Winter 2011/Pasadena
ST503
Kärkkäinen
ST503: SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY 3: ECCLESIOLOGY AND ESCHATOLOGY. Veli-Matti
Kärkkäinen.
DESCRIPTION: This course discusses Christian beliefs about ecclesiology and
eschatology. The topics include the church, its nature as expressed in various
ecclesial traditions, ministry and mission, sacraments/ordinances, as well as
various approaches to the last things: parousia, death, resurrection, new
creation, judgment, millennium, heaven and hell. A contemporary Evangelical
theology will be construed in dialogue with ecumenical and
contextual/intercultural perspectives.
SIGNIFICANCE FOR LIFE AND MINISTRY: An essential part of preparation for
Christian ministry is to learn to think theologically through issues of faith
and ministry.
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 course topics;
(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.
COURSE FORMAT: Meets twice weekly for two-hour sessions of lecture, discussion
& student presentations.
REQUIRED READING: (* = required in all three systematics courses taught by Dr.
Kärkkäinen)
- * Dyrness, W. & V.-M.Kärkkäinen, eds. Global
Dictionary of Theology. IVP, 2008 (selected pp.). ISBN: 978-0830824540. Pub.
price: $50.
- * Grenz, S.J. Theology for the Community of God. Eerdmans, 2000, pp.
1-25, 461-659. ISBN: 9780802847553. Pub. price: $40.00.
- Kärkkäinen, V.-M. An Introduction to
Ecclesiology. InterVarsity Press, 2002. ISBN: 978-0830826889. Pub. price:
$20.00.
- Schwartz, H. Eschatology. Eerdmans, 2000. ISBN:
978-0802847331. Pub. price: $36.00.
- A text on a special topic: choose one:
- Braaten, C.E. & Jenson, R.W. The Ecumenical
Future. Eerdmans, 2004. ISBN: 978-0802826718. Pub. price: $24.00.
- Fudge, E.W. & R.A. Peterson. Two Views of Hell. InterVarsity
Press, 2000. ISBN: 978-0830822553. Pub. price: $17.00.
- Gelder, C. van. The Essence of the Church: A Community Created by the
Spirit. Baker, 2000. ISBN: 978-0801090967. Pub. price: $20.00.
- Gelder C. van, ed. Confident Witness. (Gospel and Culture Series.)
Eerdmans, 1999. ISBN: 978-0802846556. Pub. price: $29.00.
- Grenz, S.J. The Millennial Maze. InterVarsity Press, 1994. ISBN:
978-0830817573. Pub. price: $18.00.
- Guder, D.L. & L. Barrett, eds. Missional Church. Eerdmans, 1998.
ISBN: 978-0802843500. Pub. price: $28.00.
- George, T. Pilgrims on the Sawdust Trail: Evangelical Ecumenism.
Baker, 2004. ISBN: 0801027640. Pub. price: $19.99.
- Hauerwas, S. & Willimon, W.H. Resident Aliens: Life in the Christian
Colony. Abingdon, 1989. ISBN: 978-0687361595. Pub. price: $17.00.
- Gibbs, E. & Bolger, R.K. Emerging Churches. Baker 2006. ISBN:
978-0801027154. Pub. price: $19.99.
- Kärkkäinen, V.-M. Toward a Pneumatological Theology. Ed.
Amos Yong. UPA, 2002. ISBN: 978-0761823896. Pub. price: $65.50.
- Moltmann, Jürgen. The Church in the Power of the Spirit. SCM
Press, 1977. ISBN: 978-0800628215. Pub. price: $25.00.
- __________. The Coming of God: Christian Eschatology. SCM Press,
1994. ISBN: 978-0800636661. Pub. price: $25.00.
- Newbigin, L. The Gospel in a Pluralistic Society. Eerdmans, 1989.
ISBN: 978-0802804266. Pub. price: $24.00.
- Stackhouse, J.G. ed. Evangelical Ecclesiology: Reality or Illusion?
Baker 2003. ISBN: 978-0801026539. Pub. price: $24.00.
- Volf, M. After Our Likeness: The Church as the Image of God.
Eerdmans, 1998. ISBN: 978-0802844408. Pub. price: $32.00.
- A contextual and/or intercultural text (sections
relevant for the course): choose one:
- Barr, W. Constructive Christian Theology in the
Worldwide Church. Eerdmans, 1997. OP. ISBN: 978-0802841438. No price
available from publisher.
- Boff, L. Ecclesiogenesis: The Base Communities Reinvent the Church.
Orbis, 1986. ISBN: 978-0883442142. Pub. price: $22.
- Evans, J. We Have Been Believers: An African American Systematic
Theology. Fortress, 1993. ISBN: 9780800626723. Pub.price: $20.00.
- González, J. Mañana: Christian Theology from a Hispanic
Perspective. Abingdon, 1990. ISBN: 9780687230679. Pub.price: $20.00.
- Parratt, J. Reinventing Christianity: African Theology Today.
Eerdmans, 1995. ISBN: 978-0802841131. Pub. price: $21.00
- Parsons, S.F., ed. The Cambridge Companion to Feminist Theology.
Cambridge University Press Press, 2002. ISBN: 978-0521663809. Pub. price:
$30.99.
- Russell, L.M. Church in the Round: Feminist Interpretation of the
Church. WJKP, 1993. ISBN: 978-0664250706. Pub. price: $29.95.
ASSIGNMENTS AND ASSESSMENT: (1) 1,200 pages of required reading and 15 pages
of critical reflections (40%). (2) A 10-page research paper (40%). (3)
Final 5-page project: "My theological statement" (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
"C" (STC).
This ECD is a reliable guide to the course design but is subject to modification. (October 2010)