Summer 2009/Pasadena
Two-week Intensive: June 22 - July 2
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 and other religions.
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 essential part of preparation for Christian
ministry is to learn to think theologically through issues of faith and
ministry.
COURSE FORMAT: Two weeks of daily, four-hour sessions of lecture, discussion
and student presentations.
REQUIRED READING:
- Bloesch, D. Jesus Christ: Savior & Lord. InterVarsity
Press, 1997.
- Dyrness, W. & Kärkkäinen, V.-M., eds., Global Dictionary
of Theology. InterVarsity, 2008 (sel. pp.).
- 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; and Christology:
A Global Introduction. Baker Academic, 2002, 2003.
- Choose one special topic (or a title of your own choice accepted by
the professor):
- Beilby, J. & Eddy, B.R., The Nature of the
Atonement: Four Views. InterVarsity Press, 2006.
- Blue, K. Authority to Heal. InterVarsity Press, 1987.
- Green, J.B. and M.D. Baker. Recovering the Scandal of the Cross.
InterVarsity Press, 2000.
- Kärkkäinen, V.-M. One with God: Salvation as Deification and
Justification. Liturgical Press, 2004.
- Macchia, F. Baptized in the Spirit: A Global Pentecostal Theology.
Zondervan, 2006.
- Pinnock, C.H. Flame of Love: A Theology of the Holy Spirit.
InterVarsity Press, 1996.
- Shults, F.L. & Sandage, S.J. The Faces of Forgiveness. Baker,
2003.
- Choose one contextual/intercultural/interreligious text from
below or of your choice (200 pp.):
- Chung, S.W., ed. Christ the One and Only. Baker,
2005.
- 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.
- 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.
- Tiessen, T.L. Who Can Be Saved? Reassessing Salvation in Christ
and World Religions. IVP, 2004.
- Yong, A. Beyond the Impasse: Toward a Pneumatological Theology of
Religions. Baker, 2003.
RECOMMENDED READING: Syllabus lists a number of sources for various topics.
ASSIGNMENTS: (1) 1,200 pages of required reading and 15 pages of critical
responses (40%). (2) A research paper of 10 pages (40%). (3) Final project: "My
theological statement," 5 pages (20%).
PREREQUISITES: None. Yet, at least one course in biblical studies and in
historical theology/church history as well as philosophical theology are
strongly recommended.
RELATIONSHIP TO CURRICULUM: Meets MDiv core requirement in Systematic Theology
"B" (STB).
FINAL EXAMINATION: No.
This ECD is a reliable guide to the course design but is subject to modification. (4/09)