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MW 690 The Church Abroad: China

James Loftin

READI G: Required Resources and Course Texts. Resources marked with an asterisk must be read prior to the trip. Chew, Jim. When You Cross Cultures. Singapore: Navigator Publishing, 1990. Chapters 1, 2, 6, 7 on culture, contextualisation and stress-110 pages. *Fulton, Brent, ed. ChinaSource Journal: Perspectives and Analysis for Those Who Serve China. Vol. I, No. 4. 15 pages. Provided by Loftin. *GO Prepared. Produced by Teams Commissioned for Christ International, Inc., 1999. Prepared for persons going on short term missions trips these six thirty-minute lectures deal with spiritual preparation, team spirit, cross-cultural ministry, and re-entry. In ATSF library. Counts as 100 pages reading. *Lambert, Anthony. China’s Christian Millions: The Costly Revival. Monarch Books/OMF, 1999. Chapters 1-14, 193 pages. 800/422-5330. Ling, Samuel. Megatrends: The Chinese, Asia and the World. 30-minute video tape by ChinaSource. In ATS-F library. Counts as 20 pages reading. Ling, Samuel. Serving the Chinese Church in Transition. Samuel Ling. 40-minute audio tape. In ATS-F library. Counts as 30 pages of reading. Ling, Samuel, ed. Serving China Together. Published by ChinaSource. 79 pages, 1996. Available from James Loftin. *Notebook of selected articles and readings provided by James Loftin. Russell, Gary. The Role of the Short-term and Church-based Ministries. Gary Russell. 40- minute audio tape. In ATS-F library. Counts as 30 pages reading. *Serving China: A Primer for Pastors, Churches and Ministries. Published by ChinaSource and China Harvest. 29 pages, 1998. Developed in concert with several agencies to share the opportunities and challenges of work in China. Subjects include China's current modernization efforts, its ethnic minorities and practical guidelines for living in China, as well as a general overview of the culture and history. The China Primer costs $5 and can be purchased from James Loftin’s office. Yamamori, Tetsunao and Chan, Kim-Kwong. Witnesses to Power: Stories of God’s Quiet Work in a Changing China. Paternoster Publishing, 2000. Distributed by O.M. Literature, Waynesboro, GA 706/554-5827. 108 pages. $10 each, available from James Loftin.
CS 601 Christian Ethics

Hugo Magallanes

Dayton, Donald W., Discovering an Evangelical Heritage (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1988). Miles, Rebekah L. The Pastor as Moral Guide (Minneapolis: Fortress, 1999).
CS 624 The Poor In Wesley's Social Ethics

Hugo Magallanes

Spring: Hynson, Leon O. The Wesleyan Revival: John Wesley’s Ethics for Church and State. Salem: Schmul, 1999. Dunning, H. Ray. Reflecting the Divine Image: Christian Ethics in Wesleyan Perspective. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1998. Jennings, Theodore W. Jr. Good News to the Poor: John Wesley’s Evangelical Economics. Nashville: Abingdon, 1990. MacArthur, Kathleen Walker. The Economic Ethics of John Wesley. New York: Abingdon, 1936. Meeks, Douglas M., ed. The Portion of the Poor: Good News to the Poor in the Wesleyan Tradition. Nashville: Kingswood Books, 1995. Runyon, Theodore., ed. Sanctification and Liberation: Liberation Theologies in Light of the Wesleyan Tradition. Nashville: Abingdon, 1981. Sherwin, Oscar. John Wesley: Friend of People. New York: Twayne Publishers, 1961. Wesley, John. “XXVIII Sermon on the Mount” “XXXVIII A Caution Against Bigotry” “XXXIX Catholic Spirit” “XLVIII Self-Denial” “L The Use of Money” “LI The Good Steward” “LXXIV Of the Church” “LXXXVII The Danger of Riches” “XCI On Charity” “XCVIII On Visiting the Sick” “CVIII On Riches” “CXII The Rich Man and Lazarus” “CXXVI On the Danger of Increasing Riches” “CXXXIX On Love” “Thoughts on the Present Scarcity of Provisions” “Thoughts upon Slavery” in The Works of John Wesley. Vols. 5,6, 7,11. Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 1998 Summer: Hynson, Leon O. To Reform the Nation: Theological Foundations of Wesley’s Ethics. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1984. Dunning, H. Ray. Reflecting the Divine Image: Christian Ethics in Wesleyan Perspective. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1998. Jennings, Theodore W. Jr. Good News to the Poor: John Wesley’s Evangelical Economics. Nashville: Abingdon, 1990. MacArthur, Kathleen Walker. The Economic Ethics of John Wesley. New York: Abingdon, 1936. Meeks, Douglas M., ed. The Portion of the Poor: Good News to the Poor in the Wesleyan Tradition. Nashville: Kingswood Books, 1995. Runyon, Theodore., ed. Sanctification and Liberation: Liberation Theologies in Light of the Wesleyan Tradition. Nashville: Abingdon, 1981. Sherwin, Oscar. John Wesley: Friend of People. New York: Twayne Publishers, 1961. Wesley, John. “XXVIII Sermon on the Mount” “XXXVIII A Caution Against Bigotry” “XXXIX Catholic Spirit” “XLVIII Self-Denial” “L The Use of Money” “LI The Good Steward” “LXXIV Of the Church” “LXXXVII The Danger of Riches” “XCI On Charity” “XCVIII On Visiting the Sick” “CVIII On Riches” “CXII The Rich Man and Lazarus” “CXXVI On the Danger of Increasing Riches” “CXXXIX On Love” “Thoughts on the Present Scarcity of Provisions” “Thoughts upon Slavery” in The Works of John Wesley. Vols. 5,6, 7,11. Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 1998
CS 636 Hispanic Theology and Social Ethics

Hugo Magallanes

Bañuelas, Arturo J., ed. Mestizo Christianity: Theology from the Latino Perspective. Maryknoll: Orbis, 1995. García, Ismael. Dignidad: Ethics Through Hispanic Eyes. Nashville: Abingdon, 1997. González, Justo L. Mañana: Christian Theology from a Hispanic Perspective. Nashville: Abingdon, 1990. González, Justo L. Santa Biblia: The Bible Through Hispanic Eyes. Nashville: Abingdon, 1996. Novas, Himilce. Everything You %eed to Know about Latino History. New York: Plume Books, 1994. Isasi-Díaz, Ada María and Fernando F. Segovia, eds. Hispanic/Latino Theology: Challenge and Promise. Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress, 1996.
CS 700 Servant as Liberator

Hugo Magallanes

Dayton, Donald W. Discovering an Evangelical Heritage. Peabody: Hendrickson, 1988. Marquardt, Manfred, John Wesley’s Social Ethics: Praxis and Principles. Trans. John E. Steely and Stephen Gunter. Nashville: Abingdon, 1992. CS 700 Servant as Liberator Reading Packet
NT 502 Comprehensive Greek II

Michael D. Matlock

Black, David Alan. Learning to Read #ew Testament Greek, rev. ed. Nashville: Broadman and Holman, 1994. Black, David Alan. It’s Still Greek to Me. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 1998. The Greek #ew Testament (Nestle-Aland, 27th edition). LSJ or BAGD Greek-English Lexicons
OT 502 Comprehensive Hebrew II

Michael D. Matlock

1. Seow, C. L. A Grammar For Biblical Hebrew. Rev. Ed. Nashville: Abingdon, 1995. 2. Brown, Francis, S. R. Driver, and Charles A. Briggs. A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament. Oxford: Oxford, 1907; reprint, Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1979. 3. Elliger, K., and W. Rudolph. Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 1967-77. 4. Mitchel, Larry A. A Student's Vocabulary for Biblical Hebrew and Aramaic. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1984. Mitchel's book is arranged by frequency. He lists the word and definition(s) of some 2000 Hebrew words and all 648 biblical Aramaic words. We will be memorizing all the Hebrew words used 100 times or more. He groups nouns, verbs, and particles all together. 5. Scott, William R. A Simplified Guide to BHS. Berkley, CA: BIBAL, 1987. This is a basic introduction to many of the peculiarities of the Hebrew Bible. Scott provides an English key to the Latin text critical notes at the very bottom of the page which were added by scholars this century who edited BHS and to the Aramaic side marginal notes (a.k.a. "massorah") which were put there by Medieval Jewish rabbis who created the vowel and accent system of the Hebrew Bible. Scott also explains many other features of the Hebrew Bible that will help you to understand how it has been put together through hundreds of years. 6. Williams, Ronald J. Hebrew Syntax: An Outline. Toronto: University of Toronto, 1976. This book is a brief introduction to Hebrew syntax (how words are put together). We will utilize this book throughout the course. Williams is too brief at many points, but the alternative books pertaining to syntax are of massive proportion or too expensive. Williams uses many terms for syntax that are now outdated; nevertheless, his text continues to be useful for beginning Hebrew students.
PM 750 Parish/Counseling Senior

Tapiwa Mucherera

The following specifics are required of each student: 1. Choose a job situation for which you would like to receive an interview. Describe this job opportunity in a short paragraph. This description will help those who will interview you to represent that type of job and the situation where it might be found. Here is your chance to “dream” about the job you would like. 2. Prepare a personal resume`. This is to be prepared in a professional manner. 3. Prepare a cover letter to go with your resume` that is written “To Whom It May Concern,” to be sent to your fictitious job setting. This is to be prepared in a professional manner, with correct letter style, and briefly stating your interest in the job you described elsewhere. 4. Prepare for this interview by reviewing your training, your strengths, your “growing edge,” and your developing understanding of your counseling model and how you integrate theories and techniques with your personal experiences and faith journey. You will be expected to know theories, counseling process, and other areas from your training and how they might be used in the setting that you have picked for this interview. 5. Each student will be assigned to write a letter of reference for another student. Include in your reference letter the kind of information that is pertinent to the person’s job interest. If you do not know the person you are to write a reference letter for, you may need to talk with the person to get better acquainted.
CO 601 Counseling Theories And Techniques

Tapiwa N. Mucherera

Corsini, R. & Wedding, D. (2000). Current Psychotherapies. Jones, S. L. & Butman, R. E. (1991). Modern Psycho-therapies. Downers Grove, IL: Intervarsity Press.
PC 655 Practicum in Pastoral Care

Tapiwa N. Mucherera

Read one book as assigned by supervisor and /or selected by the student. Suggestions: Biddle, Perry H. Hospital Manual – Abingdon Press, 1990. Holst, Lawrence. Hospital Ministry – The Role of the Chaplain Today. New York: Crossroad, 1989. Richmond, Kent D. & David L. Middleton. The Pastor and the Patient, Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1992.
PC 660 Practicum in Pastoral Care

Tapiwa N. Mucherera

Read one book as assigned by supervisor and /or selected by the student. Suggestions: Biddle, Perry H. Hospital Manual – Abingdon Press, 1990. Holst, Lawrence. Hospital Ministry – The Role of the Chaplain Today. New York: Crossroad, 1989. Richmond, Kent D. & David L. Middleton. The Pastor and the Patient, Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1992.
PM 608 The Servant as Pastoral Care Giver

Tapiwa N. Mucherera

1. Dinkins, Burrell & Losoney. “Grief” 2. Frederic, Harold. The Damnation of Theron Ware. 3. Hunter Rodney, Gen. Ed. Dictionary of Pastoral Care and Counseling: (On Reserve: See class dates for specific readings) Pastor, Pastoral Care of, pp. 830-832; Burnout, pp. 112-113; Prayer and worship life, Pastor’s, pp. 939-940; Identity, Pastoral pp. 567- 568; Pastoral Theology pp. 867-872; Pastoral Theological Methodology pp. 862-864; Pastoral Care and Counseling p. 845; Pastoral Care pp.832-836; Pastoral Counseling pp. 849-854; Clergy, Empirical studies of, pp. 171-175; Cross-Cultural Pastoral Care pp. 251-252; Cultural and Ethnic Factors in Pastoral Care pp. 253-254. 4 Headley Anthony, Achieving balance in ministry, 1999. 5. Kollar, Charles Allen: Solution-Focused Pastoral Counseling (This is our basic text for the theory and practice of pastoral counseling – Make this one of your first readings ) 6. Kuenning, Delores. Helping People Through Grief. (Many students find this to be a very emotional book. You may want to read a few chapters at a time.) 7. Nichols, Michael P. The Lost Art of Listening: (This is the best book available for learning how to really listen and to discover why this is so difficult to do. Another one of your first readings) 8. Steinborn, Melvin. The Lay Driven Church: How to Empower the People In Your Church to Share In the Task of Ministry. 9. Steinke, Peter. How Your Church Family Works.
PM 610 Crisis Counseling

Tapiwa N. Mucherera

Cooper Burton Z., Why God Atlanta: John Knox Press, 1988 Adams Marilyn M. Horrendous Evils and the Goodness of God Cornell University Press, 1999 Gilliland, B. E. & James, R. K. (1997). Crisis Intervention Strategies (3rd Ed.). New York: Brooks/Cole. Janoff-Bulman, R. (1992). Shattered Assumptions: Towards a New Psychology of Trauma. New York, NY: The Free Press.
PM 635 Practicum in Pastoral Care

Tapiwa N. Mucherera

Biddle, Perry H. Hospital Manual – Abingdon Press, 1990. Holst, Lawrence. Hospital Ministry – The Role of the Chaplain Today. New York: Crossroad, 1989. Richmond, Kent D. & David L. Middleton. The Pastor and the Patient, Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1992.
MW 775 830 Christian Witness and Other Faiths

Terry C. Muck

Wesley Pluralism Packet (on reserve in library—students may copy) Richard Plantinga, ed. Christianity and Plurality: Classic and Contemporary Readings. Oxford: Blackwell, 1999. 379 pages. Christianity and the Religions: A Biblical Theology of World Religions. Edward Rommen and Harold Netland, editors. Pasadena: Wm Carey Library, 1995. 274 pages. S. Wesley Ariarajah. The Bible and People of Other Faiths. Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 1985.
BS 715 Judaism

M. Robert Mulholland

E. Ferguson, Background of Early Christianity, (2nd ed.) N. T. Wright, The New Testament and the People of God
DM 856 Incarnating the Word

M. Robert Mulholland

Jones, Wainwright, Yarnold, eds. The Study of Spirituality. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1986) Collins, Kenneth J. ed. Exploring Christian Spirituality. (Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 2000) Merton, Thomas. Opening the Bible. (Collegeville: The Liturgical Press, 2000) Merton, Thomas. The New Man. (Noonday Press, 1999) Mulholland, M. Robert. Shaped by the Word. (Nashville: The Upper Room, 1985) Eslinger, Elise S. The Upper Room Worship Book. (Nashville: The Upper Room, 1985)
NT 601 Intermediate Greek

M. Robert Mulholland

Nestle-Aland, Novum Testamentum Graece Bruce M. Metzger, Lexical Aids for Students of New Testament Greek Herbert W. Smyth, Greek Grammar
NT 633 Exegesis of Colossians

M. Robert Mulholland

Novum Testamentum Graece, Nestle-Aland, 27th Edition. Introduction to Biblical Interpretation, Klein, Blomberg, Hubbard (KBH) Opening the Bible, Thomas Merton
YM 510 Foundations of Youth Ministry

Helen Musick

Starting Right, Dean, Clark, Rahn Four Views of Youth Ministry and the Church, Senter, Black, Clark, Nel The Return of the Prodigal, Nouwen
YM 631 Youth Culture and Trends

Helen Musick

At Risk, by Dr. Scott Larson The Celtic Way of Evangelism, by Dr. George Hunter Restoring the Teenage Soul, by Dr. Margaret Meeker Postmodern Pilgrims, by Dr. Leonard Sweet
CH 501 Church History I

J. Steven O'Malley

Bettenson, Henry. Documents of the Christian Church. (Oxford paperback). This is a record of crucial letters and texts of official church proclamations that shaped the direction of church leadership in the history of the church. Gonzalez, Justo. The Story of Christianity. Vol. I. (Abingdon paper ed.) A concise but insightful analysis of the history of early Christianity, through the Middle Ages, that weaves a narrative that is often compelling for the reader. Irvin, Dale, and Sunquist, Scott, eds., History of the World Christian Movement (Earliest Christianity to 1453), (unpublished manuscript, used with authors’ permission). (abbreviated HWCM) Kerr, Hugh T., ed. Readings in Christian Thought. (Abingdon paper ed.). A concise collection of selected texts illustrating style and message of major writiers in the history of Christian thought (through the modern era).
CH 502 Church History II

J. Steven O'Malley

Bettenson, Henry, ed., Documents of the Christian Church (Oxford paperback, l963). This is a record of crucial letters and texts of official church proclamations that shaped the direction of church leadership in the history of the church. Gonzalez, Justo. The Story of Christianity, Vol. 2 (Abingdon paper ed., 1984) A concise, but insightful, analysis of the history of modern Christianity that weaves a narrative which is often compelling for the reader. Gonzalez, Justo. History of Christian Thought, Vol.3 (Abingdon, 1971) An in-depth treatment of theological developments. (abbreviated: HCT) Kerr, Hugh T., ed., Readings in Christian Thought. (Abingdon paped ed.,1990). A concise collection of selected texts illustrating the style and message of major writers in the history of Christian thought (through the modern era J.S. O’Malley, Pilgrimage of Faith; The Legacy of the Otterbeins (Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow, l973) J.S. O’Malley, Touched by Godliness; Bishop John Seybert and the Evangelical Heritage (Topeka: Granite, l986) J.S. O’Malley, Early German-American Evangelicalism; Pietist Sources in Discipleship and Sanctification (Lanham, NJ: Scarecrow/University Press, l995) Rand-McNally Historical Atlas of the World (paperback ed.)
CH 502 Church History II

J. Steven O'Malley

Bettenson, Henry, ed., Documents of the Christian Church (Oxford paperback, l963). This is a record of crucial letters and texts of official church proclamations that shaped the direction of church leadership in the history of the church. Gonzalez, Justo. The Story of Christianity, Vol. 2 (Abingdon paper ed., 1984) A concise, but insightful, analysis of the history of modern Christianity that weaves a narrative which is often compelling for the reader. Gonzalez, Justo. History of Christian Thought, Vol.3 (Abingdon, 1971) An in-depth treatment of theological developments. (abbreviated: HCT) Kerr, Hugh T., ed., Readings in Christian Thought. (Abingdon paped ed.,1990). A concise collection of selected texts illustrating the style and message of major writers in the history of Christian thought (through the modern era).
CH 605 The Sacraments in History

J. Steven O'Malley

Bettenson, H., ed., Documents of the Christian Church (Oxford) Dix, Gregory, The Shape of the Liturgy (A & C Black) The Orthodox Liturgy Thompson, Bard, Liturgies of the Western Churc