Spring 2015/Pasadena

ST568/868

Kärkkäinen

ST568/868: THE THEOLOGY OF WOLFHART PANNENBERG (4 Units: 172 Hours). Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen.

DESCRIPTION: This doctoral seminar, open to a limited number of advanced master’s level students, is designed to introduce students to the theology of W. Pannenberg, whose three-volume Systematic Theology is the most ambitious proposal for an all-embracing theological program for the third millennium. Pannenberg’s systematics offers a challenging discussion of all major historical, philosophical, and contemporary questions in Christian theology.

COURSE FORMAT: This class meets once per week for three-hour sessions for a total of 30 hours of classroom instruction for lecture and discussion plus 10 hours of directed learning activities for a total of 40 instructional hours. Immediately after registration, the student must contact the professor for the syllabus and pre-seminar assignments (vmk@fuller.edu).

REQUIRED READING: 1,090 total pp. required

Primary Literature by Pannenberg:

Pannenberg, Wolfhart. Introduction to Systematic Theology. Eerdmans, 1991. ISBN: 978-0802805461, Pub. Price $15.50 [69 pp.].

_____________. Systematic Theology. Vol. 1. Eerdmans, 1991. ISBN: 978-0802865038, Pub. Price $60.00 [280 pp. assigned].

_____________.Systematic Theology. Vol. 2. Eerdmans, 1994. ISBN: 978-0802837073, Pub. Price $60.00 [320 pp. assigned].

_____________, Pannenberg, W. Systematic Theology. Vol. 3. Eerdmans, 2009. ISBN: 978-0802864567, Pub. Price $55.00 [290 pp. assigned].

The following monographs will be consulted for class presentations (to be agreed upon with professor) (Only PhD):

Pannenberg, W. Anthropology in Theological Perspective. New Edition. Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 1999. ISBN: 978-0567086877, Price: $60.00 [552 pp.].

___________.Basic Questions in Theology, Vol. 1. Fortress, 2008. ISBN: 978-0800662561, Pub. Price $21.00 [260 pp.].

___________.Basic Questions in Theology, Vol. 2. Fortress, 1971. ISBN: 978-0800662578, Pub. Price $21.00 [260 pp.].

___________.Metaphysics and the Idea of God. Eerdmans, 2001. ISBN: 978-0802849915, Pub. Price $21.50 [186 pp.].

___________.Jesus—God and Man, 2^nd ed. WJKP, 1977. ISBN: 978-0664244682, Pub. Price $40.00 [428 pp.].

___________.Toward a Theology of Nature: Essays on Science and Faith. Ed. T. Peters. WJKP, 1993. ISBN: 978-0664253844, Pub. Price $30.00 [180 pp.].

Secondary Literature to be consulted as an aid to understanding primary texts:

Grenz, S. Reason for Hope: The Systematic Theology of Wolfhart Pannenberg. 2nd ed. Eerdmans, 2005. ISBN: 978-0802849090, Pub. Price $30.00 [200 pp. assigned] OR Gunther Wenz, Introduction to Wolfhart Pannenberg's Systematic Theology. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2012. ISBN: 978-3525560143, Pub. Price $39.95 [200 pp. assigned].

Shults, F. Leron, The Postfoundationalist Task of Theology. Eerdmans, 1999. ISBN: 978-0802846860, Pub. Price $30.50 [280 pp.] (only PhD).

RECOMMENDED READING: Syllabus lists number of recommended titles for various topics in Pannenberg studies.

ASSIGNMENTS AND ASSESSMENT:

1. Active participation in seminar sessions (10%). [This assignment is related to learning outcomes #1, 3, and 4]. [30 hours].

2. Careful preparation of class presentations, questions to facilitate discussion and consultation of recommended readings per syllabus instructions [This assignment is related to learning outcomes # 2 and 3]. [10 hours].

3. Careful reading of assigned texts (1,090 pp.). [This assignment is related to learning outcomes #1, 2 and 3]. [72 hours].

4. Two class presentation papers, each 1,500 words (30%). [This assignment is related to learning outcomes #2, 3, and 4]. [20 hours].

5. Major research paper, 4,000 words (60%). [This assignment is related to learning outcomes #2, 3, 4]. [40 hours].

PREREQUISITES: For master’s level students, written permission of the professor.

RELATIONSHIP TO CURRICULUM: Elective. Option to meet the TH4 requirement in the 120 MDiv Program.

FINAL EXAMINATION: None.