Summer 2004/Pasadena
Two-week Intensive: August 16-27
ST502
Matei/Kärkkäinen

ST502: SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY 2: CHRISTOLOGY AND SOTERIOLOGY.
Eugen Matei and 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:
Daily four-hour sessions for two weeks, with lectures, discussions, and some student presentations.

REQUIRED READING:
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 Perspectives. Baker Academic, 2002.

_______________. Christology. A Global Introduction. Baker Academic, 2003.

_______________. One with God: Salvation as Deification and Justification (photocopy).

Shults, F. L. & Sandage, S. J. The Faces of Forgiveness. Baker, 2003.
OR Blue, K. Authority to Heal. InterVarsity Press, 1987.

Choose one contextual/intercultural/interreligious text from below or of your choice (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, 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.

Tiessen, Terrance L. Who Can Be Saved?: Reassessing Salvation in Christ and World Religions. InterVarsity Press, 2004.

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 (especially 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.