Summer 2017/Pasadena

IS501

Joo

IS501: PRACTICES OF WORSHIP (4 Units: 160 hours). Jong Hun Joo

DESCRIPTION: Christian practices constitute the Christian life. The combined Christian practices of vocational formation, worship, community, and mission facilitate the integration of personal, spiritual, academic, and global formation into the vocational coherence of a Christian leader through reflection, relationships, and practices. IS501 is an integrative course that explores the identity and practices of Christian worship as a people called, gathered, and sent by God. Together, professor and students study and enact historic Christian disciplines necessitated by this distinctive identity (Sabbath-Keeping, Confession, Praise, Gathering & Sending, Reading & Proclaiming the Word, Prayer, Communion, Enacting the Prophetic).

LEARNING OUTCOMES: (1) Students will reflect on their current and past experiences of Christian practices of worship; (2) Students will participate in local contexts and demonstrate the capacity to engage in activities and exercises related to Christian spiritual disciplines and practices of worship; (3) Students will demonstrate the capacity to engage scripture, tradition, and contemporary resources to reflect theologically on historic practices of worship; (4) Students will articulate how worship practices impact their response to the Central Integration Question (CIQ) and will identify exercises, habits, and disciplines to embody these practices within their sociocultural context.

COURSE FORMAT: This class will meet for a one week intensive for eight-hour sessions for a total of 40 instructional hours in the classroom for lecture and discussion (including 8 hours of participation in vocation and formation groups).

REQUIRED READING /VIEWING: 820 pp. of required reading and/or the equivalent in viewing.

A. Caccamo, James F., and  Todd Johnson, and Lester Ruth. Living Worship: A Multimedia Resource for Students and Leaders. Brazos Press, 2006. ASIN: 1587432951, Pub. Price $27.99 [10 hours of viewing assigned]. (Available to purchase online at the Archives bookstore). Living Worship is the required video for this class. [Korean translation provided in written document as needed].  

B. Peterson, David. 성경신학적관점으로본예배신학 (Engaging with God: A Biblical Theology of Worship). 부흥과개혁사, 2011. ISBN: 978-8960922327, Pub. Price 15,000 Won [200 pp. assigned].

C. 성경 (The Holy Bible). CEB, NRSV, and TNIV translations are acceptable [50 pp.]

D. Benedict. 베네딕트의규칙서 (Rule of Benedict). KIATS, 2011. ISBN: 9788993447392, Pub. Price 6,000 Won. [50 pp. assigned]

E. Bonhoeffer, Dietrich.신도의공동생활 (Life Together).대한기독교서회, 2010. ISBN: 9788951113062, Pub. Price 14,00 Won, [120 pp assigned]

F. Dawn, Marva J.안식 (Keeping the Sabbath Holy). IVP, 2001ISBN: 9788932820545, Pub. Price 10,000 Won [100 pp. assigned]

G. Foster, Richard and Gayle Beebe.영성을살다 (Longing for God: Seven Paths of Christian Devotion). IVP, 2014. ISBN: 978-8932813622, Pub. Price 26,000 Won [100 pp. assigned]

H. Wright, N.T. 성찬이란무엇인가? (The Meal Jesus Gave Us). IVP, 2011, ISBN: 9788932812373, Pub. Price 6,000 Won. [50 pp. assigned]

I. 김영봉. 사귐의기도(Prayer of Communion). IVP, 2002. ISBN: 9788932812779, Pub. Price 12,000 Won [110 pp. assigned].

J. Course Readers on practices of worship provided in the class [40 pages assigned]

ASSIGNMENTS AND ASSESSMENT:

  1. 820 pages reading and videos, including at least 50 pages of biblical text [This assignment is related to learning outcome #3]. [40 hours].

  2. Classroom: for each practice, students will engage, reflect, and create (utilizing instruction, participation, presentation, discussion, engaging practice-based theology cycle for theological reflection, case studies) [This assignment is related to learning outcome #1, #2, #3]. [32 hours].

  3. Vocation Formation Group (VFG)-In a Vocation Formation Group, students will engage spiritual disciplines, practices, and discussion. Students will study the Bible, and share and listen to stories related to the practices (10%). (Vocation Formation Group Leader (VFGL) will let professor know if students have been present and engaged) [This assignment is related to learning outcome #1, #2, and #4]. [8 hours].

  4. Students will participate in directed practices and disciplines over the course of the quarter (20%). [This assignment is related to learning outcome #2]. [15 hours].

  5. Four fieldwork activities and reflections (20%). [This assignment is related to learning outcome #2]. [8 hours + 8 hours = 16 hours].  

  6. Autobiography related to core course concept (20%). [This assignment is related to learning outcome #1]. [2 hours].    

7. Signature Assignment: 100 word CIQ response, Integration paper related to course practices, and Rule of Life (2,500 words total) (20%). [This assignment is related to learning outcome #1, #3, and #4]. [25 hours].

8. Students will work in small groups (in moodle) to reflect and create a worship experience after the class room learning that engages meaningfully with the eight practices of worship (10%). [This assignment is related to learning outcomes #1, 2, 3]. [22 hours].

PREREQUISITES:  Korean. Recommended in first year of study.

RELATIONSHIP TO CURRICULUM:  Meets a core integrative requirement in the 120 MDiv Program and the 80 MAT, 80 MATM, 80 MAICS Programs (Fall 2015).

FINAL EXAMINATION: NONE


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