DESCRIPTION:

This course introduces students to the doctrines of the persons and work of Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit as these are relevant to the faith and practices of the Church. The course explores biblical, classical, contemporary, and liturgical expressions and implications of Christology, Pneumatology, and soteriology as various Christian traditions and theologians have appreciated them.

Christology, Pneumatology, and soteriology order the very fabric of Christian life from the creeds to the Church's history to the shape of the liturgical year. These doctrines developed in response to fundamental needs in the Church and fundamentally shaped the various Christian traditions, and they continue to be essential to our lives in Christ and to our ministries within the Church and the wider world.

Class will meet twice weekly for five weeks with four-hour class meetings for lecture and discussion.

Aslanoff, Catherine, ed. The Incarnate God. St. Vladimir's, 1995. (selections)

McClendon, James. Doctrine. Abingdon, 1994. (selections)

McGrath, Alister. Christian Theology: An Introduction. Blackwell, 1994. (selections)

O'Collins, Gerald. Interpreting Jesus. Paulist, 1983.

Students will write a brief reivew of one of the following texts or one of the books on library reserve. A complete bibliography will be distributed with the course syllabus.

Allison, C. FitzSimons. The Cruelty of Heresy. Morehouse, 1994.

Athanasius. On the Incarnation of the Word. St. Vladimir's, 1953.

Dunn, James D. G. Christology in the Making. 2nd ed. Eerdmans, 1996.

Heron, Alasdair I. C. The Holy Spirit. Westminster, 1983.

Moltmann, Jürgen. The Way of Jesus Christ. HarperSanFrancisco, 1990.

Pannenberg, Wolfhart. Jesus--God and Man. Westminster, 1977.

Schreiter, Robert J., ed. Faces of Jesus in Africa. Orbis, 1991.

A 7-page paper on a major theme in the required texts, a 7-page review of one of the recommended readings, and a final exam on the required texts and lecture material.

None, but Church History I-II are recommended.

Meets M.Div. core requirement in Systematic Theology "b" (STB).

Yes.