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CS 650 Tutorial In Christian Ethics

Hugo Magallanes

Miles, Rebekah L. The Pastor as Moral Guide (Minneapolis: Fortress, 1999). CS601 Reading Packet (readings are not necessarily in order)
IS 501 Christian Formation: Kingdom, Church, and World

Hugo Magallanes and Joy Moore

Hauerwas, Stanley and William Willimon. Resident Aliens. Abingdon, 1989; McClaren, Brian D. A New Kind of Christian. Jossey-Bass, 2001; Snyder, Howard. A Kingdom Manifesto. Wipf and Stock, 1997; Walker, Andrew. Telling the Story. Wipf and Stock; Wright, N.T. The Challenge of Jesus. InterVarsity, 1999; and A Weekly Guide for Small Groups (packet available at Cokesbury bookstore).
CD 511 The Pastor and Christian Discipleship

Ellen L. Marmon

The Pastor as Religious Educator, Robert L. Browning, ed. Making Disciples: Faith Formation in the Wesleyan Tradition, Sondra Higgins Matthaei Reaching Out, "Forms of Hospitality," Henri Nouwen, pp. 79-100. In The Name of Jesus, Henri Nouwen Creative Ministry, Henri Nouwen, Chapters 1 and 4 Disciple Making Teachers, Josh Hunt Patterns in Moral Development, Catherine M. Stonehouse. "Learning from Gender Differences," Catherine M. Stonehouse. (article at ATS bookstore) LSI Inventory and Grid (ATS bookstore) One of the following: Revitalizing The Sunday Morning Dinosaur, Ken Hemphill Children in the Worshiping Community, David Ng and Virginia Thomas Young Children and Worship, Sonja Stewart and Jerome Berryman Family: The Forming Center, Marjorie Thompson Winter Grace, Spirituality and Aging, Kathleen Fischer Boomers, Xers, and Other Strangers, Understanding the Generational Differences That Divide Us, Dr. Rick and Kathy Hicks
CL 613 Equipping the Laity

Stephen L. Martyn

Buckingham, Marcus, and Clifton, Donald. Now, Discover Your Strengths. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001 (250 pages). Job, Rueben P. and Shawchuck, Norman. A Guide To Prayer. Nashville, TN. The Upper Room, 1983 (417 Pages). Harper, Steve. Devotional Life In The Wesleyan Tradition: A Workbook. Nashville, TN: Upper Room Books, 2001 (159). Henderson, D. Michael. John Wesley’s Class Meeting: A Model for Making Disciples. Nappanee, IN: Francis Asbury Press, 1997 (191 pages). Mallory, Sue, and Smith, Brad. The Equipping Church Guidebook. Grand Rapids, Zondervan, 2001 (350 pages). Muto, Susan; van Kaam, Adrian. Epiphany Manual on the Art and Discipline of Formation-in-Common: A Fresh Approach to the Ancient Practice of Spiritual Direction. Pittsburgh, PA. Epiphany Books, 1998 (115 pages). Stott, John. Basic Christian Leadership: Biblical Models of Church, Gospel and Ministry. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 2002 (127 pages). Winseman, Albert; Clifton, Donald; Liesveld, Curt. Living Your Strengths: Discover your God-given talents, and inspire your congregation and Community. Washington, D.C. The Gallop Organization, 2003 (216 Pages).
CL 613 Equipping the Laity

Stephen L. Martyn

Buckingham, Marcus, and Clifton, Donald. Now, Discover Your Strengths. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001 (250 pages). Job, Rueben P. and Shawchuck, Norman. A Guide To Prayer. Nashville, TN. The Upper Room, 1983 (417 pages). Harper, Steve. Devotional Life In The Wesleyan Tradition: A Workbook. Nashville, TN: Upper Room Books, 2001 (159 pages). Henderson, D. Michael. John Wesley’s Class Meeting: A Model for Making Disciples. Nappanee, IN: Francis Asbury Press, 1997 (191 pages). Mallory, Sue, and Smith, Brad. The Equipping Church Guidebook. Grand Rapids, Zondervan, 2001 (350 pages). Muto, Susan; van Kaam, Adrian. Epiphany Manual on the Art and Discipline of Formation-in-Common: A Fresh Approach to the Ancient Practice of Spiritual Direction. Pittsburgh, PA. Epiphany Books, 1998 (115 pages). Stott, John. Basic Christian Leadership: Biblical Models of Church, Gospel and Ministry. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 2002(127 pages). Winseman, Albert; Clifton, Donald; Liesveld, Curt. Living Your Strengths: Discover your God-given talents, and inspire your Congregation and Community. Washington, D.C. The Gallop Organization, 2003 (216 Pages).
IS 502 Christian Formation: Vocation of Ministry

Stephen L. Martyn

Chilcote, Paul. (2001) Wesley Speaks on Christian Vocation. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock Publishers, (74 pages). Foster, Richard J. (1998) Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth. San Francisco: Harper, (228 pages). Foster, Richard J. (1983) Study Guide for Celebration of Discipline. San Francisco: Harper Collins Publishers, (78 pages). Groothuis, Rebecca Merrill. (1997) Good News for Women: A Biblical Picture of Gender Equality. Grand Rapids: MI: Baker Books, (266 pages). Guinness, Os (2003) The Call: Finding and Fulfilling the Central Purpose of Your Life. Nashville, TN: W Publishing Group, (292 pages). Muto, Susan and van Kaam, Adrian (1994) Divine Guidance: Seeking To Find and Follow the Will of God. Pittsburgh, PA: Epiphany Books, (206 pages). Rediger, G. Lloyd. (2000) Beyond the Scandals: A Guide to Healthy Sexuality for Clergy. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Fortress Press, (235 pages). Sire, James W. (2000) Habits of the Mind: Intellectual Life as a Christian Calling. Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, (263 pages). Required Reading on Reserve Collins, K. J. (1998) “Spirituality and Critical Thinking: Are they really so different?” Evangelical Journal, 16 (1), 30-43. ISSN: 0741-1758.
SF 502 The Spiritual Life Of The Minister

Stephen L. Martyn

Cassian, John. Conferences (The Classics of Western Spirituality). New York: Paulist Press, 1985. Harper, Steve. Devotional Life in the Wesleyan Tradition (A Workbook). Nashville: Upper Room Books, 1995. Mulholland, M. Robert Jr., Invitation To A Journey: A Road Map For Spiritual Formation. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1993 MacDonald, Gordon. Rebuilding Your Broken World (Expanded Edition With Study Guide). Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1990. Muto, Susan & van Kaam, Adrian. Divine Guidance: Seeking to Find and Follow the Will of God. Pittsburgh: Epiphany Association, 1994. Peterson, Eugene H. The Contemplative Pastor: Returning to the Art of Spiritual Direction. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1989.
OT 501 Survey of Biblical Hebrew

Michael D. Matlock

1. Seow, C. L. A Grammar for Biblical Hebrew. rev. ed. Nashville: Abingdon, 1995. This is the foundation text for this course. We will proceed through the text systematically in each module, and it will be referred to often in the lectures and assignments. The text contains lessons which will help us learn the essentials of Biblical Hebrew grammar. It is useful to the student because it introduces actual references from the Old Testament beginning in lesson four. 2. Holladay, William. A Concise Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1972. This is a standard dictionary. We use it because CHALOT has a simple, clear presentation making it ideal for the beginning student. 3. BibleWorks 6.0. Hermenuetika, Big Fork, MT. This software program will assist us in spotting grammatical forms of Hebrew words (also called “parsing”) and provide entries from a standard Hebrew dictionary (Brown, Driver, and Briggs) for quick reference. For a additional fee, one can obtain the full version of another larger dictionary, A Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament (HALOT). BibleWorks is also a powerful tool for doing Hebrew (and Greek) word studies. The program functions as a concordance (a.k.a. “search engine”) to find all usages of a word, phrase, or form and provides a quick and easy way to see how the recurrences of a word function in the co-texts. 4. Elliger, K., and W. Rudolph. Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 1967-77. This is the Hebrew Bible whose base text comes from the oldest complete manuscript of the Old Testament,Codex Leningradensis (ca. 1008 A.D.), with only slight alteration. Referred to as BHS, we will read texts from it as we gain the appropriate competency. 5. Scott, William R. A Simplified Guide to BHS. Berkley, CA: BIBAL, 1987. This short booklet explains in part the masora and the critical apparatus of the BHS (the notes surrounding the Hebrew text on each page of a BHS page). 6. Arnold, Bill T. and John H. Choi. A Guide to Hebrew Syntax. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (Forthcoming) This text is a treatment of Hebrew syntax, dealing with the various functions of parts of speech in Hebrew, as well as how individual words work together to give meaning to a text. I will assign specific readings from this text in the later portion of the semester.
OT 501 Survey of Biblical Hebrew

Michael D. Matlock

1. Seow, C. L. A Grammar for Biblical Hebrew. rev. ed. Nashville: Abingdon, 1995. This is the foundation text for this course. We will proceed through the text systematically in each module, and it will be referred to often in the lectures and assignments. The text contains lessons which will help us learn the essentials of Biblical Hebrew grammar. It is useful to the student because it introduces actual references from the Old Testament beginning in lesson four. 2. Holladay, William. A Concise Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1972. This is a standard dictionary. We use it because CHALOT has a simple, clear presentation making it ideal for the beginning student. 3. BibleWorks 6.0. Hermenuetika, Big Fork, MT. This software program will assist us in spotting grammatical forms of Hebrew words (also called “parsing”) and provide entries from a standard Hebrew dictionary (Brown, Driver, and Briggs) for quick reference. For a additional fee, one can obtain the full version of another larger dictionary, A Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament (HALOT). BibleWorks is also a powerful tool for doing Hebrew (and Greek) word studies. The program functions as a concordance (a.k.a. “search engine”) to find all usages of a word, phrase, or form and provides a quick and easy way to see how the recurrences of a word function in the co-texts. 4. Elliger, K., and W. Rudolph. Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 1967-77. This is the Hebrew Bible whose base text comes from the oldest complete manuscript of the Old Testament,Codex Leningradensis (ca. 1008 A.D.), with slight alterations. Referred to as BHS, we will read texts from it as we gain the appropriate competency. 5. Scott, William R. A Simplified Guide to BHS. Berkley, CA: BIBAL, 1987. This short booklet explains in part the masora and the critical apparatus of the BHS (the notes surrounding the Hebrew text on each page of a BHS page). 6. Arnold, Bill T. and John H. Choi. A Guide to Hebrew Syntax. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003. This text is a treatment of Hebrew syntax, dealing with the various functions of parts of speech in Hebrew, as well as how individual words work together to give meaning to a text. I will assign specific readings from this text in the later portion of the semester.
OT 501 Survey of Biblical Hebrew

Michael D. Matlock

1. Seow, C. L. A Grammar for Biblical Hebrew. rev. ed. Nashville: Abingdon, 1995. This is the foundation text for this course. We will proceed through the text systematically in each module, and it will be referred to often in the lectures and assignments. The text contains lessons which will help us learn the essentials of Biblical Hebrew grammar. It is useful to the student because it introduces actual references from the Old Testament beginning in lesson four. 2. Holladay, William. A Concise Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1972. This is a standard dictionary. We use it because CHALOT has a simple, clear presentation making it ideal for the beginning student. 3. BibleWorks 5.0. Hermenuetika, Big Fork, MT. Page 4 This software program will assist us in spotting grammatical forms of Hebrew words (also called “parsing”) and provide entries from a standard Hebrew dictionary (Brown, Driver, and Briggs) for quick reference. For a additional fee, one can obtain the full version of another larger dictionary, A Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament (HALOT). BibleWorks is also a powerful tool for doing Hebrew (and Greek) word studies. The program functions as a concordance (a.k.a. “search engine”) to find all usages of a word, phrase, or form and provides a quick and easy way to see how the recurrences of a word function in the co-texts. 4. Elliger, K., and W. Rudolph. Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 1967-77. This is the Hebrew Bible whose base text comes from the oldest complete manuscript of the Old Testament,Codex Leningradensis (ca. 1008 A.D.), with only slight alteration. Referred to as BHS, we will read texts from it as we gain the appropriate competency. 5. Scott, William R. A Simplified Guide to BHS. Berkley, CA: BIBAL, 1987. This short booklet explains in part the masora and the critical apparatus of the BHS (the notes surrounding the Hebrew text on each page of a BHS page). 6. Arnold, Bill T. and John H. Choi. A Guide to Hebrew Syntax. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (Forthcoming: due out October 2003) This text is a treatment of Hebrew syntax, dealing with the various functions of parts of speech in Hebrew, as well as how individual words work together to give meaning to a text. For this class, you will be given an electronic copy in the Course Center, as the text has not been published yet. I will assign specific readings from this text in the later portion of the semester.
NT 520 Introduction to the New Testament

Michael McKeever

A modern translation of the Bible, preferably the New Revised Standard Version (NRSV), Revised Standard Version (RSV), or New American Standard Bible (NASB). Achtemeier, Paul J., Joel B. Green, and Marianne Meye Thompson, Introducing the New Testament: Its Literature and Message. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Wm.B. Eerdmans, 2001. deSilva, David A. Honor, Patronage, Kinship, and Purity: Unlocking New Testament Culture. Downers Grove, Illinois: InterVarsity, 2000. Green, Joel B., ed. Hearing the New Testament: Strategies for Interpretation. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Wm.B. Eerdmans, 1995. Theissen, Gerd. The Shadow of the Galilean. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1987. Jeffers, James. The Greco-Roman World of the New Testament. Downers Grove: IVP, 1999.
NT 615 Exegesis of the Gospel of Luke

Michael McKeever

Joel B. Green, The Theology of the Gospel of Luke, New Testament Theology, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995). ISBN 0521469325 And any one of the following Commentaries: Luke Timothy Johnson. The Gospel of Luke. Sacra Pagina 3. Collegeville, Minnesota: Liturgical, 1991. ISBN: 0814658059 Joel B. Green. The Gospel of Luke, The New International Commentary on the New Testament. Wm.B. Eerdmans, 1997. ISBN: 0802823157 John Nolland. Luke. 3 vols. Word Biblical Commentary 35. Word, 1989-93. ISBN: 0849902347 Darrell L. Bock, Luke, 2 vols. Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament 3. Baker Book House, 1994 & 1996. ISBN: 0801010535
PR 610 C The Servant as Proclaimer

Stacy R. Minger

REQUIRED TEXTBOOKS ______________________________________ Cantalamessa, Raniero. The Mystery of God's Word. Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1994. Craddock, Fred B. Preaching. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1985. Kalas, J. Ellsworth. Preaching from the Soul: Insistent Observations on the Sacred Art. Nashville: Abingdon, 2003. Webb, Joseph M. Preaching without Notes. Nashville: Abingdon, 2001.
SP 501 Communication as Christian Rhetoric

Stacy R. Minger

REQUIRED TEXTBOOKS ______________________________________ Cunningham, David S. Faithful Persuasion: In Aid of a Rhetoric of Christian Theology. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 1990. ISBN 0-268-00985-6 Shaw, R. Daniel, and Charles E. Van Engen. Communicating God's Word in a Complex World. Lanham, MA: Rowman & Littlefield, 2003. ISBN 0-7425-1447-1 Sprague, J., and D. Stuart. The Speaker's Handbook. 7th ed. Belmont, CA: Thomson Wadsworth, 2005. ISBN 0-534-63880-5
IS 501 Christian Formation: Kingdom, Church, and World

Joy J. Moore

Hauerwas, Stanley and William Willimon. Resident Aliens. Abingdon, 1989. McClaren, Brian D. A New Kind of Christian. Jossey-Bass, 2001. Snyder, Howard. A Kingdom Manifesto. Wipf and Stock, 1997 Walker, Andrew. Telling the Story. Wipf and Stock. Wright, N.T. The Challenge of Jesus. InterVarsity, 1999. A Weekly Guide for Small Groups (packet available at Cokesbury bookstore)
PR 610 A The Theology and Practice o Preaching

Joy J. Moore

REQUIRED TEXTS: ⇒ Barth, Karl, Homiletics. Translated by Geoffrey W. Bromiley and Donald E. Daniels. Louisville: Westminster/John Knox, 1991; ⇒ Lischer, Richard, ed. The Company of Preachers: Wisdom on Preaching from Augustine to the Present. Grand Rapids, Michigan: W. B. Eerdmans, 2002; ⇒ Long, Thomas G. The Witness of Preaching. Louisville: Westminster/John Knox, 1989; ⇒ Quindlen, Anna, How Reading Changed My Life. New York: Ballantine Publishing Group, 1998; and ⇒ Willimon, William H. Shaped By the Bible. Nashville: Abingdon, 1990.
PR 610 C The Servant as Proclaimer

Joy J. Moore

REQUIRED TEXTS: ⇒ Barth, Karl, Homiletics. Translated by Geoffrey W. Bromiley and Donald E. Daniels. Louisville: Westminster/John Knox, 1991; ⇒ Eslinger, Richard, Narrative and Imagination: Preaching the Worlds That Shape Us. Nashville: Abingdon, 1995; ⇒ Lischer, Richard, ed. The Company of Preachers: Wisdom on Preaching from Augustine to the Present. Grand Rapids, Michigan: W. B. Eerdmans, 2002; and ⇒ Quindlen, Anna, How Reading Changed My Life. New York: Ballantine Publishing Group, 1998. ⇒ Gunter, Stephen W., Scott J. Jones, Ted A, Campbell, Rebekah L. Miles, and Randy Maddox, Wesley and the Quadrilateral: Renewing the Conversation. Nashville: Abingdon, 1997.
SP 501 Communication as Christian Rhetoric

Joy J. Moore

A Matrix of Meanings: Finding God in Pop Culture by Craig Detweiler and Barry Taylor (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2003) ISBN 0-8010-2417-X A Speaker’s Guidebook: Text and Reference, Dan O’Hair, Rob Stewart and Hannah Rubenstein. (Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2004) ISBN 0-312- 40433-6
CH 500 Turning Points in Church History

Robert Moore-Jumonville

Kelly, J. N. D. Golden Mouth: The Story of John Chrysostom Ascetic, Preacher, Bishop. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1995. Noll, Mark A. Turning Points: Decisive Moments in the History of Christianity, 2nd ed. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic Books, 2000. Placher, William C. Readings in the History of Christian Theology, Vol. 1 Placher, William C. Readings in the History of Christian Theology, Vol. 2
CM 650 Tutorial in Campus Ministry

Steven G. W. Moore

Moore, Steve (ed.) The University Through the Eyes of Faith. Indianapolis: Light and Life Communications, 1998. Garber, Steven. The Fabric of Faithfulness. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1996. Moore, Woodruff and Olshine (eds.) Campus Ministry: The Church and the Frontlines of Culture. Bellingham: Ivy Jungle Press, 1999. Gaede, Stan. An Incomplete Guide to the Rest of Your Life. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 2002. Nouwen, Henri. The Wounded Healer. New York: Doubleday, 1979
CO 520 Narrative Counseling

Tapiwa N. Mucherera

1) Monk, Winslade, Crocket and Epston: Narrative Therapy in Practice: The Archeology of Hope, Jossey Bass. 2) Morgan Alice. What is Narrative Therapy? An easy to read introduction , Adelaide: Australia Dulwich Centre, 2000 3) Wimberly, Edward P. Recalling our own Stories: Spiritual Renewal for Religious Caregivers. CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1997. 4). White C, and Denborough D, Introduction to Narrative Therapy: A collection of practice-based writings. Adelaide:Australia Dulwich Centre, 2000 5) White, Michael. Reflections on Narrative Practices: Essays and Interviews Adelaide:Australia Dulwich Centre, 2000 6). http://narrativeapproaches.com/narrative%20papers%20folder/journey_chart.htm When you get to the site (article), click on Introduction and the whole article will show. You can read it there or download etc. The title of the article is: Unexpected Journey: Invitation to Diversity. By Dean Lobovits and John Prowell. 7).Mucherera T. N. Narrative Counseling from a Non-Western Perspective. Forthcoming article for publication to be presented at the Therapeutic Conversation conference (May 6th 2004). This article is in the Mucherera lecture powerpoint folder.
CO 730 Advanced Issues in Cross-Cultural Counseling

Tapiwa N. Mucherera

Dwairy, Marwan Adeeb, Cross-cultural Counseling: the Arab-Palestinian case, New York: Haworth Press, 1998 Pedersen, Paul et al. Counseling Across Cultures. California: Sage Publications, 2001 Sue and Sue, Counseling the Culturally Diverse New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2002. Mucherera, Tapiwa N. Pastoral Care From a Third World Perspective: A Pastoral Theology of Care from an Urban Contemporary Shona in Zimbabwe New York: Peter Lang, 2001
PC 510 The Servant as Pastoral Care Giver

Tapiwa N. Mucherera

Required Reading: 1. Frederic, Harold. The Damnation of Theron Ware. 2. 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. 3 Headley Anthony, Achieving balance in ministry, 1999. 4. 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 ) 5. 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.) 6. 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) 7. Oswald Roy. M Clergy Self-Care, Finding a Balance for Effective Ministry, 2002. 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.
PC 515 Pastoral Crisis Intervention

Tapiwa N. Mucherera

Required Course Texts: Cooper Burton Z., Why God Atlanta: John Knox Press, 1988 Soelle Dorothee, Suffering Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1988. Gilliland, B. E. & James, R. K. (2000). Crisis Intervention Strategies (4th Ed.). New York: Brooks/Cole. Janoff-Bulman, R. (1992). Shattered Assumptions: Towards a New Psychology of Trauma. New York, NY: The Free Press.
PC 655 Clinical Pastoral Education

Tapiwa N. Mucherera

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