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Texts and Reading Assignments L. Wood, God and History, The Dialectical Tension of Faith and History in Modern Thought (EmethPublisher.Com, 2004). Learning to think theologically assumes that one has a basic grasp of the substantive issues in theology. This means one must be acquainted with the way that theology has been done since the earliest days of Church history. Because the key methodological issue of Christian theology is related to its historical claims, the focus of this work is on the relationship of faith and history, as it was specifically developed in modern thought. This work was written specifically for this new core course. 2. L. Wood, Theology As History and Hermeneutics, A Post-Critical Evangelical Conversation with Contemporary Theology (EmethPublisher.Com, 2004). There are many competing theological alternatives in the contemporary world, present- ing evangelical thought with a challenge on how to learn from them while re- maining true to the Scriptures. This work will introduce students to the represen- tative theologians and movements of the 21st century. The uniqueness of evan- gelicalism is its commitment to the authority of Scripture, while at the same time being willing to dialog with opposing points of view in order to learn how to re- late the enduring message of the Bible in today’s world. 3. Donald Thorsen, The Wesleyan Quadrilateral (Zondervan Publishing House, 1990). This is an excellent work on Wesley’s methodological assumptions. As- bury Theological Seminary is a confessional school of theology. Although we do not think that all schools ought to be confessional, the founding fathers decided Asbury would be established primarily to train students in the Wesleyan tradition and hence we have chosen to be confessional. Thorsen is a distinguished alum- nus of Asbury, and his work on Wesley’s methodology will introduce the student to the distinctive features of the Wesleyan way of doing theology.
Publication Date
1-1-2004
Publisher
Asbury Theological Seminary
Keywords
Kentucky, ST501, Fall
Language
English