Winter 2005/Pasadena
ST502
Kärkkäinen
ST502: SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY 2: CHRISTOLOGY AND SOTERIOLOGY. Veli-Matti
Kärkkäinen.
DESCRIPTION:
- This course is designed to provide a theological 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, forgiveness, healing,
Spirit-baptism, as well reconciliation of communities. An Evangelical theology
will be constructed in dialogue with ecumenical and intercultural perspectives,
and in light of the church's mission to other religions.
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 meets twice a week for two hours of lectures,
discussions, and 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. Liturgical Press, 2004
- 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 (200 pp.):
- Comblin, J. The Holy Spirit and Liberation.
Orbis, 1989.
- Cone, J. H. A Black Theology of Liberation. 2nd ed. Orbis, 1986.
- Imbach, J. Three Faces of Jesus: How Jews, Christians and Muslims See
Him. Templegate, 1993
- 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 Univ. Press, 2002.
- Ramachandra, V. The Recovery of Mission: Beyond the Pluralist
Paradigm. Paternoster, 1996.
- Serretti, M., ed. The Uniqueness and Universality of Jesus Christ: In
Dialogue with the Religions. Eerdmans, 2004.
- Summer, G. The First and the Last: The Claims of Jesus Christ and the
Claims of Other Religious Traditions. Eerdmans, 2004.
- Tiessen, Terrance L. Who Can Be Saved?: Reassessing Salvation in
Christ and World Religions. InterVarsity Press, 2004 (substitutes also for
either Shults or Blue above).
- 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, 1994.
- Pinnock, C. A Flame of Love: A Theology of the Holy Spirit.
InterVarsity Press, 1996.
ASSIGNMENTS:
- (1) 1,200 pages of required reading. (2) Reading responses: about
15 pages. (3) A research paper, 10 pages (4) 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.