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, election, atonement, salvation and forgiveness. A constructive theology will be articulated in dialogue with ecumenical and intercultural perspectives, and in light of the church's mission and other religions.

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 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.

COURSE FORMAT: The course meets twice a week for two-hour sessions including lectures and discussion.

REQUIRED READING: Selections from the following works:

Chung, S. W., ed. Christ the One and Only. Baker, 2005. 272 pp. ISBN: 9780801028540. Retail price: $28.00.

Cone, J. H. A Black Theology of Liberation. 2nd ed. Orbis, 1986. 200 pp. ISBN: 9780883446850. Retail price: $22.00.

Crisp, Oliver D. Divinity and Humanity: The Incarnation Reconsidered. Cambridge University Press, 2007. ISBN: 9780521695350. Retail price: $30.99.

_________. God Incarnate: Explorations in Christology. T&T Clark, 2009. ISBN: 9780567033482. Retail price: $34.95.

Kärkkäinen, V.-M. Pneumatology: The Holy Spirit in International, Ecumenical, and Historical Perspective. Baker Academic, 2002; 208 pp. ISBN: 9780801024481. Retail price: $26.00.
OR Christology: A Global Introduction. Baker Academic, 2003. 304 pp. ISBN: 9780801026218. Retail price: $28.00.

Migliore, Daniel. Faith Seeking Understanding: An Introduction to Christian Theology. 2nd ed. Eerdmans, 2004. ISBN: 9780802827876. Retail price: $27.00.

*  indicates that the text is introductory to intermediate.

** indicates that the text is intermediate to advanced.

** Adams, Marilyn McCord. Christ and Horrors: The Coherence of Christology. Cambridge University Press, 2009. 344 pp. ISBN: 0521866820. Retail price: $30.41.

** Anselm of Canterbury, St. The Major Works. Ed. Brian Davies and Gillian Evans. Oxford University Press, 1998. 544 pp. ISBN: 9780199540082. Retail price: $14.95.

** Aquinas, St. Thomas. Summa Contra Gentiles, Vol. 4: Salvation. Trans. Charles J. O'Neill. 360 pp. ISBN: 0268016836. Retail price: $16.95.

** _________. Summa Theologica in 5 Vols. Trans. Fathers of the English Dominican Province. 3020 pp. ISBN: 0870610635. Retail price: $245.00.

*  Augustine of Hippo, St. Enchiridion on Faith. Hope and Love (various editions - see also The Ethereal Library online).

*  Beilby, James, and Paul Eddy. The Nature of the Atonement: Four Views. InterVarsity Press, 2006. 208 pp. ISBN: 9780830825707. Retail price: $20.00.

** Berkhof, Louis. Systematic Theology. Banner of Truth, 1988 [1939].

*  Bloesch, D. Jesus Christ: Savior & Lord. InterVarsity Press, 1997. ISBN: 9780830827541. Retail price: $20.00.

** Calvin, John. Institutes of the Christian Religion. Trans. Ford Lewis Battles, ed. John McNeill. Westminster Press, 1960 [1559]. 1800 pp. ISBN: 0664220282. Retail price: $80.00.

*  Comblin, J. The Holy Spirit and Liberation. Wipf & Stock, 2004. 232 pp. ISBN: 9781592445622. Retail Price: $26.00.

*  Crisp, Oliver D. An American Augustinian: Sin and Salvation in the Dogmatic Theology of William G. T. Shedd. Wipf & Stock, 2007.

** _________. Divinity and Humanity: The Incarnation Reconsidered. Cambridge University Press, 2007.

** _________, ed. A Reader in Contemporary Philosophical Theology. T&T Clark, 2009. ISBN: 9780567031464. Retail price: $44.95.

** _________. Retrieving Doctrine: Essays in Reformed Theology. IVP Academic, 2011. ISBN: 9780830839285. Retail price: $22.00.

** _________. Revisioning Christology: Theology in the Reformed Tradition. Ashgate, 2011. ISBN: 1409430049. Retail price: $28.00 (tbc).

** Edwards, Jonathan. The End of Creation. In The Works of Jonathan Edwards, Vol. 8: Ethical Writings. Ed. Paul Ramsey. Yale University Press, 1989. 808 pp. ISBN: 0300040202. Retail price: $120.00.

** Flint, Thomas P., and Rea, Michael C., eds. The Oxford Handbook to Philosophical Theology. Oxford University Press, 2009. 624 pp. ISBN: 9780199596539. Retail price: $55.00.

*  Imbach, J. Three Faces of Jesus: How Jews, Christians and Muslims See Him. 2nd ed. Templegate, 1993. 151 pp. ISBN: 9780872431942. Price: $12.95.

*  Green, J. B., and M. D. Baker. Recovering the Scandal of the Cross. InterVarsity Press, 2000. 232 pp. ISBN: 9780830815715. Retail price: $17.00.

** Heppe, Heinrich, ed. Reformed Dogmatics. Wipf & Stock, 2008 [1940]. 721 pp. ISBN: 1556357753. Retail price: $59.00.

** Jenson, Robert W. Systematic Theology, Vol. 1: The Triune God. Oxford University Press, 1997. 256 pp. ISBN: 9780195145984. Retail price: $35.00.

** _________. Systematic Theology, Vol. 2: The Works of God. Oxford University Press, 1999. 392 pp. ISBN: 9780195145991. Retail price: $35.00.

** Kärkkäinen, V.-M. One with God: Salvation as Deification and Justification. Liturgical Press, 2004. 144 pp. ISBN: 0814629717. Retail price: $16.95.

*  Küster, Volker. The Many Faces of Jesus: An Intercultural Christology. Orbis, 2001. 250 pp. 9781570753541. Price: $29.00.

*  Letham, Robert. The Work of Christ. InterVarsity Press, 1993. ISBN: 0830815325. Pub.price: $22.

*  Macleod, Donald The Person of Christ. InterVarsity Press, 1998. ISBN: 08308153278. Pub.price: $22.

*  McCormack, Bruce L., ed. Justification in Perspective: Historical Developments and Contemporary Challenges. Baker Academic, 2006. 277 pp. ISBN: 0801031311. Retail price: $28.00.

*  O'Collins, Gerald. Christology: A Biblical, Historical and Systematic Study of Jesus. 2nd ed. Oxford University Press, 2009. 400 pp. ISBN: 019955787X. Pub.price: $35.00.

*  Parsons, Susan .F., ed. The Cambridge Companion to Feminist Theology. Cambridge University Press, 2002. 288 pp. ISBN: 9780521663274. Pub.price: $85.00.

** Plantinga, Alvin. Warranted Christian Belief. Oxford University Press, 2000. 528 pp. ISBN: 9780195131932. Retail price: $29.99.

*  Plantinga, Richard J., Thomas R. Thompson, and Matthew D. Lundberg. An Introduction to Christian Theology. Cambridge University Press, 2010. 634 pp. ISBN: 978052169039. Retail price: $29.99.

** Schmid, Heinrich. The Doctrinal Theology of The Evangelical Lutheran Church. Wipf & Stock, 2008. 692 pp. ISBN: 9781606081037. Retail price: $59.00.

** Tanner, Kathryn. Christ the Key. Cambridge University Press, 2010. 322 pp. ISBN: 9780521732772. Retail price: $29.99.

*  _________. Jesus, Humanity and the Trinity: A Brief Systematic Theology. Fortress, 2001. 134 pp. ISBN: 0800632931. Retail price: $17.00.

*  Tiessen, T. L. Who Can Be Saved? Reassessing Salvation in Christ and World Religions. InterVarsity Press, 2004. 511 pp. ISBN: 9780830827473. Retail price: $28.00.

** Torrance, Thomas F. Atonement: The Person and Work of Christ. IVP Academic, 2009. 489 pp. ISBN: 0830828923. Retail price: $40.00.

** _________. Incarnation: The Person and Life of Christ. IVP Academic, 2008. 371 pp. ISBN: 9780830828913.

** Turretin, Francis. Institutes of Elenctic Theology. 3 Vols. Presbyterian & Reformed, 1997. 2311 pp. ISBN: 9780875524566. Retail price: $125.00.

** John Webster, Kathryn Tanner, and Iain Torrance, eds. The Oxford Handbook to Systematic Theology. Oxford University Press, 2007 (pp. 160-75). ISBN: 9780199245765. Retail price: $55.00.

*  Yong, A. Beyond the Impasse: Toward a Pneumatological Theology of Religions. Baker, 2003. 208 pp. ISBN: 9780801026126. Price: $39.98.

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%).