be due by September 10, 2004.
PREREQUISITES:
- None.
RELATIONSHIP TO CURRICULUM:
- Meets M. Div. core requirement in Church History "b" (CHB).
FINAL EXAMINATION:
- Yes.