Spring 2005/Pasadena
ST502
Brown
ST502: SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY 2: CHRISTOLOGY AND SOTERIOLOGY. Colin Brown.
DESCRIPTION:
- This course is designed to provide a resource for Christian
thought, life, and ministry by examining Christian beliefs about the identity
of Jesus Christ, his redemptive death, and the fundamental questions of
justification, sanctification, election, grace, and the life of faith.
RELEVANCE FOR MINISTRY:
- The purpose of the course is to assist students to think for
themselves theologically by developing a method which seeks to identify the
issues, examine what others have said about them, reexamine the teaching of
Scripture, and give their own answers.
COURSE FORMAT:
- Lectures and discussion. The class will meet twice weekly for
two-hour sessions. The syllabus and additional teaching material are available
to registered students on the Fuller Pipeline. Guest faculty will discuss
questions of ethnic and cultural diversity.
RECOMMENDED RESOURCE MATERIAL: There is no set textbook.
- Students are encouraged to draw on a wide variety of books and
articles, including the following:
- Brown, C. That You May Believe: Miracles and Faith--Then and Now.
Eerdmans, 1985. Reprint, Wipf & Stock, 1998.
- ________. Jesus in European Protestant Thought, 1778-1860. Labyrinth
Press, 1985.
- ________. "Person of Christ." In G. W. Bromiley, ed. The International
Standard Bible Encyclopedia 3 (1986): 781-801.
- ________. "Trinity and Incarnation: In Search of Contemporary Orthodoxy."
Ex Auditu 7 (1991): 83-100.
- ________. "Historical Jesus, Quest of." In Joel B. Green, Scott McKnight,
I. Howard Marshall, eds. Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels.
InterVarsity Press, 1992, pp. 326-341.
- ________. "Christology and the Quest of the Historical Jesus." In D. Lewis
and A. McGrath, eds., Doing Theology for the People of God. InterVarsity
Press, 1996, 67-86.
- Brown, C., ed. The New International Dictionary of New Testament
Theology. 4 vols. Rev. ed. Zondervan, 1986.
- Carroll, J. T. and J. B. Green et al. The Death of Jesus in Early
Christianity. Hendrickson, 1995.
- Cowdell, Scott. Is Jesus Unique? A Study of Recent Christology.
Paulist Press, 1996.
- Dunn, J. D. G. Christology in the Making. 2nd ed. Eerdmans, 1996.
- Martin, R. P. and B. J. Dodd, eds. Where Christology Began: Essays on
Philippians 2. Westminster John Knox, 1998.
- Meier, J. P. A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus. 2
vols. Doubleday, 1991, 1994, 2001.
- Meyer, Marvin and Charles Hughes, eds. Jesus Then & Now: Images of
Jesus in History and Christology. Trinity Press International,
2001.
- Montague, G. T. The Holy Spirit: Growth of a Biblical
Tradition. Paulist Press, 1976.
- Newman, Carey C., ed. Jesus and the Restoration of Israel: A Critical
Assessment of N.T. Wright's Jesus and the Victory of God. InterVarsity
Press, 1999.
- Schaff, P. The Creeds of Christendom. 3 vols. 1877. Reprint, Baker,
1983.
- Theissen, Gerd and Annette Merz. The Historical Jesus: A Comprehensive
Guide. Fortress, 1998.
ASSIGNMENTS:
- Midterm essay. Submission of course notes at the end of the
quarter. The notes are to include coverage of topics treated in the course,
critical comments on 3 topics chosen by the student, and a 6-page report on a
book dealing with ethnic and cultural issues. The syllabus lists titles for the
book report. Students completing their Systematic Theology courses may choose
to write a Credo in lieu of these assignments.
PREREQUISITES: None.
RELATIONSHIP TO CURRICULUM: Meets MDiv core requirement in Systematic Theology
"b" (STB).
FINAL EXAMINATION: None.