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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
This course will examine the various models of the Church proposed by the New Testament and later throughout the history of Christianity. Special attention will be given to these areas of eccesiology: governmental structures and leadership; the nature and mission of the church; sacraments; and the church empowered by the Spirit. Relating these studies to the contemporary Body of Christ will be a central goal. Credit Hours: 3
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This course is an advanced study of theology, considering philosophical/ theological prolegomena, the revelation of God, the nature of Scripture, the Trinity, the doctrine of humankind, and personal/social dimensions of sin. Credit Hours: 3
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This course concerns the person and work of Christ, the doctrines of salvation, the work of the Holy Spirit in Pentecostal perspective, and reflections on selected topics in ecclesiology and eschatology. Credit Hours: 3
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This course will explore several schools of biblical criticism (source, reaction, and form criticism), and various hermeneutical approaches. Particular attention will be given to tracing the influence of German philosophy on contemporary continental theology. Martin Heidegger’s role in forming the hermeneutic of Rudolph Bultmann and the resultant schools of interpretation arising from the latter will be studied in detail. In addition, more recent forms of criticism will be considered, including reader-response, social-scientific, and postmodern theory. Credit Hours: 3
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This course will introduce the student to the main framework of philosophic thought, especially as they relate to religious studies. Particurally important will be the thought of Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, Immanuel Kant, and the Modern/Postmodern area. Topics considered will be the arguments for the existence of God, religious experience, the problem of evil, problems with religious language, miracles, immorality, freedom and determinism, faith and reason, and religious pluralism. Credit Hours: 3
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An exploration of the rise and evolution of Christianity through the period of Late Antiquity. By examining the practices, ideas, and cultural ethos of early Christians withing their historical contexts, the course seeks to offer an overarching account of Christianity from a movement within Judaism to the primary religion of the Roman empire and its successors. Credit Hours: 3
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This course is a study in the historical development of selected theological topics from the second to the fifth centuries. It concerns, in particular, matters relating to canonicity, the Trinity, Christology and Pneumatology, and identifies the relevance of those matters to the further (i.e. medieval and modern) history of the Church. Special attention is given to Irenaeus, Tertullian, the Cappadocian Fathers and Augustine. Credit Hours: 3
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This course focuses on Luther, Calvin, Simons and Cranmer as representative of four major streams of Reformation tradition. It (1) explores the personal and historical contexts of each principal, (2) discusses the emphases of each on selected theological matters, (3) compares their theological postures, and (4) assesses the immediate and extended impact of their work upon the wider European experience. Credit Hours: 3
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This course will consider the historical and theological development of the Pentecostal movement, with a view to rehearsing past theological views as well as future systematic possibilities. Topics to be examined will be classical doctrines as well as issues of healing, the five-fold Gospel, the relationship with evangelicals and charismatics, the role of glossolalia and gifts of the Spirit. Credit Hours: 3
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This course examines the historical roots, key ideas and trajectories of feminist theology and philosophy; the passions and contradictions of these disciplines; and their effects on various social practices and religious institutions. Credit Hours: 3
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