ST502
Brown
ST502: SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY II. Colin Brown.
DESCRIPTION:
- This course examines what Christians believe about the identity of
Jesus Christ, his redemptive death, and the fundamental questions of
justification, sanctification, election, grace, and the life of faith.
RELEVANCE FOR MINISTRY:
- The course provides opportunity to think through fundamental issues
of faith as a basis for Christian living and ministry. The assignments enable
students to develop their own theology in a form which may serve as a basis for
their future teaching.
COURSE FORMAT:
- Lectures and discussion. The class will meet four hours daily for
two weeks.
RECOMMENDED RESOURCE MATERIAL:
- There are no set texts. Students are encouraged to draw on a wide
variety of material, including the following:
- Brown, C. That You May Believe: Miracles and Faith--Then and
Now. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1985; reprint, Pasadena: Archive Bookstore,
1996.
- ________. Jesus in European Protestant Thought, 1778-1860. Paperback
reprint Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1988.
- ________. "Person of Christ," in G. W. Bromiley, ed. The International
Standard Bible Encyclopedia 3 (1986): 781-801.
- ________. "Trinity and Incarnation: In Search of Contemporary Orthodoxy,"
Ex Auditu 7 (1991): 83-100.
- ________. "Historical Jesus, Quest of," in Joel B. Green, Scott McKnight,
I. Howard Marshall, eds. Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels. Downers
Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1992, pp. 326-341.
- ________, ed. The New International Dictionary of New Testament
Theology. 4 vols. Revised edition. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1986.
- ________. "Christology and the Quest of the Historical Jesus." in D. Lewis
and A. McGrath, eds., Doing Theology for the People of God. Downers
Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1996, 67-86.
- Carroll, J. T. and J. B. Green et al. The Death of Jesus in Early
Christianity. Peabody: Hendrickson, 1995.
- Charlesworth, J. H., ed. Jesus and the Dead Sea Scrolls. New York:
Doubleday, 1993.
- Charlesworth, J. H. and W. P. Weaver, eds. Images of Jesus Today.
Valley Forge, PA: TPI, 1994
- Chilton, B. and C. A. Evans, eds. Studying the Historical Jesus.
Leidon: E. J. Brill, 1994.
- Cowdell, C. Is Jesus Unique? New York: Paulist Press, 1996.
- Dunn, J. D. G. Christology in the Making. 2nd ed. Eerdmans, 1996.
- Ferguson, S. B and Wright, D. F., eds. New Dictionary of Theology.
Downers Grove: IVP, 1988.
- Meier, J. P. A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus. 2
vols. New York: Doubleday, 1991, '94.
- Montague, G. T. The Holy Spirit: Growth of a Biblical Tradition. New
York: Paulist Press, 1976.
- Schaff, P. The Creeds of Christendom, 3 vols., 1877. Reprint. Grand
Rapids: Baker Book House, 1983.
- Witherington, B. The Jesus Quest: The Third Search for the Jew of
Nazareth. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1995.
ASSIGNMENTS:
- A written paper (deadline August 7) and submission of notes, with
critical responses (deadline July 24). Students completing their Systematic
Theology courses may choose to write a Credo in lieu of these
assignments.
PREREQUISITES: None.
RELATIONSHIP TO CURRICULUM: Meets M.Div. core requirement in Systematic
Theology "b" (STB).
FINAL EXAMINATION: None.