Syllabus for TH 408: Thinking Theologically

 

Section 1: Overview

Class meets Wednesday evenings from 6 PM to 8:30 PM in Classroom C in the Baptist World Congress Center building

This is an online resource for students participating in the class.

Professor David Dault, Chair of Division of Bible and Theology

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Texts:  The following texts are required for the course

• Tyler Wigg Stevenson, Brand Jesus: Christianity in a Consumerist Age

Recommended: The following texts are not required but are recommended to aid your work in the course

• Van Harvey, A Handbook of Theological Terms
• Donald McKim, Westminster Dictionary of Theological Terms

 To print the online texts I would recommend going to the 'File' menu and selecting 'Print Preview' - you should then see the text laid out properly for standard paper. Look to make sure words aren't being cut off on the edges in the preview. From there you can press 'Print' and all should be well. If cut-offs are happening you will need to find out how to adjust that particular machine's settings, or another option would be to 'Select all' in the edit menu, and copy and paste the text into a Word document and print from there.

Some tips on reading academic texts

You will be responsible forthe content of the Guthrie text, content of the lectures, and class discussions. Class participation will be a significant portion of your final grade. [The texts of the lectures will be posted here online week-to-week]

Section 2: Class Schedule

 

1. [Aug 22] - Introduction to the course
2. [Aug 29] - Read Brand Jesus, Introduction and Part I (xv - 30)
3. [Sep 5] -   Read Brand Jesus, Part II (31 - 75)
4. [Sep 12] - Read Brand Jesus, Part III (77 - 110)
5. [Sep 19] - Read Brand Jesus, Part IV (111 - 180)
6. [Sep 26] - Read Brand Jesus, Part V (181 - 228)
7. [Oct 3] -    Conversation with Tyler Wigg Stevenson
8. [Oct 10] -  MID TERM PAPER DUE; JOURNALS DUE FOR REVIEW

9. [Oct 17] -  Thinking liturgically - examining worship practice

10. [Oct 24] -  Thinking pastorally - examining lives in crisis

11. [Oct 31] -  Thinking eschatologically - examing our hope that "Thy kingdom come"

12. [Nov 7] -   Thinking prayerfully - examining our experience of God's providence

13. [Nov 14] - Thinking globally - examing the local church in light of the "church catholic"

14. [Nov 21] - NO CLASS - HAPPY THANKSGIVING
15. [Nov 28] -  Wrapping up

16. [Dec 5] -   FINAL PAPER DUE; JOURNALS DUE FOR REVIEW - Papers will not be accepted without a clearance card