Spring 2018/Pasadena
TC842/542
Taylor
TC842/542: LITURGY AND THE ARTS (4 Units: 200 hours; 6 Units: 390 hours). W. David O. Taylor.
DESCRIPTION: This is a 6-unit doctoral seminar that is also offered at the 500-level as a 4-unit course, open to a limited number of masters’ level students by special permission. This seminar is designed to introduce students to the field of liturgy and the arts. Attention is given to specific theological, cultural and historical traditions (e.g., Orthodox, Catholic, Reformed, Anglican, Pentecostal), critical and methodological issues (e.g., form and freedom; tradition and innovation; order and non-order; worship and mission; etc.), and particular media of art within a liturgical context (e.g., visual art, architecture, music, drama, dance, oratory).
LEARNING OUTCOMES: That students will have (1) demonstrated knowledge of the theological, historical and cultural traditions related to the liturgical arts; (2) demonstrated skills in reading primary texts in order to articulate, analyze and evaluate the particular arguments of the authors; (3) demonstrated a capacity to assess critically the central issues at play in a constructive argument for liturgy and the arts; (4) demonstrated capacities for developing strategies for teaching and learning issues in liturgy and the arts to a variety of settings; and developed resources for teaching liturgy and the arts as part of a larger course or as a stand-alone course.
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. It will have some lectures by the professor, but will be mostly seminar presentations and discussions.
REQUIRED READING: TC542: 1,500 pp. assigned; TC842: 3,000 pp. assigned.
Begbie, Jeremy and Steven R. Guthrie. Resonant Witness: Conversations Between Music and Theology, Part 3: Music and Worship. Eerdmans, 2011. ISBN: 978-0802862778, Pub. Price $36.00 [140 pp. assigned].
DeBoer, Lisa. Visual Arts in the Worshiping Church. Eerdmans, 2016. ISBN: 978-0802869517, Pub. Price $24.00 [158 pp. assigned].
Holladay, William. Psalms Through Three Thousand Years: Prayerbook of a Cloud of Witnesses. Fortress, 1993. ISBN: 978-0800630140, Pub. Price $34.00 [TC842: 350 pp; TC542: 150 pp.].
Ingalls, Monique M. and Amos Yong. The Spirit of Praise: Music and Worship in Global Pentecostal-Charismatic Christianity. The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2015. ISBN: 978-0271066639, Pub. Price $32.95 [90 pp. assigned].
Meyers, Ruth A. Missional Worship, Worshipful Mission: Gathering as God’s People, Going Out in God’s Name. Eerdmans, 2014. ISBN: 978-0802868008, Pub. Price $26.00 [88 pp. assigned].
Murray, Rae, Architecture and Theology: The Art of Place. Baylor University Press, 2017. ISBN: 978-1481307635, Pub. Price $49.95 [50 pp. assigned].
Schmemann, Alexander. For the Life of the World: Sacraments and Orthodoxy. St. Vladimir's Seminary Press. 1973. ISBN: 978-0913836088, Pub. Price $18.00 [150 pp.].
Senn, Frank C. Embodied Liturgy: Lessons in Christian Ritual. Fortress Press, 2016. ISBN: 978-1451496277, Pub. Price $34.00 [TC842: 300 pp; TC542: 150 pp.].
Taylor, W. David O. The Theater of God’s Glory: Calvin, Creation and the Liturgical Arts. Eerdmans, 2017. ISBN: 978-0802874481, Pub. Price $30.00 [TC842: 195 pp; TC542: 175pp.].
Verdon, Timothy. Art and Prayer: The Beauty of Turning to God. Paraclete Press, 2014. ISBN: 978-1612615721, Pub. Price $34.99 [TC842: 298 pp; TC542: 150 pp.].
Wilkey, Glácia Vasconcelos. Worship and Culture: Foreign Country or Homeland? Eerdmans, 2014. ISBN: 978-0802871589, Pub. Price $36.00 [100 pp. assigned].
Course Reader (on eReserves) [TC842: 1,100 pp./TC542: 187 pp.].
RECOMMENDED READING: Recommended reading will be listed in the syllabus.
ASSIGNMENTS AND ASSESSMENT:
PREREQUISITES: For master’s level students: permission of the instructor.
RELATIONSHIP TO CURRICULUM: Option to meet the TH5 requirement in the 120 MDiv Program.
FINAL EXAMINATION: None.