Fall 2015/Pasadena

HT501

Ireland

HT501: THE CHURCH’S UNDERSTANDING OF GOD AND CHRIST IN ITS THEOLOGICAL REFLECTION (4 Units: 160 hours). Marèque Steele Ireland

DESCRIPTION: HT501 is a survey of systematic and philosophical theology that focuses especially on the doctrine of God, The Trinity, Christology (comprising the person and work of Christ), and the Person and Work of the Holy Spirit. The course reflects the historic Christian church's development of trinitarian and Christological theology and creeds in its dialogue with its opponents and with its cultural context. Related topics and themes to be addressed may include the development and articulation of the Christian doctrine of God including the divine perfections and nature, as well as the doctrine of the Trinity; the development and articulation of the person and work of Christ; and Pneumatology, the person and work of the Holy Spirit.

LEARNING OUTCOMES: Students who complete HT501 will demonstrate: (1) a basic critical theological knowledge of the conceptual and normative dimensions of the doctrines of God and Christ as those and other selected doctrines emerged in the early church and developed to this day; (2) a basic competence in interpreting historic and contemporary perorations of these doctrines and an ability to evaluate these theological issues and their historical and contemporary development; and (3) a critical and sympathetic appreciation for the breadth, unity, and diversity of the Christian church.

COURSE FORMAT: This class meets twice weekly for two hour sessions for a total of 40 instructional hours in the classroom for lecture and discussion.

REQUIRED READING: 1125-1200 total number of pages required.

Course Reader (available on Moodle and online) including essays and excerpts from historical and contemporary theology, including but not limited to: Augustine, Cappadocian Fathers, W. Pannenberg, K. Tanner, J. Moltmann, E. Johnson, et. al. and entries from Global Dictionary of Theology, ed. W. Dyrness and V.-M. Kärkkäinen (2008). [100 pp.].

Kärkkäinen, V.-M. Christ and Reconciliation.AConstructive Christian Theology for the Pluralistic World, vol. 1. Eerdmans, 2013. ISBN: 978-0802868534, Pub. Price $40.00 [300 pp. assigned]

_________. Holy Spirit: A Guide to Christian Theology. Basic Guides to Christian Theology. WJKP, 2012. ISBN: 978-0664235932, Pub. Price $20.00 [125 pp. assigned].

Pinnnock, Clark H. Flame of Love: A Theology of the Holy Spirit. IVP Academic, 1999. ISBN: 978-0830815906, Pub. Price $24.00 [108 pp. assigned]

Plantinga, Richard J., Thomas R. Thompson, Matthew D. Lundberg. An Introduction to Christian Theology. Cambridge University Press, 2010. ISBN: 978-0521690379, Pub. Price $34.99 [290 pp assigned]

Select one text on a special topic (or a text of your choice to be approved by professor):

Barnes, M. Theology and the Dialogue of Religions. Cambridge, 2002. ISBN: 978-0521009089, Pub. Price $54.99 [292 pp.]

Begbie, J. Resounding Truth: Christian Wisdom in the World of Music. Cambridge, 2007. ISBN: 978-0801026959, Pub. Price $30.00 [250 selected pp.]

Beilby, J. & Paul Eddy. The Nature of the Atonement: Four Views. InterVarsity Press, 2006. ISBN: 978-0830825707, Pub. Price $22.00 [208 pp.]

Boersma, Hans. Violence, Hospitality and the Cross. Baker Academic, 2006. ISBN: 978-0801031335, Pub. Price $28.00 [288 pp.]

Boff, L. Trinity and Society. Wipf & Stock Pub, 2005. ISBN: 978-1597521383, Pub. Price $30.00 [288 pp.]

Comblin, J. The Holy Spirit and Liberation. Wipf & Stock, 2004. ISBN: 978-1592445622, Pub. Price $26.00 [232 pp.]

Cone, J.H. God of the Oppressed. Orbis, 1997. ISBN: 978-1570751585, Pub. Price $22.00 [257 pp.]

Evans, J. We Have Been Believers: An African American Systematic Theology. Fortress, 2012. ISBN: 978-0800698782, Pub. Price $29.00 [192 pp.]

Fiddes, P. Participating in God: A Pastoral Doctrine of the Trinity. Westminster John Knox, 2001. ISBN: 978-0664223359, Pub. Price $30.00 [212 pp.]

Gonzáles, J. Mañana: Christian Theology from a Hispanic Perspective. Abingdon, 1990. ISBN: 978-0687230679, Pub. Price $21.99 [186 pp.]

Green, J.B. & Mark D. Baker. Recovering the Scandal of the Cross. IVP Academic, 2011. ISBN: 978-0830839315, Pub. Price: $22.00 [232 pp.]

Imbach, J. Three Faces of Jesus: How Jews, Christians and Muslims See Him. 2nd ed. Templegate, 1993. ISBN: 978-0872431942, Pub. Price: $12.95 [151 pp.]

Johnson, E. She Who Is: The Mystery of God in Feminist Theological Discourse. The Crossroad Publishing Company, 2002. ISBN: 978-0824519254, Pub. Price $32.95 [344 pp.]

Kärkkäinen, V.-M. One with God: Salvation as Deification and Justification. Liturgical Press, 2004. ISBN: 978-0814629710, Pub. Price: $16.95 [144 pp.]

Kärkkäinen, V.-M. The Trinity: Global Perspectives. WJKP, 2007. ISBN: 978-0664228903, Pub. Price $40.00 [relevant sections 250 pp.]

Kimmel, A.F., Jr., ed. Speaking the Christian God: The Holy Trinity and the Challenge of Feminism. Eerdmans, 1992. ISBN: 978-0802806123, Pub. Price $33.50 [348 pp.]

Macchia, F. Baptized in the Spirit: A Global Pentecostal Theology. Zondervan, 2006. ISBN: 978-0310252368, Pub. Price: $24.99 [304 pp.]

Moltmann, J. The Trinity and the Kingdom: The Doctrine of God. Fortress Press, 1993. ISBN: 978-0800628253, Pub. Price $27.00 [276 pp.]

Pinnock, C. Most Moved Mover: A Theology of God’s Openness. Baker, 2001. ISBN: 978-0801022906, Pub. Price $24.00 [218 pp.]

Sobrino, Jon. Christology at the Crossroads: A Latin American Approach. Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2002. ISBN: 978-1592440955, Price: $48.00 [458 pp.]

Tanner, Kathryn. Christ the Key. Cambridge University Press, 2010. ISBN: 9780521732772, Price $34.99 [250 selected pp.]

Wright, N.T. The Challenge of Jesus. Intervarsity Press, 1999. ISBN: 978-0830822003, Pub. Price $20.00 [202 pp.]

Yong, Amos. Spirit of Love: A Trinitarian Theology of Grace. Baylor University Press, 2012. ISBN: 978-1602583269, Pub. Price $29.95 [246 pp.]