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Debra J. Mumford An introduction to the nature, theology, and process of preaching is provided in this course. In plenary sessions, students study the historical, liturgical, theological, and pastoral dynamics of preaching, and the week-to-week specifics of the homiletical task. Attainment of proficiency in public speaking is required to pass this course. In practica, students are supervised in the preaching of their own sermons. Prerequisites: Old Testament or New Testament Exegesis.
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Cláudio Carvalhaes This course introduces structural patterns, themes and practices that are part of the public Christian worship. The students will think about the relationship between worship, life and God and gain practical skills in designing and leading worship.
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3.00 Credits
Preaching occupies a significant and potentially pivotal role in the rhetorical and symbolic life of congregations. The goal of this course is to enable participants to develop a collaborative approach to congregational leadership and preaching.
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Cláudio Carvalhaes This course intends to make connections between the sacraments of Baptism and Eucharist and historical processes of globalization. Questions such as "What does the rite of baptism have to do with issues of colonialism, ecology, inclusion, justice and the poor " and "How the celebration of the Eucharist is associated with notions of international power, land-food, world migration and non-documented immigrants in US " will be engaged. Students will study relations between theories of globalization, immigration, hospitality, sacramental theologies and local churches. This class will have international guests and will create celebrations of the sacraments in different spaces.
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This course examines the formation and content of oral culture. Particular attention will be directed to American folk preaching and African American preaching traditions. We will explore an understanding of rhetoric which includes purpose, action, symbols, formulae and style within the triadic structure of communication between speaker, hearers, and subject. Students will learn to recognize and appropriate rhetorical systems enhancing orality in the preaching task. In this emphasis, students will develop sermons and delivery styles conducive to preaching as an oral-aural event, invoking processes of relatedness and human experiences in communal speech events. Prerequisites: Basic Preaching
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Debra J. Mumford This course will survey the evolution of prosperity gospel in the context of North American capitalistic culture. Students will learn basic teachings, hermeneutical approaches, and preaching styles of Word of Faith preachers and visit a Word of Faith congregation. Each student will preach one sermon on a text used by Word of Faith preachers using her/his (the student's) own theology and method.
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3.00 Credits
Cláudio Carvalhaes; David Sawyer Through readings, lectures, discussion, artistic expression, workshops with professional artists, and creative worship experiences, participants will explore the biblical, liturgical, and theological relations between worship and the arts, each year focusing on a specific theme/ issue through a variety of media, including dance, drama, writing, music, and visual arts. This is a general elective course and does not fulfill the worship or pastoral care requirement in the Master of Divinity degree program.
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3.00 Credits
Patricia Kathleen Tull Interpreters have long noted that biblical narratives, far from being simple Sunday school tales, have been shaped as complex, rich and engaging stories of struggle. In these stories divine and human characters take on life through actions and words. By doing so, they invite audiences to reflect on the dilemmas they present, to explore multiple perspectives on what it means to be humans in a complex world of goodness and evil, judgment and grace. The stories explore human meaning with subtlety that is difficult to sustain in other genres. This is a course about reading and preaching biblical narratives. Students will learn from biblical narratives how to better preach, and learn how to better preach biblical narratives. Students will explore "poetics" ofbiblical narrative to sharpen their interpretive senses, and examine the narrativity of theology and human experience. The second half of the course will be devoted to two rounds of sermon presentation and critique. Prerequisites: Basic Preaching, Greek or Hebrew, Scripture I and II.
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3.00 Credits
Scott C. Williamson This course wrestles with the moral quandaries that church leaders and preachers often face in contemporary social issues or conflicts. For example, What moral principles compete for our allegiance in social conflicts What questions do we ask to clarify these conflicts, and can we answer them competently How do we shape moral argument in preaching We will utilize ethical theory and methods of argument in exploring these questions. Ultimately, students will learn to identify and shape moral argument in their preaching on difficult social issues. Topics may include: racial and gender conflicts, questions of just war, resistance and militarism; biotechnology; economic and class conflicts, and ecological issues. Prerequisites: Basic Preaching
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces students to the history, theology, and practices of congregational worship in the Reformed Tradition, specifically applied to the worship resources and practices of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). The purpose of the class is to equip students for sound and effective liturgical planning and worship leadership.
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