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OT 520 Old Testament Introduction
Lawson G. Stone
READING in the literature of OT studies from many perspectives, from “mainstream” (i.e. non- conservative) OT criticism as well as evangelical scholars. Some readings are difficult and not always obviously relevant to, say, sermon preparation or youth ministry. LaSor, W. S., D. A. Hubbard, F. W. Bush, Old Testament Survey: Second Edition. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1996. A Book-By-Book overview of the content and interpretation issues of the OT books followed by a section on general issues. Since this course is not organized in a book-by- book fashion, we will be reading this text "out of order" so pay close attention to the Course Schedule. W. W. Klein, C. L. Blomberg, R. L. Hubbard, Introduction to Biblical Interpreatation. Waco: Word, 1993. Introduces essential issues involved in biblical interpretation and the methods employed with specific types of material. Our assignments skip sections dealing explicitly with the New Testament. Pritchard, James, Ed. HarperCollins Concise Atlas of the Bible. Harper, 1991. Much more than maps, a good atlas (like this one) is a concise guide to the geography, history, culture, and lifestyle of the people it treats. Try to go beyond reading with this book, and spend time enjoying the maps and sheer glory of factual data presented in a fairly small space. Several articles are in electronic form and will be in the Course Conference icon. Full citations and filenames are given in the schedule. All are Adobe Acrobat PDF files. To read these, you use the free Adobe Acrobat Reader.
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CO 601 Counseling Theories and Techniques
Stephen P. Stratton
Required Reading:Corsini, R. J. & Wedding, D. (2005). Current psychotherapies, 7th Ed., Belmont, CA: Brooks Cole. Jones, S.L. & Butman, R.E. (1991). Modern psychotherapies. Downer's Grove, IL: Intervarsity Press. Johnson, E.L. & Jones, S.L. (2000). Psychology and Christianity: Four views. Downers Grove, IL: Intervarsity Press
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CO 715 Assessment Tools and Inventory
Stephen P. Stratton
Required Texts: Kaplan, R. M. & Saccuzzo, D. P. (2005). Psychological testing: Principles, applications, and issues, 6th Ed. Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole Publishing Co. 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.
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PC 510 The Servant as Pastoral Care Giver
Stephen P. Stratton
REQUIRED READING Office Location: Stanger 413, 859-858-2289 Office Hours: By Appointment Email: steve_stratton@asburyseminary.edu THE SERVANT AS PASTORAL CAREGIVER Benner, D. G. (2003). Strategic Pastoral Counseling, 2nd Ed. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker. (This book is our basic text for the theory and philosophy of pastoral counseling.) Carkhuff, R. R. (2000). The Art of Helping in the 21st Century, 8th Ed. Amherst, MA: Human Resource Development Press. (This book is our basic text for micro skills of pastoral counseling.) Headley, A. J. (1999). Achieving Balance in Ministry. Kansas City: Beacon Hill Press. Kuenning, D. (1987). Helping People through Grief. Minneapolis: Bethany House. (Many students find this an emotional book. You may want to read a few chapters at a time.) Seamands, S. A. (2005). Ministry in the Image of God: The Trinitarian Shape of Christian Service. Downer’s Grove, IL: Intervarsity Press. (This book helps build our theological foundation for pastoral service.) Steinborn, M. J. (1997). The Lay Driven Church: How to Empower the People in Your Church to Share in the Task of Ministry. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock. Steinke, P. L. (1993). How Your Church Family Works. The Alban Institute (Read this as soon as possible. We will use it early in the semester.)
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CO 611 Dynamics of Human Sexuality
Michael R. Sytsma
Course Textbooks and Articles: NOTE: Some of the reading for this course does not come from a specifically Christian perspective. Some of it may be inconsistent with the statement of beliefs for ATS. This reading is required because it is representative of the thought in the field of sex therapy and sexology. Time will be spent in class discussing the reading and critiquing it from a Biblical Christian perspective that is in line with the stated theology of ATS. Hyde, J. S. (2001). Understanding Human Sexuality, (8th Edition), Boston: McGraw Hill. Laaser, M. (2004). Healing the Wounds of Sexual Addiction. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan. Rosenau, D. (2002). A celebration of sex (Rev. and updated. ed.). Nashville: Thomas Nelson. The following articles and chapters are also required reading for this course. Students can download these chapters from http://homepage.mac.com/msytsma Rosenau, D.E., Sytsma, M., and Taylor, D.L. (2001). Sexuality and Sexual Counseling: Learning and Practicing the DEC-R Model. In T. Clinton, and G. Ohlschlager (Eds.) Competent Christian Counseling, Colorado Springs: Waterbrook. Rosenau, D. E. (1998). Extramarital Affairs: Therapeutic Understanding and Clinical Interventions. Marriage & Family, 3 (4), 355-368. Schnarch, D. M. (1995). A Family Systems Approach to Sex Therapy and Intimacy. In R. Mikesell, D. Lusterman, and S. H. McDaniel (Eds.), Integrating Family Therapy: Handbook of Family Psychology and Systems Theory. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association. A handout packet will be available from Dr. Sytsma the first day of class. This packet contains a printout of the slides used in class. Students may purchase this packet at copy cost (typically about $8.00). This packet is recommended but not required.
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BT 750 Christian Theology and The Bible
Anthony Thiselton
Required Textbooks: 1. Daniel Migliore, Faith Seeking Understanding: An Introduction to Christian Theology (Grand Rapids & Cambridge: Eerdmans, 1991, paperback) ISBN 0-8028-0601-5, 312 pages. 2. Wolfhart Pannenberg, Systematic Theology (volume 2, Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, and Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 1994) pp. 136-464 (=329 pages). 3. Colin Gunton (Editor) The Cambridge Companion to Christian Doctrine (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997), paperback, 307 pages 1 4. One of these three: Either: Stanley J. Grenz, The Social God and the Relational Self: A Trinitarian Theology of the Imago Dei (Louisville & London: Westminster John Knox, 2001), hardback, 344 pages; Or: Jürgen Moltmann, The Spirit of Life: A Universal Affirmation (London: SCM 1992), study edition, 358 pages; Or: The Doctrine Commission of the Church of England, Being Human: A Christian Understanding of Personhood Illustrated with Reference to Power, Money, Sex, and Time (London: Church House Publishing 2003) ISBN 0 7151 3866 9, paperback 148 pages.
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CS 601 Christian Ethics
James R. Thobaben
Texts: Boulton, Wayne G., Thomas D.Kennedy, and Allen Verhey, eds., From Christ to the World: Introductory Readings in Christian Ethics (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1994). Dayton, Donald W., Discovering an Evangelical Heritage (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1988).
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CS 637 Rural Community and Moral Concerns
James R. Thobaben
Required Texts (MUST BE READ BEFORE FIRST SESSION) Caudill, Harry M., Night Comes to the Cumberlands Ashland, KY: Jesse Stuart Foundation, 2001 (re- publication) Conley, Kevin, Stud New York NY: Bloomsbury, 2002. Covington, Dennis, Salvation on Sand Mountain New York NY: Penguin Books, 1995 Evans, Vos & Wright (ed), Biblical Holism and Agriculture Pasadena CA: William Carey Library, 2003. Jones, Loyal, Faith and Meaning in the Southern Uplands Urbana IL: University of Illinois Press, 1999. DELETE: Logsdon, Gene, The Contrary Farmer White River Junction VT: Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 1994. [This book never arrived] Kline, David, Great Possessions: An Amish Farmer’s Journal Wooster OH: Wooster Book Company, 2001/1990. Poage, Ben The Tobacco Church II: A Manual for Congregational Leaders Richmond, KY: Kentucky Appalachian Ministries, 1995. Wirzba, Norman, The Essential Agrarian Reader Lexington KY: University of Kentucky Press, 2003.
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CS 680 Bioethics: Christian Care and Clinical Ethics
James R. Thobaben
TEXTS & ARTICLES: Lammers & Verhey, On Moral Medicine (2nd edition) [Chapters: 1,2,3,4,5,6,8,9,14,15,16,19] Chia, Cooper, Thobaben, Fergusson, and Kilner, Bioethics: Obstacle or Opportunity for the Gospel Lausanne Occasional Paper No.58 based on Pattaya, Thailand Meeting 2004, Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization, 2004. Thobaben, JR "A United Methodist Approach to End-of-Life..." Christian Bioethics (3)3:222-248 [under course icon] Thobaben, JR "The Impact of Managed Care..." Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation (12)1:10-20 [under course icon] Various court cases and laws [on Web; to be determined in accordance with current bioethical issues] These must be obtained on your own; NOT ordered; NOT on reserve because they are so readily available. � Hawthorne, Nathaniel, “The Birthmark” (a copy may be found at: [http://www.bioethics.gov/meetings/200201/birthmark.html] � Poe, Edgar Allan, “The Premature Burial” (a copy may be found at: [http://eserver.org/books/poe/premature_burial.html] � Tolstoy, Death of Ivan Ilych (a good translation may be found at: [http://www.geocities.com/short_stories_page/tolstoydeath.html] � Kübler-Ross, On Death & Dying � Lewis, C.S. A Grief Observed � Hospice material:
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CS 681 Bioethics: Technology, Culture and the Future
James R. Thobaben
TEXTS: REQUIRED: Teays, Wanda & Purdy, Laura, Bioethics, Justice, and Health Care Section 3: Medical Experimentation Section 4: The Body as Property Section 4: Individual Decision Making Section 6: Abortion & Birth Control Section 7:Reproductive Tech & Surrogacy Section 8: Genetics & Cloning Peterson, James C. Genetic Turning Points Chia, Cooper, Thobaben, Fergusson, and Kilner, Bioethics: Obstacle or Opportunity for the Gospel Lausanne Occasional Paper No.58 based on Pattaya, Thailand Meeting 2004, Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization, 2004. Hauerwas, Stanley, “Abortion: Theologically Understood” [http://www.lifewatch.org/abortion.html] Durham Declaration [http://www.lifewatch.org/durham.html] President’s Council on Bioethics, Beyond Therapy: Biotechnology & the Pursuit of Happiness [http://www.bioethics.gov/reports/beyondtherapy/beyond_therapy_final_report_pcbe.pdf] (READ pp. 1- 24 & SCAN remainder) National Human Genome Research Institute "Genetics and the future of Medicine" [http://www.nhgri.nih.gov/Pages/EducationKit/brochure.html] (SCAN: “Policy & Ethics” and “Glossary”) Human Genome Program, Department of Energy, “Genomics and Its Impact on Science and Society: The Human Genome Project and Beyond” [http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/publicat/primer2001/i ndex.shtml] (SCAN “Primer,” “Anticipated Benefits,” “Societal Concerns”; “Glossary”)
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CS 682 Bioethics: Creation and the Environment
James R. Thobaben
TEXTS: REQUIRED Barkey, M. (ed) Environmental Stewardship in the Judeo-Christian Tradition [a very short book, easy to read, more “liberty” oreinted] Bradie, M. The Secret Chain: Evolution and Ethics [a fairly difficult book; try to pick up arguments without excessive concern on exactly who said what; the major “players” will be discussed in class] Moreland, J.P. & Reynolds, J., editors Three Views on Creation and Evolution [an accessible book covering three Christian positions] Pojman, Louis P. , Environmental Ethics: Readings in Theory and Application, 4th Edition [it is what its title suggests]
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BS 501 Introduction to Biblical Studies I
David Loren Thompson
Required Texts Bauer, David R. An Annotated Guide to Biblical Resources for Ministry. Hendrickson, 2003. Drane, John Introducing the Old Testament. Completely revised and updated. Fortress Press, 2001. Abbreviated IOT in the syllabus. Revised Standard Version of the Bible or New American Standard Bible or some other contemporary, formal (vs. dynamic) equivalence translation with minimal editorial clutter in the layout. NRSV and NIV are also fine. Thompson, David L. Bible Study That Works. Revised edition. Nappanee, IN: Evangel Press, 1994. Gives a brief, non-technical overview of approach to “inductive biblical studies” commended by the class. (= BSTW)
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OT 615 Minor Prophets
David Loren Thompson
A. Required Texts and Materials Note the “either-or” entries in this list. M.A. students other than M.A.B.S. see no. 8. 1. A standard contemporary English translation. Revised Standard Version of the Bible, or some other contemporary, standard (non- paraphrasing) version such as The New Revised Standard Version of the Bible, New American Standard Bible, with minimal editorial clutter in the layout. 2. A Masoretic text of the Hebrew Bible. Either Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia. 4th ed. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 1990, or The NIV Interlinear Hebrew-English Old Testament. John Kohlenberger III, editor. Zondervan, 1993, or its equivalent. 3. Bible Study That Works. Revised edition. Evangel Press, 1994. David L. Thompson. Do not use the 1982 edition for class! 4. An Annotated List of Biblical Resources for Ministry. Hendrickson, 2003. David R. Bauer. 5. A concordance of the Hebrew Bible Either Even-Shoshan, A New Concordance of the Old Testament, Baker, or G. V. Wigram , The New Englishman’s Hebrew Concordance, Hendrickson or BibleWorks with its concordance search capability, or the equivalent of these. 6. A lexicon of the Hebrew Bible Either M. E. J. Richardson, The Hebrew & Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament, Brill, 1999. or William Holladay, A Concise Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament, Eerdmans, or BibleWorks, with its lexical capabilities (outdated but OK for preliminary definition for this class). 7. A Syntax of Biblical Hebrew A Guide for the Perplexed or A Guide to the Syntax of Biblical Hebrew by Bill Arnold and John Choi, 2002
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NT 500 Concise Greek
Mark Trump
Texts Black, David Alan. It’s Still Greek to Me: An Easy-to-Understand Guide to Intermediate Greek. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 1998. Green, Joel. Hearing the New Testament. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1995. Douglas, J.D., ed. The New Greek-English Interlinear New Testament. Wheaton, IL:Tyndale, 1993.
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NT 501 Comprehensive Greek I
Mark Trump
Required Materials 3.1. 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. 3.2. Recommended Texts Trenchard, Warren C. Student’s Complete Vocabulary Guide to the Greek New Testament, rev. ed. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1992. Wallace, Daniel. The Basics of New Testament Syntax. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2000. OR Wallace, Daniel. Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1996. For future or further study, also recommended is: Liddell and Scott. Greek English Lexicon with a revised supplement Oxford: Clarendon Press (Oxford University Press), 1996.
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NT 502 Comprehensive Greek II
Mark Trump
Required Materials 3.1. 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. 3.2. Recommended Texts Trenchard, Warren C. Student’s Complete Vocabulary Guide to the Greek New Testament, rev. ed. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1992. Wallace, Daniel. The Basics of New Testament Syntax. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2000. OR Wallace, Daniel. Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1996. For future or further study, also recommended is: Liddell and Scott. Greek English Lexicon with a revised supplement Oxford: Clarendon Press (Oxford University Press), 1996.
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CL 610 Theology of Servant Leadership
Thomas F. Tumblin
Readings: 1. In the Name of Jesus: Reflections on Christian Leadership by Henri Nouwen. (NY: Crossroad/Herder & Herder, 1993) ISBN: 0824512596 (81 pages). 2. Being as Communion by John Zizioulis. (Crestwood, NY: St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 1997) ISBN: 0881410292 (269 pages).
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CL 616 DM 811 Leading Change
Thomas F. Tumblin
Required Reading: Deep Change: Discovering the Leader Within by Robert E. Quinn (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1996), 236 pages. (ISBN: 0787902446) Diffusion of Innovations, 5th ed. by Everitt M. Rogers (New York: The Free Press, 2003), 512 pages. (ISBN: 0743222091) Leading Change by John P. Kotter (Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1996), 187 pages. (ISBN: 0875847471) Leading Congregational Change by Jim Herrington, et al. (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 2000), 240 pages. (ISBN: 0787947652) Managing Transitions: Making the Most of Change, 2nd ed. by William Bridges (New York: Perseus Publishing, 2003), 144 pages. (ISBN: 0738208248)
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MS 610 MB 710 Learning a Language and Culture
Dale F. Walker
Books and Materials: Required books for the course: Abbott, Edwin A. (1884; 1979) Flatland: A romance of many dimensions. NY; Dover. Agar, Michael (1994) Language Shock: Understanding the Culture of Conversation. NY: Quill. Brewster, E Thomas, and Brewster, Elizabeth S (1976) Language Learning Made Practical. Pasadena: Lingua House (This book plus cassette is available from the instructor for $21.00) Marshall, Terry (1989) The Whole World Guide to Language Learning. Yarmouth: Intercultural Press. Nida, Eugene A. (1960; 1990) Message and Mission: The communication of the Christian Faith. Pasadena: Wm Carey. Sandoz, Mari (1953; 1992) Cheyenne Autumn. Lincoln: Univ of Nebraska Press.
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OT 706 Semitic Language Seminar
Dale F. Walker and Bill Arnold
Course Objectives 2.1. To provide the student with a basic understanding of Northwest Semitic grammar and particularly Classical Hebrew. 2.2. To improve student’s basic vocabulary of Classical Hebrew by exposure to cognate languages. 2.3. To demonstrate the elementary principles of comparative Semitics through comparison of Epigraphic Hebrew, Phoenician, Moabite, and Biblical Hebrew. 2.4. To provide the student with the broad linguistic, historical, and sociological contexts of the Old Testament, illustrated by these texts.
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PH 501 Philosophy of Christian Religion
Jerry L. Walls
Texts A. William Hasker, Metaphysics. B. Michael Peterson et al., Reason and Religious Belief: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion, 3rd edition. C. Michael Peterson et al., Philosophy of Religion: Selected Readings, 2nd edition (Readings). D. Jerry L. Walls, Heaven: The Logic of Eternal Joy.
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PH 510 Logic
Jerry L. Walls
Course Text Layman, C. Stephen. The Power of Logic: 3rd Edition. Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2005.
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PH 615 Seminar in Philosophy: C.S. Lewis
Jerry L. Walls
Texts 1. The Abolition of Man 2. Mere Christianity 3. Miracles 4. The Four Loves 5. The Great Divorce 6. A Grief Observed 7. C.S. Lewis and Francis Schaeffer
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PH 750 Nietzche
Jerry L. Walls
TEXTS (All by Nietzsche) 1. The Birth of Tragedy 2. Human, all too Human 3. Thus Spake Zarathustra 4. Beyond Good and Evil 5. The Genealogy of Morals 6. The Antichrist
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