Summer 2010/Pasadena
Two-week Intensive: July 19-30
ST503
Peacore
ST503: SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY 3: ECCLESIOLOGY AND ESCHATOLOGY. Linda Peacore.
DESCRIPTION: This course in an introduction to the doctrines of ecclesiology
and eschatology, including the topics of worship, sacraments, death,
resurrection, judgment, heaven and hell, and the nature and life of the church.
The course is intended to provide students with the resources for developing
their own understanding about these areas of Christian theology.
SIGNIFICANCE FOR LIFE AND MINISTRY: A thoughtful understanding of the life and
worship of the church is important to Christian ministry and will influence
what is preached and taught. Therefore it is essential for students to begin
forming a framework from which they will carry out their ministries as well as
live their Christian lives. Students are encouraged to consider their own faith
traditions in dialogue with others who may be from a different spiritual
heritage.
LEARNING OUTCOMES: Students completing this course will have demonstrated (1) a
basic understanding of key theological issues in their traditional and
contemporary expressions; (2) an ability to reflect theologically upon the
course topics; (3) skills towards developing one's own theology in critical
dialogue with various views; and (4) an appreciation of ecumenical and cultural
diversity.
COURSE FORMAT: The class will meet daily for four-hour sessions for two weeks.
Class time will be divided among lectures, discussion, and student
presentations.
REQUIRED READING:
- Grenz, Stanley J. Theology for the Community of God.
Eerdmans, 2000 (relevant sections). ISBN: 1573831603.
- Kärkkäinen, Veli-Matti. An Introduction to Ecclesiology.
InterVarsity Press, 2002. ISBN: 0830826882.
- Bauckham, R. & T. Hart. Hope Against Hope. Eerdmans, 1999.
ISBN: 0802843913.
- A text on a special topic: choose one:
- Braaten, C.E. & Jenson, R.W. The Ecumenical
Future. Eerdmans, 2004.
- Farrow, Douglas. Ascension and Ecclesia. Eerdmans, 1999.
- Fudge, E.W. & R.A. Peterson. Two Views of Hell. InterVarsity
Press, 2000.
- Gelder, C. van, ed. Confident Witness. (Gospel and Culture Series.)
Eerdmans, 1999.
- Grenz, S.J. The Millennial Maze. InterVarsity Press, 1994.
ISBN: 0830817573.
- George, T. Pilgrims on the Sawdust Trail: Evangelical Ecumenism.
Baker, 2004.
- Hauerwas, S. & Willimon, W.H. Resident Aliens: Life in the Christian
Colony. Abingdon, 1989. ISBN: 0687361591.
- Gibbs, E. & Bolger, R.K. Emerging Churches. Baker 2006.
- Kärkkäinen, V.-M. Toward a Pneumatological Theology. Ed.
Amos Yong. UPA, 2002.
- Moltmann, Jürgen. The Church in the Power of the Spirit. SCM
Press, 1977.
- __________. The Coming of God: Christian Eschatology. Fortress,
1996. ISBN: 0800629582.
- Newbigin, L. The Gospel in a Pluralistic Society. Eerdmans, 1989.
ISBN: 0802804268.
- Schwartz, H. Eschatology. Eerdmans, 2000. ISBN: 0802847331.
- Stackhouse, J.G. ed. Evangelical Ecclesiology: Reality or Illusion?
Baker 2003.
- Volf, M. After Our Likeness: The Church as the Image of God.
Eerdmans, 1998. ISBN: 0802844405
- A contextual and/or intercultural text (sections relevant for the
course): choose one:
- Anderson, A. African Reformation: African Initiated
Christianity in the Twentieth Century. Africa World Press, 2000.
ISBN: 0865438846.
- Barr, W.R. Constructive Christian Theology in the Worldwide Church.
Eerdmans, 1997. ISBN: 0802841430.
- Boff, L. Ecclesiogenesis: The Base Communities Reinvent the
Church. Orbis, 1986. ISBN: 0883442140.
- Evans, J. We Have Been Believers: An African American Systematic
Theology. Fortress, 1992. ISBN: 0800626729.
- Farley, M. & S. Jones, eds. Liberating Eschatology: Essays in Honor
of Letty M. Russell. Westminster John Knox, 1999. ISBN: 0664257887.
- González, J. Mañana: Christian Theology from a Hispanic
Perspective. Abingdon, 1990. ISBN: 0687230675.
- Mbiti, J. New Testament Eschatology in an African Background. Oxford
University Press, 1971.
- Oduyoye, M.A. & M. Kanyoro, eds. The Will to Arise: Women,
Tradition, and the Church in Africa. Orbis, 1988.
- Parratt, J. Reinventing Christianity: African Theology Today.
Eerdmans, 1995.
- Parsons, S.F., ed. The Cambridge Companion to Feminist Theology.
Cambridge University Press, 2002. ISBN: 0521663806
- Russell, L.M. Church in the Round: Feminist Interpretation of the
Church. Westminster John Knox, 1993. ISBN: 066425070X
- Schüssler Fiorenza, E. Discipleship of Equals: Critical Feminist
Ekklesia-logy of Liberation. Crossroad, 1993.
ASSIGNMENTS: (1) Class attendance and participation (5%). (2) Four, 1-2 page
reflection essays (25%). (2) Two, 4-5 page book reviews OR One
written book review and one oral presentation (30%). (4) One 10-page research
paper (40%).
PREREQUISITES: None.
RELATIONSHIP TO CURRICULUM: Meets MDiv core requirement in Systematic Theology
"C" (STC).
This ECD is a reliable guide to the course design but is subject to modification. (Posted April 21, 2010)