DESCRIPTION:

This is a doctoral seminar, open to a very limited number of advanced master's level students by written permission of the professor. The focus of the seminar is a critical examination of writings on christology by leading European Protestant and Catholic theologians. Attention will be paid to theological method, and biblical, theological and philosophical orientation.

The course will meet weekly for a three-hour session. Each week two members will introduce selected passages from the text(s) for the week, identifying issues, methods, and orientation. All members are expected to study beforehand the readings for the week, and to take part in the ensuing discussion. Students intending to take the seminar should notify Dr. Brown, so that assignments may be made before the seminar begins. Assignments will be made on a first-come-first-served basis.

Moltmann, Jürgen. The Crucified God. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1974.

_________. The Trinity and the Kingdom. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1981.

_________. The Way of Jesus Christ. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1990.

Pannenberg, Wolfhart. Jesus--God and Man. London: S.C.M. Press, 1968.

_________. Basic Questions in Theology, 1. London: S.C.M. Press, 1970.

_________. Systematic Theology, 2. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1994.

Rahner, Karl. Foundations of Faith. New York: Crossroad, 1998.

_________. Theological Investigations,1. London: Darton, Longman & Todd, 1961.

Schillebeeckx, E. Jesus. New York: Seabury/Crossroad, 1979.

_________. Christ the Sacrament of the Encounter with God. Franklin, WI: Sheed & Ward, 1999.

Küng, Hans. On Being a Christian. New York: Doubleday, 1976.

Schoonenberg, Piet. The Christ. New York: Herder & Herder, 1971.

_________. Der Geist, das Wort und der Sohn. Regensburg: Pustet, 1992.

Brown, Colin. History and Faith. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1987.

Cowdell, Scott. Is Jesus Unique? New York: Paulist Press, 1996.

Fitzmyer, Joseph A. Scripture and Christology: A Statement of the Biblical Commission with a Commentary. New York: Paulist Press, 1986.

Ford, David F., ed. with Rachel Muers, The Modern Theologians: An Introduction to Christian Theology since 1918. Oxford: Blackwell, 3rd ed. 2005.

Livingston, James C. and Francis Schüssler Fiorenza, Modern Christian Thought, 2. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2000.

Shuster, Marguerite and Richard A. Muller, eds. Perspectives on Christology. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1991.

In addition to class presentations and participation, a 25-page paper for ST819 and a 15-page paper for ST519 to be presented at the end of the quarter.

For master's level students: written permission of the instructor.