Fall 2010/Pasadena
ST838/538
Kärkkäinen
ST838/538: ECCLESIOLOGY: CURRENT TRENDS WORLDWIDE. Veli-Matti
Kärkkäinen.
DESCRIPTION: This doctoral seminar, open to a maximum of five advanced master's
level students, studies ecclesiastical traditions and developments at the
international and ecumenical level as well as ecclesiologies of some leading
contemporary theologians. Special topics include mission, unity, communion,
Eucharist, charisms, and the ministry of the whole people of God.
SIGNIFICANCE FOR LIFE AND MINISTRY: Theological reflection on various issues
related to the nature and mission of Christian community in its contemporary
contexts is an essential task for theologians and ministers.
COURSE FORMAT: Class will meet weekly for a three-hour session of discussion
& student presentations. Once registered for the course, the student
must contact immediately Prof. Kärkkäinen for syllabus and
pre-seminar assignments (vmk@fuller.edu).
REQUIRED READING:
- "Essays and Documents on Ecclesiology," ST838/538 Course Reader
(Moodle course website)
- Basden, P. & Dockery, S.D. eds. The People of God: Essays on the
Believers' Church. Wipf & Stock, 2009. 367 pp. ISBN:
9781606088944. Price: $40.00.
OR Callen, B.L. Radical
Christianity: The Believers Church Tradition in Christianity's History and
Future. Evangel Publishing House, 1999. 221 pp. ISBN: 9780916035631.
Price: $14.95.
- Boff, L. Ecclesiogenesis: The Base Communities Reinvent the Church.
Orbis, 1986. 122 pp. ISBN: 9780883442142. Price: $22.00,
- Fiorenza, E. S. Discipleship of Equals: Critical Feminist Ekklesia-logy
of Liberation. Crossroad, 1993. 384 pp. ISBN: 9780824512446. Price:
$29.95.
OR Russell, L. M. Church in the Round: Feminist
Interpretation of the Church. WJKP, 1993. 256 pp. ISBN: 9780664250706.
Price: 29.95.
- Gibbs, E. & Bolger, R. Emerging Churches: Creating Christian
Community in Postmodern Cultures. Baker, 2005. 352 pp. ISBN:
9780801027154. Price: $19.99.
- Moltmann, J. The Church in the Power of the Spirit. Fortress, 1993.
430 pp. ISBN: 9780800628215. Price: $25.00.
- Pannenberg, W. Systematic Theology. Vol. 3. Eerdmans, 1997.
730 pp. (section on the church). ISBN: 9780802864567. Price: $55.00.
- Rausch, T. Towards a Truly Catholic Church: An Ecclesiology for the
Third Millennium. Press, 2005. 248 pp. ISBN: 9780814651872. Price:
$24.95.
- Zizioulas, J. Being As Communion: Studies in Personhood and the
Church. St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, 1985. 269 pp. ISBN:
9780881410297. Price: $24.00 (selections).
- Volf, M. After Our Likeness. The Church as the Image of the Trinity.
Eerdmans, 1997. 326 pp. ISBN: 9780802844408. $32.00 (selections).
FURTHER RESOURCES TO BE CONSULTED FOR CLASS PRESENTATIONS (library
reserve-shelf)
- Frost, M. & Hirsch, A. The Shaping of Things to Come:
Innovation and Mission for the 21st Century Church. Hendrickson, 2003.
256 pp. ISBN: 9781565636590. Price: $19.95.
- Haight, Roger. Christian Community in History: Comparative
Ecclesiology, vol. 2. Continuum, 2005. 528 pp. ISBN: 9780826416308.
Price: $65.00.
- Hauerwas, S. & Willimon, W.H. Resident Aliens: Life in the Christian
Colony. Abingdon, 1989. 175 pp. ISBN: 9780687361595. Price: $17.00.
- Meyer, H. That All May Be One: Perceptions and Models of
Ecumenicity. Eerdmans, 1999.
- Missional Church: A Vision for the Sending of th
e
Church in North America, ed. Darrell Guder. Eerdmans, 1998.
- The Church as Communion. Ed. H. Holze. Lutheran World Federation
Documentation No. 42. 428 pp. LWF, 1997. ISBN: 3906706451. No pub. price.
- The Routledge Companion to the Christian Church, ed. G. Mannion
& L.S. Mudge. Routledge, 2008. 684 pp. ISBN: 9780415567688. Price:
$50.00.
ASSIGNMENTS:
- Careful reading of assigned texts and active participation in class
discussions (15%)
- Class presentations, including a reflection on historical developments in
ecclesiology (25%)
- Major research paper, 25-30pp (60%)
PREREQUISITES: Master's level students need written permission from the
professor.
RELATIONSHIP TO CURRICULUM: Elective.
This ECD is a reliable guide to the course design but is subject to modification. (July 2010)