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1.00 Credits
Provides a major-specific opportunity in Service Learning Practicum to experience a ministry context that may be encountered in professional or volunteer work in the church or community. In consultation with the department, the student will select an area of service that provides both challenge and opportunity to further develop ministry skills and competencies. Pre-requisite: junior status. (2 credits total)
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2.00 Credits
Surveys the important historical and cultural developments that have shaped and defined modern Jewish life, culture and religion. Issues such as past and present expressions of anti-Semitism, the Holocaust, basic Jewish teachings, Jewish-Christian relationships, Jews in North America, the Land of Israel, Zionism, Jewish celebrations and festivals, rites of passage, worship in the synagogue, Jewish literature, the Israeli/ Arab conflict.
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2.00 Credits
Builds upon the introduction to Israel's history and the concept of covenant in Core course RELI 201. Reveals God's faithfulness to this covenant as shown through the stages of history from Joshua to Nehemiah. Follows the kingdom of Israel from its beginning to its division and exile, observing suffering of the people under captivity, and their renewed hope as they return to the land. Provides a background for the study of the prophetic literature. May also be taken as HIST 322.
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2.00 Credits
Builds upon the introduction of the prophets in Core courses RELI 103 and RELI 202. Expands the treatment of Amos and Isaiah and surveys the whole body of Old Testament prophetic literature; special attention given to Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and selected minor prophets.
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2.00 Credits
Examines writings such as Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes. Probes the theology of Hebrew Wisdom Literature, its relation to Near Eastern Wisdom traditions and the role of Wisdom in the teachings of Jesus and the New Testament. Explores historical and theological contexts of Wisdom Literature, as well as the practical and ethical implications of Wisdom teaching for contemporary Christian living. Important themes include the problem of suffering, principles of decision-making, speech ethics, and character formation.
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2.00 Credits
Studies five of the shorter Old Testament books - Ruth, Esther, Song of Solomon, Ecclesiastes and Lamentations - which have been gathered up by the Jewish community as "The Scrolls" and read regularlyas the Scripture texts for five Jewish festivals. Examines the message of these books for the times in which they were written, for later Israel and the Church, and for the daily life of the believer today.
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2.00 Credits
Explores Luke's two-part work, which presents the person and mission of Jesus Christ and the continuing work of the Spirit in the early Church. Acts focuses on the course the early Church took as it spread beyond the narrow confines of Palestine and Asia Minor to infiltrate the farthest reaches of the Roman Empire through the missionary labors of St. Paul. The course is also Intended to deepen knowledge and trust of Christ for more effective service to him and the Church.
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2.00 Credits
Builds upon the introduction of Paul in Core course RELI 201. Explores Pauline theology in greater depth, and surveys the whole body of Pauline literature, with special attention given to such pivotal epistles as Galatians, Philippians, and Ephesians.
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3.00 Credits
Studies the message of several New Testament books- Hebrews, James, 1-2 Peter, and Jude- which appear to have been written to a wider or "general" audience.Hebrews encourages the believer to live with bold and confident trust in Jesus, who is presented as the fulfillment of the Old Testament. James addresses matters of faithful daily living in Christ and insists that "faith without deeds is dead." 1 Peter is a summary ofChristian proclamation and practice. 2 Peter addresses the doctrine of the second coming of Christ. Jude warns against the influence of those who falsify their faith by immoral conduct.
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2.00 Credits
Builds upon the introduction of John in Core course RELI 202. Explores the Fourth Gospel and letters attributed to John, researching John's handling of the divine and human person of Jesus Christ, his call to faith in Jesus' name, his proclamation of eternal life as a future gift yet already "realized" in the life of the believer,and his vision of the fulfillment of all things in the person of Jesus. Discernment of several distinctive Johannine motifs that are woven into the literary fabric of the Fourth Gospel. The three letters of John extend the main themes of the Gospel-especially eternal life, abiding in Christ, and love for one another-and apply them to specific controversies faced by Johannine congregations in Asia Minor.
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