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OT 520 Old Testament Introduction
Brian D. Russell
Oswalt, John N. Called to Be Holy. Evangel Publishing House, 1999. CBH Dillard, R. B. and Tremper Longman, An Introduction to the Old Testament. 2nd ed. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2006.
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OT 611 Exegesis of Exodus
Brian D. Russell
John I. Durham. Exodus. WBC. Waco: Word, 1987. Terrence E. Fretheim. Exodus. Interpretation. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1991. Michael Walzer. Exodus and Revolution T. Desmond Alexander and David W. Baker. Dictionary of the Old Testament: Pentateuch: A Compendium of Contemporary Biblical Scholarship. Downer’s Grove: InterVarsity, 2002. Arnold, Bill and John Choi. A Guide to Biblical Hebrew Syntax. Cambridge University Press. Elliger, K., and W. Rudolph, eds. Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 1967-77. Holladay, William L. A Concise Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament Based upon the Lexical Work of Ludwig Koehler and Walter Baumgartner. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 1971. Scott, William R. A Simplified Guide to BHS. Berkley, Calif.: BIBAL, 1987. Seow, C. L. A Grammar for Biblical Hebrew. Rev. ed. Nashville: Abingdon, 1995.
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OT 615 Minor Prophets
Brian D. Russell
Walter Kaiser, Toward an Exegetical Theology: Biblical Exegesis for Teaching and Preaching (Baker Academic, 1998) Paul D. Wegner, A Student's Guide to Textual Criticism of the Bible: Its History, Methods and Results (InterVarsity, 2006)
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OT 710 Exegetical Studies: Pentateuch
Brian D. Russell
Walter Kaiser, Toward an Exegetical Theology: Biblical Exegesis for Teaching and Preaching (Baker Academic, 1998) Paul D. Wegner, A Student's Guide to Textual Criticism of the Bible: Its History, Methods and Results (InterVarsity, 2006)
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CA 660 Song Lyrics and Theology
Lester Ruth
The student should purchase the following books: 1) St. Ephrem the Syrian. Hymns on Paradise. Translated by Sebastian Brock. Crestwood: St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press. 2) Lawson, John. A Thousand Tongues: The Wesley Hymns as a Guide to Scriptural Teaching. Atlanta: Paternoster Press, 2007. 3) Wybrew, Hugh. Orthodox Lent, Holy Week and Easter: Liturgical Texts with Commentary. Crestwood: St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press.
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CA 660 W1 Song Lyrics and Theology
Lester Ruth
Course Objectives Students completing this course will be able to: 1) read historic poetic or liturgical texts with a discerning theological eye shaped by a Wesleyan perspective; 2) interpret historic liturgical material, articulating its meaning and significance and placing it within its historical context; 3) use historical material to enrich their own song composition by applying insights gained from contemplating this material.
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WO 510 Worship Leadership in the Church
Lester Ruth
These required books and pamphlets, some of which are very short. --Thomas G. Long, Beyond the Worship Wars: Building Vital and Faithful Worship (The Alban Institute, 2001; ISBN 1-56699-240-0). --Norma deWaal Malefyt and Howard Vanderwell, Designing Worship Together: Models and Strategies for Worship Planning (The Alban Institute, 2005; ISBN 1-56699-296-6) --Timothy J. Mulder, So You've Been Asked To Lead in Prayer (Grand Rapids: CRC Publications, 1996.) --John D. Witvliet, So You've Been Asked To Plan a Worship Service (Grand Rapids: CRC Publications, 1999; ISBN 1-56212-393-9). --John D. Witvliet, So You've Been Asked To Lead a Worship Service (Grand Rapids: CRC Publications, 1999; ISBN 1-52212-392-0).
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DO 501 Basic Christian Doctrine
Stephen A. Seamands
Thomas Oden, The Living God The Word of Life Life in the Spirit Gregory Boyd & Paul Eddy, Across the Spectrum Timothy Tennent, Theology in the Context of World Christianity
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DO 670 United Methodist Theology
Stephen A. Seamands
William Abraham, Waking from Doctrinal Amnesia Ted Campbell, Methodist Doctrine: The Essentials Thomas Langford, Practical Divinity, vol 1. Thomas Schmidt, Straight and Narrow: Compassion and Clarity in the Homosexuality Debate Scott Kiser, Mainline or Methodist? William Willimon, United Methodist Beliefs: A Brief Introduction By Water and the Spirit (download at http://www.gbod.org/worship/articles/water_spirit/)
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CO 610 Ethical/Legal Issues in Counseling
Javier Sierra
Sanders, Randolph K. (1997). Christian counseling ethics: A handbook for therapists, pastors and counselors, Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press This text has to be fully read by the first day of class. Herlihy, B. & Corey, G. (2006). ACA Ethical Standards Casebook, sixth edition. Alexan-dria, VA: American Counseling Association. Wheeler, A. M. & Bertram, B. (2008). The Counselor and the Law, fifth edition. Alexan-dria, VA: American Counseling Association. This text has to be fully read by the first day of class. _____, (2004). AACC Christian counseling code of ethics. American Association of Christian Counseling, Forest, VA. Ready for download at www.aacc.net , (2005). ACA Code of Ethics. American Counseling Association. Alexandria, VA. Ready or download at: http://www.counseling.org/Resources/CodeOfEthics /TP/Home/CT2.aspx , (1993). AAPC Code of Ethics. American Association of Pastoral Counseling. VA. Ready for download at: http://www.aapc.org/content/ethics
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CO 670 Marriage and Family Counseling
Javier Sierra
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., & Petry, S. (2008). Genograms: Assessment and Intervention. (3rd Ed.). New York: Norton. Stanley, S., Trathen, D., McCain, S., & Bryan, M. (1998). The Lasting Promise: A Christian guide to fighting for your marriage. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers. Gordon, K. C., Baucom, D. H., & Snyder, D. K. (2005). Treating couples recovering from infidelity: An integrative approach. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 61, 1393-1405. See Academic Search Premier. Pittman, F. S., & Wagers, T. P. (2005). Teaching fidelity. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 61, 1407-1419. See Academic
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CO 705 Counseling Practicum-1
Javier Sierra
Faiver, C., Eisengart, S. & Colonna, R. (2004). The Counselor Intern's Handbook (3rd. Ed). Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole. ISBN 053452835X For CO 705.
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CO 706 Counseling Practicum-2
Javier Sierra
Miller, A. (1994). The Drama of the Gifted Child. New York: BasicBooks. ISBN 046501694 For CO 706.
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CO 715 Assessment Inventories/Counseling
Javier Sierra
Hood, A. B., & Johnson, R. W. (2007). Assessment in Counseling: A guide to the use of psychological assessment procedures. (4th ed.). Alexandria, VA: American Counseling Association: Zuckerman, E.L. (2005). Clinician's thesaurus: The guidebook for writing psychological reports. (6th ed.). New York: The Guilford Press. Horney, K. (1950). Neurosis and human growth: The struggle toward self-realization. New York: W & W Norton and Co. Sandoval, J., Frisby, C. L., Geisinger, K. F., Scheuneman, J. D., & Grenier, J. R. (Eds.). (1999). Test Interpretation and Diversity: Achieving equality in assessment. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association
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CO 730 Advanced Issues in Cross-Cultural Counseling
Javier Sierra
Schwarzbaum, S. E., & Jones, A. (2008). Dimenssions of Multicultural Counseling: A life story approach. Thousand Oaks CA: Sage Publications, Inc. Sue, D. W., and Sue, D. (2007). Counseling the Culturally Diverse: Theory and practice, (5th ed.). New York: John Wiley & Sons Mucherera, Tapiwa N. (2005). Pastoral Care From a Third World Perspective: A Pastoral Theology of Care from an Urban Contemporary Shona in Zimbabwe. NY: Peter Lang
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SP 501 Communication As Christian Rhetoric
Carolyn Smith
Patricia D. Brown, Paths to Prayer Henri Nouwen, The Only Necessary Thing Terry Teykl, The Presence Based Church Alvin Vander Griend, The Praying Church Source Book
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