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CO 601 Counseling Theories and Techniques

Virginia Todd Holeman

Required Course Texts: Corsini, R. & Wedding, D. (2004). Current psychotherapies. (7th edition). Itasca: IL: Peacock Publishers. Jones, S. L. & Butman, R. E. (1991). Modern psychotherapies: A comprehensive Christian appraisal. Downers Grove, IL: Intervarsity Press. McMinn, M. R. (1996). Psychology, Theology, and Spirituality in Christian Counseling. Wheaton, IL: Tyndale Publishing.
CO 602 Theoretical Approaches to Assessment and Treatment Planning

Virginia Todd holeman

Required Text Aponte, H. J. (1994). Bread and spirit: Therapy with the new poor: Diversity of race, culture, and values. New York: W. W. Norton (257 pp.) Required Article (Purchase at bookstore) Heitzenrter, R. P. (1995). The Imitatio Christi and the great commandment: Virtue and obligation in Wesley’s ministry with the poor. In M. D. Meeks (Ed.) The Portion of the Poor (pp. 49-63, 177-178). Nashville, TN: Kingswood Books.
CO 603 Orientation to Christian Approaches to Diagnosis and Treatment Planning

Virginia Todd Holeman

Required Texts Entwistle, D. (2004). Integrative approaches to psychology and Christianity: An introduction to worldview issues, philosophical foundations, and models of integration. Wipf & Stock Pub. ISBN: 159-244-7996 Oord, T. J. & Lodahl, M. (2005). Relational holiness: Responding to the call of love. Kansas City, MO: Beacon Hill Press. Required Articles For Feb 13, 2006 Kilian, M. K. & Parker, S. (2001). A Wesleyan spirituality: Implications for clinical practice. Journal of Psychology and Theology, 29(1), 72-80. Porter, S. L. (2004). Wesleyan theological methodology as a theory of integration. Journal of Psychology and Theology, 32(3), 190-199. For March 13, 2006 Dueck, A. & Parsons, T. D. (2004). Integrataion discourse: Modern and postmodern. Journal of Psychology and Theology, 32(3), 232-247. Strawn, B. D. (2004). Restoring moral affections of the heart: How does psychotherapy heal? Journal of Psychology and Christianity, 23(2), 140-148. For April 10, 2006 Garzon, R. (2005). Interventions that apply Scripture in psychotherapy. Journal of Psychology and Theology, 33(2), 113-121. Hathaway, W. L. (2005). Scripture and psychological science? Integrative challenges and callings. Journal of Psychology and Theology, 33(2), 89-97. Sperry, L. (2003). Integrating spiritual direction functions in the practice of psychotherapy. Journal of Psychology and Theology, 31(1) 3-13. For May 8, 2006 Montero, C. F. P. & Preussler, R. S. C. (2002). Psychology and social justice: Working towards a Christian justice-based model of integration. Journal of Psychology and Christianity, 21(4), 301-308. Tisdale, T. C., Doehring, C.E., & Lorraine-Poirier, V. (2003). Three voices, one song: A psychologist, spiritual director, and pastoral counselor share perspectives on providing care. Journal of Psychology and Theology, 31(1), 52-68. Yangarber-Hicks, N. (2004). Recovery model: A Christian appraisal. Journal of Psychology and Christianity, 23(1), 31-30.
CO 604 Using Diagnostic Information to Facilitate Treatment Planning

Virginia Todd Holeman

Required Text Seligman, Linda (1996). Diagnosis and Treatment Planning in Counseling (2nd Edition). New York: Plenum Press.
CO 660 Crisis Counseling

Virginia Todd Holeman

Required Course Texts: James, R. K. & Gilliland, B. E. (2004). Crisis Intervention Strategies (5th Ed.). New York: Brooks/Cole. Janoff-Bulman, R. (1992). Shattered Assumptions: Towards a New Psychology of Trauma. New York, NY: The Free Press. Course Packet (Purchase at ATS Bookstore) Required Readings in Course Packet: Dunn, R. (1993). Why bad things happen to good Christians. Christian Counseling Today. October, 16-19. Thompson, D. L. (1995). Job at the biblical roundtable on suffering and divine justice. The Asbury Herald. Summer, 6-9. Crandall, R. (1999). Grace, Is Grace, Is Grace. Unpublished Manuscript. Asbury Theological Seminary. Seamands, S. A. (1995). The cross and human suffering. The Asbury Herald. Summer, 10-12. Walls, J. L. (1995). Making sense of evil. The Asbury Herald. Summer, 3-5.
CO 670 Marriage and Family Therapy

Virginia Todd Holeman

REQUIRED TEXTS Friedman, E. (1985). Generation to Generation. New York: Guildford Press. Gottman, J. M. & Silver, N. (1999) The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work. New York: Three Rivers Press. Guerin, P.J., Jr., Forgarty, T. F., Fay, L.F., Kautto, J. G. (1996). Working with Relationship Triangles. New York: Guilford Press. McGoldrick, M. & Gerson, R., & Shellenberger, S. (1999). Genograms in Family Assessment (2nd Ed.). New York: Norton. Stanley, S., et al. (1998). The Lasting Promise. Jossey-Bass. ISBN: 0-7879-3983-8
MM 602 Mentored Ministry

Barbara C. Holsinger

Required Reading Foster, Richard, Celebration of Discipline, (HarperSanFrancisco, 1978). Sider, Olson, and Unruh, Churches that Make a Difference, (Grand Rapids: Baker, 2002). Mentored Ministry Handbook: MM 601/602 purchased from the professor for $5, or down- loaded from the website.
MU 504 Private Piano

Bonnie Hortin

TEXTS: Texts will be chosen based on the level and desired focus of each student. Students are encouraged to bring any piano books to the first music lesson. Recommended text for the Contemporary Worship Tract: The Essential Modern Worship Fakebook: 220 of Your Favorite Worship Songs in Singable Keys. Worship Together: www.worshiptogether.com.
ME 820 Seminar in Evangelization: Applied Historical Perspectives

George G. Hunter

Course Readings Asbury’s bookstore has ordered the following sources for us: 1. Michael Green. Evangelism in the Early Church, rev. ed. (Eerdmans, 2003) 2. Rodney Stark. The Rise of Christianity (Harper-Collins p. b., 1997. 3 Richard Fletcher. The Barbarian Conversion: From Paganism to Christianity (University of California Press, 1999). 4. Smith, Stout, and Minkema, Eds. A Jonathan Edwards Reader (Yale University Press p. b., 2003) 5. C. H. Spurgeon. The SoulWinner Whitaker House, 1995) 6. Alcoholics Anonymous, fourth edition. The bookstore has also ordered a packet of readings, featuring a. St. Patrick’s Confession b. Selections from Bede”s Ecclesiastical History of the English People c. John Wesley’s “Character of a Methodist” and “Short History of the People Called Methodists.” d. Selected chapters from Charles G. Finney’s Lectures on Revivals of Religion. Robert Tuttle’s The Story of Evangelism: A History of the Witness to the Gospel (Abingdon, 2006) would serve as a marvelous introductory text for this subject, but was not used because of the seminar’s greater stress on primary sources. Tuttle’s book is admirably suited to (say) a course in which the students mainly read one text.
ME 820 Seminar in Evangelization: Applied Historical Perspectives

George G. Hunter

Course Readings Asbury’s bookstore has ordered the following sources for us: 1. Michael Green. Evangelism in the Early Church, rev. ed. (Eerdmans, 2003) 2. Rodney Stark. The Rise of Christianity (Harper-Collins p. b., 1997. 3 Richard Fletcher. The Barbarian Conversion: From Paganism to Christianity (University of California Press, 1999). 4. Smith, Stout, and Minkema, Eds. A Jonathan Edwards Reader (Yale University Press p. b., 2003) 5. C. H. Spurgeon. The SoulWinner Whitaker House, 1995) 6. Alcoholics Anonymous, fourth edition.
ME 830 Seminar in Evangelization: Applied Rhetorical Theory

George G. Hunter

Textbooks: Seminar participants will work through and process parts of two formidable texts, and will reflect throughout the semester on one famous evangelistic sermon—Clarence McCartney’s “Come Before Winter” (class handout) 1. Bizzell, Patricia and Bruce Herzberg, ed’s. The Rhetorical Tradition: Readings from Classical Times to the Present, Second Edition (Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2001) 2. Corbett, Edward P. J. and Robert J. Connors. Classical Rhetoric for the Modern Student, Fourth Edition (Oxford University Press, 1999.
MS 615 Foundations of Church Growth

George G. Hunter

III. Textbooks: The following textbooks are for students in MS 615 and ME 700. The literature, especially McGavran's Understanding Church Growth, should be perceived as the heart of the course. Class sessions will stimulate deeper reading, provide perspective, headline some themes and expand upon others, fill gaps, suggest implications and applications, and facilitate learning and strategic thinking. Class sessions may involve varied technologies, such as lectures, experiential lectures, case studies, visiting speakers, films, maps, data gener- ation, simulations, pencil and paper instruments, reports, processing of assigned readings, etc. A. Read EACH of the following: 1. Donovan, Vincent J. Christianity Rediscovered. Orbis, 1979. This autobiographical case study, one of the most engaging and moving books in all of missiological literature, focuses on the planting of indigenous Catholic Christianity among Masai people in East Africa. It dramatizes the central “apostolic” issue of starting a Christian movement from scratch among an unreached people. 2. Donald A. McGavran. Understanding Church Growth, Third Edition. Eerdmans, 1990. The authoritative text in the field of Global Church Growth, written by "the Father of the Church Growth Movement." The second and third editions include "Eurica" within the world's mission fields, thus making this a definitive general text, although the third edition-- condensed by C. Peter Wagner, made some unfortunate omissions. 3. George G. Hunter III. Radical Outreach: The Recovery of Apostolic Ministry and Evangelism. Abingdon, 2003. 4. Winter, Ralph D. and Steven C. Hawthorne, eds. Perspectives on the World Christian Movement, Third Edition. William Carey Library, 1999. In this course, we assign only a “bakers dozen” articles (primarily from 1 the “Strategic Perspective” section) from this widely used collection, but every serious mission student will own this book.B. Read ANY TWO of the following: 5. Arn, Win and Charles Arn. The Master’s Plan for Making Disciples. Baker Book House,1998. Unpacks a Church Growth approach to social-network evangelism. 6. Charles Arn. White Unto Harvest: Evangelizing Today’s Senior Adults. Monrovia, CA: Institute for American Church Growth, 2003. A cogent research-based report on approaches to reaching a distinct target population. 6. Hunter, George G. Hunter, III. To Spread the Power: Church Growth in the Wesleyan Spirit. Abingdon, 1987. Drawing from twentieth century studies, as well as from John Wesley’s strategic genius. 7. McIntosh, Gary. Biblical Church Growth. Baker, 2003. This is a new engaging treatment, especially useful for people with any doubts about whether the Church Growth approach to mission and evangelism is rooted biblically. 8. Schaller, Lyle E. 44 Steps Up Off the Plateau. Abingdon, 1993. A range of “interventions” for churches “stuck” at their present membership strength, by the writer who knows more about churches than anyone else who ever lived! 9. Schwartz, Christian. Natural Church Development. ChurchSmart Resources, 1996. Currently the most widely praised (and critiqued) book in the field; purports to profile churches that experience growth through health.
MW 725 Primal and Folk Religions

Eunice Irwin

Required Texts and Readings 1. Burnett, David 2000 World of the Spirits: A Christian Perspective on Traditional and Folk Religions. London: Monarch Books. 2. Hiebert, Paul G., Daniel Shaw and Tite Tienou 1999 Understanding Folk Religion: A Christian Response to Popular Beliefs and Practices. Grand Rapids: Baker Books. 3. Oleksa, Father Michael 2005 Another Culture/ Another World. Juneau, AK: Association of Alaska School Boards. 4. Select a fourth book from the list below, or propose another to the professor for approval. Choose to read a book that is compatible with your research paper. Kirwin, Michael 1994 The Missionary and the Diviner. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books. Lowe, Chuck 2001 Honoring God and Family: A Christian Response to Idol Food in Chinese Popular Religion. Bangalore, India: Theological Book Trust. Mackay, John A. 1933 The Other Spanish Christ. New York: The MacMillan Company. Magesa, Laurenti 1997 African Religion: The Moral Traditions of Abundant Life. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books. Spiro, Melford 1960 Burmese Supernaturalism.
CL 553 United Methodist Polity and Discipline

Randy Jessen

REQUIRED TEXTS BIBLIOGRAPHY The Book of Discipline 2004. Nashville: United Methodist Publishing House, 2004. Thomas Edward Frank, Polity, Practice, and the Mission of the United Methodist Church Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1997 (or later).
NT 500 A Concise Greek

Brad Johnson

Required Texts Black, David Alan. It’s Still Greek to Me: An Easy-to-Understand Guide to Intermediate Greek. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1998. Douglas, J.D., ed. The New Greek-English Interlinear New Testament. Wheaton: Tyndale, 1993. Green, Joel B., ed. Hearing the New Testament: Strategies for Interpretation. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1995.
NT 500 Concise Greek

Brad Johnson

Required Texts: Black, David Alan. It’s Still Greek to Me: An Easy-to-Understand Guide to Intermediate Greek. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1998. Douglas, J.D., ed. The New Greek-English Interlinear New Testament. Wheaton: Tyndale, 1993. Green, Joel B., ed. Hearing the New Testament: Strategies for Interpretation. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1995.
NT 501 Comprehensive Greek

Brad Johnson

Required Texts Bauer, et al. A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature. 3rd rev. ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 2000. Black, David Alan. It’s Still Greek to Me. Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 1998. Black, David Alan. Learning to Read New Testament Greek, rev. ed. Nashville: Broadman and Holman, 1994. Nestle-Aland, Novum Testamentum Graece, 27th ed. Recommended Texts Long, Gary A. Grammatical Concepts 101 for Biblical Greek: Learning Biblical Greek Grammatical Concepts Through English Grammar. Peabody, Massachusettes: Hendrickson Publishers, 2006. Mounce, William D. Basics of Biblical Greek (Second Edition). Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan, 2003.
CD 511 The Pastor and Christian Discipleship

Beverly C. Johnson-Miller

REQUIRED TEXTS Basics of Christian Education by Karen B. Tye The Younger Evangelicals by Robert Webber John Wesley’s Class Meeting: A model for making disciples by Michael Henderson Making All Things New: An Invitation to the Spiritual Life by Henri Nouwen The Big Little School: Two Hundred Years of The Sunday School by Robert W. Lynn and Elliott Wright Growing in the Life of Faith: Education and Christian Practices by Craig Dykstra *On Reserve - Leading the Congregation: Caring for Yourself While Serving the People by Norman Shawchuck and Roger Heuser Christian Religious Education: Sharing Our Story and Vision by Thomas Groome
SF 501 Introduction to Spiritual Formation

Reginald Johnson

• Marjorie Thompson, Soul Feast • Reginald Johnson, Your Personality and the Spiritual Life & • Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together • Joyce Huggett, Listening to God
PR 610 Servant as Proclaimer

J. Ellsworth Kallas

TEXTS: Cantalamessa, The Mystery of God’s Word Kalas, Preaching from the Soul Lischer, The Company of Preachers Long & Plantinga, A Cloud of Witnesses
CD 610 Moral Development

Chris Kiesling

TEXTBOOKS James C. Wilhoit and John M. Dettoni. Nurture that is Christian: Developmental Perspectives on Christian Education. Wheaton: Victor Books, 1995. James Fowler. Faithful Change: The Personal and Public Challenges of Postmodern Life. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1996. Jean Piaget, The Moral Judgment of the Child. New York, Free Press, 1965. E Stanley Jones, The Christ of the Mount.
CH 600 History of Methodism

Kenneth C. Kinghorn

Texts Required texts: Kinghorn, Kenneth, The Heritage of American Methodism, Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1999. Norwood, Frederick A., The Story of American Methodism, Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1974. Those students who have read either of these books can arrange to read alternate materials. Recommended for present and future reference: Rowe, Kenneth E., Editor, United Methodist Studies: Basic Bibliographies, Nashville: Abingdon Press, 3rd edition, 1992.
PH 701 Faith, Reason, and Christian Belief

Kevin Paul Kinghorn

REQUIRED TEXTS (1) Faith and Reason (Oxford Readers), Paul Helm, ed. (Oxford University Press, 1999) ISBN: 0192892908. (2) The Decision of Faith, Kevin Kinghorn. (T & & Clark, 2005) ISBN: 0567030687. (3) Reading Packet (available through Asbury Bookstore)
CO 650 Play Therapy: Theory, Technique, and Theology

Reo N. Leslie

Required Readings/Textbooks (approximately 1700 pages of reading): a. Inscapes of the Child’s World: John Allan (1988). Dallas, Texas: Spring Publications; ISBN-0-88214-338-7 b. Play Therapy: Virginia M. Axline (1947/1969), New York, Ballantine Books, ISBN 0-345-30335-0 c. The Healing Power of Play: Working with Abused Children: Eliana Gil (1991), New York, Guilford Press d. The Play Therapy Primer: Kevin O’Connor (2000), New York, ISBN-0- 471-24873-8 e. Play Therapy with Children in Crisis: Individual, Group, and Family Treatment(2nd Ed.) Nancy Boyd Webb (ed.) (1999), New York, Guilford, ISBN 1-57230-485-5
CD 610 Moral Development

Mark Maddix

TEXTBOOKS Required Textbooks: James C. Wilhoit and John M. Dettoni. 1995. Nurture that is Christian: Developmental Perspectives on Christian Education. Wheaton: Victor Books. ISBN# 1564762688 James Fowler. 1996. Faithful Change: The Personal and Public Challenges of Postmodern Life. Nashville: Abingdon Press. ISBN# 0687017300 Jean Piaget. 1965. The Moral Judgment of the Child. New York, Free Press. (Out of Print-purchase used on Amazon.com) Carol Gilligan. 1993. In a Different Voice. Harvard University Press. ISBN# 0674445449 William Damon. 1988. The Moral Child: Nurturing Children’s Natural Moral Growth. New York, Free Press. ISBN# 0029069335 Recommended Reading: C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce Reading Packet for Moral Development: Donald Joy. 1983. Moral Development Foundations: Judeo/Christian Alternatives to Piaget/Kohlberg. Abingdon Press. Chapters, 1, 2, and 11. Richard Dunn. 2001. Shaping the Lives of Students. InterVarsity Press, ch. 7. Donald Joy. 1980. Moral Development: Evangelical Perspectives. Religious Education Press, Vol. 75, No. 2. Donald Joy. 1985. Wesleyan Theology and Developmental Structuralism: An Evaluation. Wesley Theological Journal, Vol. 20, No. 2, Fall 1985.