Winter 2016/Pasadena
HT502
Núñez
HT502: THE CHURCH’S UNDERSTANDING OF THE CHURCH, HUMANITY, AND THE CHRISTIAN LIFE IN ITS HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT (Spanish) (4 Units: 160 hours). Emilio A. Núñez Jr.
DESCRIPTION: HT502 is a survey largely of medieval and Reformation history and theology that focuses especially on the doctrines that received their crucial shape for Protestant Christians during this period. Among these are the doctrine of the church (including the authority and office of the ministry, sacraments, the place of councils, and the role of the laity), the doctrine of scripture (including the place of tradition), theological anthropology (including human nature as created and fallen, and original sin), and the doctrine of the Christian life (including the entire order of salvation—election, calling, faith, justification, sanctification, and final glory). Key figures to be studied include Aquinas, Luther, and Calvin.
LEARNING OUTCOMES: Students who complete HT502 will demonstrate: (1) a basic historical and theological knowledge of the doctrines of the church, humanity, and the Christian life as those and other selected doctrines emerged especially in the medieval and Reformation church and developed to this day, (2) a basic competence in interpreting this history and theology and an ability to evaluate these theological issues and their historical development; and (3) a critical and sympathetic appreciation for the breadth, unity, and diversity of the Christian church.
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.
REQUIRED READING: 1,287 total number of pages required
Driver, Juan. La fe en la periferia de la historia. Semilla, 1997. ISBN: 978-848938908X, Free online: http://menonitas.org/vistaprevia/fe_periferia/driver_fe_periferia_00c.htm [135 pp. assigned]
González, Justo L. Historia del pensamiento cristiano. Editorial Clie, 2010. ISBN: 978-8482675718, Pub. Price $39.99 [398 pp. assigned].
González, Justo L. Historia del cristianismo: Obra completa. Editorial Unilit, 2009. ISBN: 978-0789917867, Pub. Price $39.99 [463 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 [141 pp. assigned.] [Special note: if the student cannot read in English, equivalent Spanish readings in content and length must be approved by the professor].
Primary source reading on the following topics: the role of women, church and state issues, ecclesiology, areas of interest in the various reformation movements, particularly as they pertain to the student’s ecclesiastical tradition [150 pp.].
RECOMMENDED READING:
Collins, R. “Evolution and Original Sin,” in Perspectives on an Evolving Creation. ed. Keith B. Miller. Eerdmans, 2003. ISBN: 978-0802805126, Pub. Price $42.00.
Erickson, Millard. Teología Sistemática. Editorial CLIE, 2008. ISBN: 978-8482675466, Pub. Price $49.99.
Kärkkäinen, Veli Matti. “Ecclesiology,” in Mapping Modern Theology, ed. Kelly Kapic and Bruce McCormack. Baker, 2012. ISBN: 978-0801035357, Pub. Price $35.00.
McGrath, Alister E. The Christian Thelogy Reader. 4th ed. Wiley- Blackwell, 2011. ISBN: 978-0470654842, Pub. Price $54.95.
ASSIGNMENTS AND ASSESSMENT:
PREREQUISITES: Spanish.
RELATIONSHIP TO CURRICULUM: Option to meet the TH2 or TH4 requirement in the 120 MDiv and 80 MAT Programs (Fall 2015). Option to meet the TH2 requirement in the 80 MATM and 80 MAICS Programs (Fall 2015). Meets the CHB requirement in the 144 MDiv Program.
FINAL EXAMINATION: Yes.