Summer 2014/Pasadena
ST502
Tibbs
ST502: SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY 2: CHRISTOLOGY AND SOTERIOLOGY (4 Units: 120 hours). Eve Tibbs.
DESCRIPTION: This course will examine Christian beliefs about Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit, and salvation. Topics will include biblical and historical Christological and pneumatological developments, as well as their contemporary varieties, as expressed in various ecclesial and contextual/intercultural perspectives, and ways of speaking about salvation in Jesus Christ, including atonement, justification, forgiveness, sanctification, redemption, and renewal.
SIGNIFICANCE FOR LIFE AND MINISTRY: An informed understanding of the principal doctrines of the Christian faith is crucial to Christian preaching, teaching, evangelizing, and discipleship.
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: This course meets daily for four-hour sessions for two weeks of lecture, discussion & student presentations.
REQUIRED READING:
Grenz, Stanley J. Theology for the Community of God. Eerdmans, 2000. ISBN: 978-0802847553, Pub. Price $26.15 [242 pp. assigned, pp. 243-460].
Kärkkäinen, V-M. Pneumatology: The Holy Spirit in International, Ecumenical, and Historical Perspectives. Baker, 2002. ISBN: 978-0801024481, Pub. Price $17.68 [208 pp.].
Kärkkäinen, V-M. Christology: A Global Introduction. Baker, 2003. ISBN: 978-0801026218, Pub. Price $25.92 [304 pp.].
Select two special topic texts, one from each category:
Category A: Christological/soteriological text from below (relevant sections – at least 200 pp.):
Barr, W. R., ed. Constructive Christian Theology in the Worldwide Church. Eerdmans, 1997. ISBN: 978-0802841438, Pub. Price $13.84 [parts 4 and 6].
Beilby, J., and B.R. Eddy. The Nature of the Atonement: Four Views. InterVarsity Press, 2006. ISBN: 978-0830825707, Pub. Price $15.68 [208 pp.].
Davis, S., et al., eds. The Incarnation. Oxford University Press, 2004. ISBN: 978-0199275779, Pub. Price $45.16 [430 pp.].
__________________. The Redemption. Oxford University Press, 2006. ISBN: 978-0199288755, Pub. Price $51.88 [384 pp.].
__________________. The Resurrection (1998). Oxford University Press, 1998. ISBN: 978-0198269854, Pub. Price $40.50 [400 pp.].
Dunn, J. D. G. Christology in the Making. 2nd ed. Eerdmans, 1996. ISBN: 978-0802842572, Pub. Price $34.89 [489 pp.].
Green, J. B., and M.D. Baker. Recovering the Scandal of the Cross. InterVarsity Press, 2000. ISBN: 978-0830815715, Pub. Price $14.53 [232 pp.].
Green, M. I Believe in the Holy Spirit. Rev. ed. Eerdmans, 2004. ISBN: 978-0802827678, Pub. Price $17.16 [350 pp.].
Gunton, C. E. The Actuality of the Atonement. T & T Clark, 2003. ISBN: 978-0567080905, Pub. Price $49.50 [236 pp.].
Husbands, M., and D. Treier. Justification: What’s at Stake in the Current Debates. InterVarsity Press, 2004. ISBN: 978-0830827817, Pub. Price $21.60 [278 pp.].
Lutheran World Federation, Roman Catholic Church. Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification. Eerdmans, 2000. ISBN: 978-0802847744, Pub. Price $7.20 [47 pp.].
Tiessen,T. L. Who Can Be Saved? Reassessing Salvation in Christ and World Religions. InterVarsity Press, 2004. ISBN: 978-0830827473, Pub. Price $21.17 [511 pp.].
Category B: A contextual/intercultural/interreligious study (relevant sections – 200 pp) choose one:
Bonino, J. M., and R. R. Barr. Faces of Jesus: Latin American Christologies. Wipf& Stock, 2002. ISBN: 978-1592440979, Pub. Price $19.80 [192 pp.].
Chung, S.W., ed. Christ the One and Only: A Global Affirmation of the Uniqueness of Jesus. Baker, 2005. ISBN: 978-0801028540, Pub. Price $3.55 [272 pp.].
Comblin, J. The Holy Spirit and Liberation. Wipf & Stock, 2004. ISBN: 978-1592445622, Pub. Price $23.40 [232 pp.].
Grant, J. White Women’s Christ and Black Women’s Jesus. Scholar’s Press, 1989. ISBN: 978-1555403034, Pub. Price $19.29 [280 pp.].
Isherwood, L. Introducing Feminist Christologies. Pilgrim Press, 2002. ISBN: 978-0829814835, Pub. Price $16.51 [139 pp.].
Imbach, J. Three Faces of Jesus: How Jews, Christians and Muslims See Him. Templegate, 1993. ISBN: 978-0872431942, Pub. Price $11.66 [151 pp.].
Küster, V. The Many Faces of Jesus: An Intercultural Christology. Orbis, 2001. ISBN: 9781570753541, Pub. Price $25.69 [250 pp.].
Peacore, L. The Role of Women’s Experience in Feminist Theologies of Atonement. Pickwick Publications, 2010. ISBN: 978-1556358036, Pub. Price $25.20 [254 pp.].
Stinton, D. Jesus of Africa: Voices of Contemporary African Christology. Orbis, 2004. ISBN: 978-1570755378, Pub. Price $20.96 [320 pp.].
Sugirtharajah, R.S. Asian Faces of Jesus. Orbis, 1993. ISBN: 978-0883448335, Pub. Price $25.80 [250 pp.].
Summer, G. The First and the Last: The Claims of Jesus Christ and the Claims of Other Religious Traditions. Eerdmans, 2004. ISBN: 978-0802863348, Pub. Price $20.55 [225 pp.].
Yong, A. Beyond the Impasse: Toward a Pneumatological Theology of Religions. Baker, 2003. ISBN: 978-0801026126, Pub. Price $154.72 [208 pp.].
Strongly Recommended:
Grenz, S., et al. Pocket Dictionary of Theological Terms. IVP, 1999. ASIN: B004H2LR22, Pub. Price $7.52.
ASSIGNMENTS AND ASSESSMENT:
REQUIRED reading (1,200) to be completed as preparation for lectures and class discussions.
Attendance and Participation (5% of grade).
Five reading responses due every other day (T-TH-M-W-F) during class meetings (10 pp., 25% of grade).
Mid-term short answer quiz (15% of grade).
My Theological Statement (25% of grade, due one week after last class session).
Two 3-4 page book reviews expounding on key points, plus your assessment, of two of the special topic texts above (30% of grade, due at end of summer quarter).
PREREQUISITES: None.
RELATIONSHIP TO CURRICULUM: Meets MDiv core requirement in Systematic Theology “b” (STB).
FINAL EXAMINATION: None.