Summer 2007/Pasadena
Two-week Intensive: July 16-27
ST502
Tibbs
ST502: SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY 2: CHRISTOLOGY AND SOTERIOLOGY. Eve Tibbs.
DESCRIPTION: This course will examine Christian beliefs about Jesus Christ,
the Holy Spirit, and salvation. Topics will include biblical and historical
Christological and pneumatological developments, as well as their contemporary
varieties, as expressed in various ecclesial and contextual/intercultural
perspectives, and ways of speaking about salvation in Jesus Christ, including
atonement, justification, forgiveness, sanctification, redemption, and
renewal.
LEARNING OUTCOMES: Students completing this course will have demonstrated (1)
a basic understanding of issues in their traditional and contemporary
expressions; (2) an ability to reflect theologically upon the topics for this
course; (3) skills towards developing one's own theology in critical dialogue
with various views; (4) an acquaintance with a range of cultural and contextual
matters that shape our understanding of theological issues; (5) an appreciation
of ecumenical and cultural diversity.
RELEVANCE FOR MINISTRY: An informed understanding of the principal doctrines
of the Christian faith is crucial to Christian preaching, teaching,
evangelizing, and discipleship.
COURSE FORMAT: Meets daily for two weeks for four hours of lecture, discussion
& student presentations.
REQUIRED READING:
- Grenz, S. Theology for the Community of God. Eerdmans,
2000.
- Kärkkäinen, V.-M. Pneumatology. Baker Academic, 2002.
- __________. Christology: A Global Introduction. Baker Academic,
2003.
- Green, J.B., and M. D. Baker. Recovering the Scandal of the Cross.
InterVarsity Press, 2000.
- Strongly Recommended:
- Grenz, S., et al. Pocket Dictionary of Theological
Terms. InterVarsity Press, 1999.
- Select one special topic text:
- Barr, W. R., ed. Constructive Christian Theology in
the Worldwide Church. Eerdmans, 1997 (Part IV or Part VI).
- Dunn, J. D. G. Christology in the Making. 2nd ed. Eerdmans, 1996.
- Kärkkäinen, V.-M. Union with God: Salvation as Deification and
Justification. Liturgical Press, 2003.
- Küster, Volker. The Many Faces of Jesus: An Intercultural
Christology. Orbis, 2001.
- Lutheran World Federation, Roman Catholic Church, Joint Declaration on
the Doctrine of Justification, Eerdmans, 2000.
- McGuckin, J. A. Cyril of Alexandria and the Christological
Controversy. St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, 2004.
- Meyendorff, J. Christ in Eastern Christian Thought. St. Vladimir's
Seminary Press, 1997.
- Summer, G. The First and the Last: The Claims of Jesus Christ and the
Claims of Other Religious Traditions. Eerdmans, 2004.
- Yong, A. Beyond the Impasse: Toward a Pneumatological Theology of
Religions. Baker, 2003.
RECOMMENDED READING: Recommended titles will be listed in the syllabus.
ASSIGNMENTS: (1) Required reading (1,200 pages). (2) Reading responses due
daily (16 pages, 30% of grade). (3) Mid-term short answer quiz (10% of grade).
(4) One 4-5 page book review expounding on key points, plus your assessment, of
one of the required special topic texts (20% of grade, due August 3rd). (5) One
10-12 page research paper (40% of grade, due August 24th).
PREREQUISITES: None.
RELATIONSHIP TO CURRICULUM: Meets MDiv core requirement in Systematic Theology
"B" (STB).
FINAL EXAMINATION: No.