Summer 2005/Pasadena
Five-week Intensive: July 25-August 26
ST502
Matei
ST502: SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY 2: CHRISTOLOGY AND SOTERIOLOGY. Eugen Matei.
DESCRIPTION:
- This course provides an overview of the Christian beliefs about
Christ, the Spirit, and the Christian experience of salvation. These topics
will be considered in the context of a trinitarian theology articulated in a
systematic framework, in dialogue with contemporary ecumenical and
contextual/intercultural perspectives.
RELEVANCE FOR MINISTRY:
- The students will be encouraged to develop an ability to think
theologically by examining the studied issues in light of what the Bible and
others have said about them, and to give their own answers to the implicit
questions.
COURSE FORMAT:
- The class will meet twice weekly, in four-hour sessions, for five
weeks, for lectures and discussions.
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.
- ____________. 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 (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.
- Parsons, S. F., ed. The Cambridge Companion to Feminist Theology.
Cambridge, 2002.
- 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:
- 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.
- 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.
- Pope-Levison, P. and J. R. Levison. Jesus in Global Contexts.
Westminster, 1992.
- Schwartz, H. Christology. Eerdmans, 1998 (especially
recommended).
ASSIGNMENTS:
- About 1,200 pages of required reading.
- Three reading responses, three pages each.
- A research paper, 10 pages.
- Take-home final exam; topics will be given at the beginning of the
course.
PREREQUISITES: None.
RELATIONSHIP TO CURRICULUM: Meets MDiv core requirement in Systematic Theology
"B" (STB).
FINAL EXAMINATION: Yes.