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3.00 Credits
Frances S. Adeney Through studying biographies of historical and contemporary figures in mission and evangelism, students will learn about calling, motivation, contexts, and purposes of local and global mission. Albert Schweitzer, Billy Graham, Sojourner Truth, Dorothy Day, Walter Rauschenbusch, Martin Luther King, Jim Elliot, Charles Finney, Lucretia Mott, Susanna Wesley, and Julia Foote are representative figures.
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1.00 Credits
Kathryn L. Johnson This one-hour course is designed, though not required, to be taken in conjunction with the two-hour practicum in Worship. Students will examine continuities and diversity in the history of Christian worship in America, and bring historical perspectives to bear on current issues in worship.
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3.00 Credits
Dianne Reistroffer This course is designed to provide biblical, theological and practical understanding of money in the lives of congregations and individuals. Stewardship will be an important theme, but the course will focus on how understanding theology and money can strengthen the life of the church. Attention will be given to practical concerns - raising money, budgets and managing money.
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3.00 Credits
Amy Plantinga Pauw One of the great needs in the church today is for theologically informed preaching. This apparently simple homiletical quality is notoriously difficult to achieve. In this team-taught course students will be asked to locate their own theology and integrate it with text and life. The method will be dialogical and collegial. Prerequisites: Faith Seeking Understanding and Basic Preaching.
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3.00 Credits
Frances S. Adeney This course provides an overview of world religions inviting Christian responses to people of other faiths. Questions about the meaning of religion in the lives of adherents, historical and sociological issues of religion in society, and contemporary realities of pluralism and resulting tensions among religions will be addressed. A focus on practices and attitudes that foster understanding between Christians and people from other traditions will be emphasized.
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3.00 Credits
Kathryn L. Johnson This course is offered in cooperation with the Cistercian community south of Bardstown, best known as the home of Thomas Merton but with a 150-year history of community life of prayer and simplicity in the "American holy land" of Kentucky. The heart of this course is four days at Gethsemani Abbey, participating fully in the rhythm of the monastic day and, for our "work," joining withcommunity members in the study of foundational monastic texts with the leadership of a Cistercian scholar. Class sessions on campus during the preceding week will examine the monastic experience more generally and prepare for discussions on such topics as solitude and community in monastic life, rhythms of prayer and work, engagement with the world from a position of withdrawal, and earlier examinations of the place of friendship in Christian life. For two or three hours of credit: students will participate fully in the Abbey schedule and also in a week of on-campus class. Writing projects will be arranged with the instructor to reflect students' interests and credit hours received. Students wanting to participate only in the Gethsemani week, for one hour of credit, should contact the instructor and will be admitted to the course only if space is available.
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3.00 Credits
Amy Plantinga Pauw This course examines Christian practices in historical and contemporary settings and encourages students to relate the study of practices to their own ministry and spiritual formation. Prerequisites: Faith Seeking Understanding
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3.00 Credits
Christopher Elwood This is a course designed to introduce the student to ways of thinking critically and theologically about contemporary popular film and the messages about religion and values films convey. We will begin by examining a variety of theoretical approaches to film interpretation and then turn to a number of recent films to explore the ways in which such themes as human nature, evil and suffering, transcendence, moral and religious redemption, and religious and cultural difference are portrayed. We will give special attention to the contributions of this popular visual and narrative medium to public debate on moral and religious issues in the church and in society. Prerequisites: Faith Seeking Understanding and History of Christian Experience I.
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3.00 Credits
Christopher Elwood This course introduces the student to the main theological ideas and emphases that characterize the Reformed Protestant tradition. Attention will be given to classic as well as contemporary formulations of doctrine so that students, through their encounter with the diversity and unity of the Reformed heritage, develop the capacity to contribute faithfully and creatively in its ongoing witness. Recommended for middlers preparing for the PC(USA) ordination exam in theology. Note: This course does not fulfill the Area B elective requirement.
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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.
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