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IS 501 Kingdom, Church, and World

Michael Pasquerello

Required Reading: Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together. Rodney Clapp, A Peculiar People. Ralph Wood, Contending For the Faith. Vincent Donovan, Christianity Rediscovered. Dorothy Day, A Long Loneliness. IS501 Small Group Packet (Wesley Readings). Available at Cokesbury.
DC 5 Wesleyan Polity and Discipline

Jerry G. Pence

REQUIRED TEXTS: Pence, Jerry G., Wesleyan History and Discipline Study Guide (2003) [$12.99 discounted price, WPH Item #BKB555] Barnwell, Ray E., Sr., ed., Connecting to Christ: Belonging (Indianapolis, IN: Wesleyan Publishing House, 2002) [$8.99 paperback, WPH Item #BKB910] The Discipline of The Wesleyan Church2004 edition (Indianapolis, IN: Wesleyan Publishing House, 2001) [$6.99 paperback, Item #BKB482; $9.99 hardcover with CD, WPH Item #BKB283] Haines, Lee M. and Thomas, Paul William, eds., An Outline History of The Wesleyan Church, fifth rev. ed. (Indianapolis, IN: Wesleyan Publishing House, 2001) [$12.99 paperback, WPH Item #BKB448] Robert’s Rules of Order: The Modern Edition (New York: Berkley Books, 1989) [$4.99 paperback, WPH Item #BKAM30]
IT 601 Advanced Video Production

Douglas Penix

Readings: Doug Penix Director of Production Services - Information Technology Office: BC 409 Phone: 858-2165 Email: doug_penix@asburyseminary.edu Office Hours: by appointment Due to the quantity of projects and seminars during the class, the readings are limited to the main textbook and handouts. Students are required to have set lab times for editing and group work. Shyles, Leonard. Video Production Handbook. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1998
CH 501 Church History I

Zaida Maldonado Perez

Required Texts: González, Justo L. The Story of Christianity: The Early Church to the Dawn of the Reformation. San Francisco, CA: Harper & Row, 1984. Bettenson, Henry. Documents of the Christian Church. 2nd edition Oxford University Press, 1967.
CS 601 Christian Ethics

Christine Pohl

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). Hollinger, Dennis, Choosing the Good: Christian Ethics in a Complex World (Grand Rapids: Baker, 2002). Miles, Rebekah L., The Pastor as Moral Guide (Minneapolis: Fortress, 1999). Selected readings in CS601 Packet for sale in bookstore; others on internet and electronic reserve.
CS 652 Ethics of Hospitality and Contemporary Challenges

Christine Pohl

Texts: Philip Hallie, Lest Innocent Blood Be Shed. NY: HarperCollins, 1979, 1994. Christine Pohl, Making Room: Recovering Hospitality as a Christian Tradition. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1999 Miroslav Volf, Exclusion and Embrace. Nashville: Abingdon, 1996. Reading Packet Bernard Adeney, Strange Virtues: Ethics in a Multicultural World. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1995. Henri Nouwen, Reaching Out, NY: Doubleday. Brett Webb-Mitchell, Unexpected Guests at God’s Banquet: Welcoming People with Disabilities into the Church. NY: Crossroad, 1994.
CS 652 Ethics of Hospitality and Contemporary Challenges

Christine Pohl

Texts: Philip Hallie, Lest Innocent Blood Be Shed. NY: HarperCollins, 1979, 1994. Amy Oden, And You Welcomed Me. Nashville: Abingdon, 2001. Christine Pohl, Making Room: Recovering Hospitality as a Christian Tradition. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1999 Miroslav Volf, Exclusion and Embrace. Nashville: Abingdon, 1996. Reading Packet Bernard Adeney, Strange Virtues: Ethics in a Multicultural World. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1995. Henri Nouwen, Reaching Out, NY: Doubleday. 1 Brett Webb-Mitchell, Unexpected Guests at God’s Banquet: Welcoming People with Disabilities into the Church. NY: Crossroad, 1994. Other readings will be accessed on the internet.
IS 501 Kingdom, Church, and World

Christine Pohl

Required Reading: Middleton, J. Richard and Brian J. Walsh, Truth Is Stranger Than It Used to Be: Biblical Faith in a Postmodern Age, InterVarsity Press, 1995. Plantinga, Cornelius, Not the Way It’s Supposed to Be: A Breviary of Sin, Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1995. Snyder, Howard A., Kingdom, Church, and World: Biblical Themes for Today, Wipf and Stock, 1985, 2001. Volf, Miroslav and Dorothy C. Bass, eds., Practicing Theology: Beliefs and Practices in Christian Life, Wm. B. Eerdmans, 2002. Walker, Andrew, Telling the Story: Gospel, Mission and Culture, Wipf and Stock, 1996, 2003. Wright, N.T., The Challenge of Jesus: Rediscovering Who Jesus Was and Is, InterVarsity Press, 1999. “IS501 Course Packet for Small Groups” available at Cokesbury.
BS 502 Introduction to Biblical Studies - 3

Ruth Anne Reese

Required Reading: The New Testament (RSV or NRSV or a similar translation) DeSilva, David An Introduction to the New Testament. Downers Grove: IVP, 2004. Willimon, William. Shaped by the Bible. Nashville: Abingdon, 1990.
NT 520 Introduction to the New Testament

Ruth Anne Reese

Required Reading: The New Testament (RSV or NRSV; however, multiple translations are recommended) DeSilva, David A. Honor, Patronage, Kinship and Purity: Unlocking New Testament Culture. Downers Grove: IVP, 2000. Green, Joel B., ed. Hearing the New Testament: Strategies for Interpretation. Grand Rapids, Eerdmans, 1995. Johnson, Luke Timothy. The Writings of the New Testament: An Introduction. Rev ed. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1999. Recommended Reading: Achtemeier, Paul J. Inspiration and Authority: Nature and Function of Christian Scripture. Peabody: Hendrickson, 1999.
NT 640 Exegesis of General Epistles

Ruth Anne Reese

Required Reading: Reese, Ruth Anne. Jude and 2 Peter. [This will be available via the Intranet, details to be provided in class.] Johnson, Luke Timothy. The Letter of James. Anchor Bible. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1995 (Wipf & Stock). Maynard-Reid, Pedrito U. Poverty and Wealth in James. Wipf & Stock.
OT 520 Old Testament Introduction

Sandra Richter

Textbooks: The required and recommended textbooks are on reserve in the library. The materials in the Course Packet are also on reserve at the circulation desk and may be checked out to either copy or read. Both the textbooks and the Course Packet are available for purchase at the bookstore. There will be numerous handouts for this class which will be distributed once in class, and always available on the Intranet. Required LaSor, Hubbard & Bush, Old Testament Survey: The Message, Form and Background of the OT, 2nd edition (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1996) James B. Pritchard, ed. The HarperCollins Concise Atlas of the Bible (HarperSanFrancisco, 1997) Roland de Vaux, Ancient Israel Its Life and Institutions in the Biblical Resource Series (Grand Rapids: Wm B Eerdmans/Livonia: Dove Book Sellers, 1997) WJ Dumbrell, The Faith of Israel: A Theological Survey of the Old Testament (Grand Rapids: Baker, 2002)
OT 520 Old Testament Introduction

Sandra Richter

Textbooks: The required and recommended textbooks are on reserve in the library. Both the textbooks and the Course Packet are available for purchase at the bookstore. There will be numerous handouts for this class which will be distributed once in class, and always available in the Course Icon on the Intranet. Required LaSor, Hubbard & Bush, Old Testament Survey: The Message, Form and Background of the OT, 2nd edition (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1996) James B. Pritchard, ed. The HarperCollins Concise Atlas of the Bible (HarperSanFrancisco, 1997) Roland de Vaux, Ancient Israel Its Life and Institutions in the Biblical Resource Series (Grand Rapids: Wm B Eerdmans/Livonia: Dove Book Sellers, 1997) WJ Dumbrell, The Faith of Israel: A Theological Survey of the Old Testament (Grand Rapids: Baker, 2002)
OT 630 Exegesis of Isaiah

Sandra Richter

PRESENTLY REQUIRED Everyone must have: Soulen, Richard N. Handbook of Biblical Criticism, 2nd Ed. Atlanta: John Knox Press, 1981. Stuart, Douglas. Old Testament Exegesis: A Handbook for Students and Pastors. 3rd Edition. Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2001. Ernst Würthwein, The Text of the Old Testament. 2nd ed. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1995. Reading and Preaching the Book of Isaiah, ed. Christopher R. Seitz. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1988. Choose from the following commentaries covering the entire Book of Isaiah : Childs, Brevard. Isaiah. The Old Testament Library. Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2001 Oswalt, John. The Book of Isaiah, 2 vols. The New International Commentary on the Old Testament. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1986, 1998. Joseph Blenkinsopp. Isaiah: A New Translation and Commentary, 3 vols. Anchor Bible. New York: Doubleday, 2000-2003.
OT 651 Intermediate Hebrew

Sandra Richter

Textbooks: Required BHS Rudolph, W. and H.P. Ruger, eds. Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia, 2nd edition. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 1984. BDB/HALOT Brown, Francis. The New Brown-Driver-Briggs-Gesenius Hebrew-English Lexicon. Peabody, Massachusetts: Hendrickson Publishers, 1979 OR Koehler, L., W. Baumgarner, and J.J. Stamm, The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament. Leiden: Brill, 2001 (this is the lexicon from which Holladay is written). Lambdin/Seow EITHER Seow, C.L., A Grammar for Biblical Hebrew. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1995 OR Lambdin, Thomas O., Introduction to Biblical Hebrew. NY: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1971. Landes, George M. Building Your Biblical Hebrew Vocabulary: Learning Words by Frequency and Cognate. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2001. Scott, William R. A Simplified Guide to BHS. Berkeley, CA: BIBAL Press, 1987 (or most recent). Wurthwein, Ernst. The Text of the Old Testament. 2nd Edition. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1995.
CO 610 Ethical and Legal Issues in Counseling

George R. Ross

Required Readings Herlihy, B. & Corey, G., (1996). ACA ethical standards casebook. American Counseling Association, Alexandria, VA. (326 pages) Sanders, Randolph K., (1997). Christian counseling ethics: A handbook for therapists, pastors and counselors, Intervarsity Press, Downers Grove, IL. (404 pages) Moline, M.E., Williams, G.T., & Austin, K.M., (1998). Documenting psychotherapy: Essentials for mental health practitioners. Sage, London. (189 pages) _____, (1998). AACC Christian counseling code of ethics. American Association of Christian Counseling, Forest, VA. (20 pages) available to down load at www.AACC.net Bennett, B.E., et. al., (1990). Professional liability and risk management. American Psychological Association, Washington, D.C.. (128 pages) Nagy, T.E., (2000). Ethics in plain English: An illustrative textbook for psychologists. American Psychological Association, Washington, D.C.. (260 pages) ------, (2005) Reading Packet, available from the bookstore (100 pages)
WO 520 The History of Christian Worship

Lester Ruth

What the Student Needs for This Course: Required “Texts” and Other Items 1. The course DVD set (to be sent by ExL staff). Contact ExL support (type that in the address line of an email in First Class) if you have any difficulties running these. They will run in DVD players attached to TVs or on computers with the right software. Please note that these DVDs are the property of the seminary and must be returned at the end of the semester. Copyrighted materials on the DVDs (and website) are only for your use as a student in this course. They should not be distributed more widely. 2. These 4 books: 1) Robin Parry, Worshipping Trinity (Paternoster; ISBN 1- 84227-347-7); 2) Alistair Stewart-Sykes, Hippolytus: On the Apostolic Tradition (St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 2001; ISBN 0-88141-233-3; 3) John Baldovin, Liturgy in Ancient Jerusalem (Grove Books, 1989; ISBN 1-85174-107-0); 4) James F. White, A Brief History of Christian Worship (Abingdon; ISBN 0-687- 03414-0) 3. A course packet to be purchased from the Cokesbury bookstore on the Wilmore campus. 4. Additional module materials to be found on electronic format either on the course website or in the course center folder in the course’s First Class folder. Please remember that this material is only for your use in this course. 5. Materials to keep a prayer/devotional journal on the Wesley hymns (on the website under the “General & Miscellaneous” link) and historic worship texts (both on the website and in the course packet). See Grading and Assessment: Portfolio Part 3 below for more information. 6. Occasionally materials for practicing Communion and baptism in class as described below in the module situational overviews (modules 3-7).
WO 525 Time and Remembrance in Christian Worship

Lester Ruth

Overview of Readings for the Course There is only two written textbook for the course: Handbook of the Christian Year (module 3) and Celebrating Common Prayer (module 4). In all five modules, students will be expected to review these other “texts” as assigned: --videos of lectures on the CDs --videos of worship on the CDs --class material on the course website www.asburyseminary.edu/classweb/wo525 (The logon name is wo525; the password is anamnesis.) --and the following materials from the course packet (see the class schedule below for a more specific schedule of reading): Module 1 readings Hauerwas, Stanley M. “A Tale of Two Stories.” In Christian Existence Today. Durham: Labyrinth Press, 1988. pp. 25-45. Kallenberg, Brad J. “Fresh Look at Conversion” in Live to Tell. Grand Rapids: Brazos Press, 2002. pp. 31-38, 47-54. Sayers, Dorothy L. “The Greatest Drama Ever Staged.” In Christian Letters to a Post-Christian Worship. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1969. pp. 13-17. Green, Joel B. “The Community of Salvation” in Salvation. St. Louis: Chalice, 2003. pp. 119-122, 127- 130, 133-137, 144-145. Pasquarello, Michael. “Narrative Reading, Narrative Preaching: Inhabiting the Story.” In Narrative Reading, Narrative Preaching. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2003. pp. 177-193. Ruth, Lester. “Worship True to God.” Unpublished essay Module 2 readings Wainwright, Geoffrey. “The Church as a Worshipping Community.” Pro Ecclesia 3, 1 (Winter 1994): 56-67. Schmemann, Alexander. For the Life of the World. Crestwood: St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 1973. pp. 11-22 Fisch, Thomas, editor. “Liturgy and Eschatology” in Liturgy and Tradition. Crestwood: St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 1990. pp. 89-100. Dawn, Marva J. “How Does Worship Form Us by the Future to Live in the Present?” in How Shall We Worship? Wheaton: Tyndale, 2003. pp. 151-159, 164-170. Taft, Robert. “Toward a Theology of the Christian Feast” in Beyond East and West. Rome, 2001. pp. 15-29. Stookey, Laurence Hull. “The Year of our Risen Lord” in Calendar. Nashville: Abingdon, 1996. pp. 39- 49. Rattenbury, J. Ernest. “The Christian Sacrament and Sacrifice” and “The Sacrament a Pledge of Heaven” in The Eucharistic Hymns of John and Charles Wesley. Akron: OSL Publications, 1996. pp. 130- 144, 183-188.
WP 611 Models of Evangelical Worship: Baptism with Integrity

Lester Ruth

Required Textbooks (3): For the historic catechumenate segment of the course: Alan Kreider, The Change of Conversion and the Origin of Christendom (Harrisburg: Trinity Press) For the modern catechumenate segment of the course: Daniel T. Benedict, Come to the Waters (Nashville: Discipleship Resources) Brad J. Kallenberg, Live to Tell (Grand Rapids: Brazos/Baker)
MB 810 Advanced Missiological Anthropology

Michael A. Rynkiewich

Texts: problems and to make and execute mission plans. COURSE REQUIREMENTS 1. Anthropological Reflections on Missiological Issues – Paul Hiebert (1994) 2. Anthropological Theory 2nd ed. (2000) - R. J. McGee and R. L. Warms (eds.) 3. The Church and Cultures: New Perspectives in Missiological Anthropology (1988) – Louis J. Luzbetak 4. Research Methods in Anthropology: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches. Third Edition (paperback). 2002. –H. Russell Bernard. AltaMira Press. ISBN 0-7591-0148-5
MS 671 Anthropology

Michael A. Rynkiewich

Texts for Master’s Level Students: 1. Other People’s Worlds: An Introduction to Cultural and Social Anthropology (1999) -- Joy Hendry New York University Press ISBN 0814736025 2. The Christ of the Indian Road (1924) -- E. Stanley Jones United Methodist Publishing House ISBN 0687063779 3. The Anthropology of Globalization: Cultural Anthropology Enters the 21st Century. (2002) -- Ted C. Lewellen. Bergin & Garvey ISBN 0897897404 4. One Church, Many Tribes (2000). -- Richard Twiss. Ventura, CA: Regal Books (Gospel Light) 5.a. American Cultural Patterns: A Cross-Cultural Perspective. Revised Edition. -- Edward C. Stewart and Milton J. Bennett. Intercultural Press, Inc. ISBN-13: 978-1-877864-01-8. ISBN-10: 1-877864-01-3 --or-- 5.b. The Clash of Worlds: What Christians Can Do in a World of Cultures in Conflict. (2 -- David Burnett (2002) Monarch Books 6. The Best of Missiology: Articles on Anthropology and Mission These articles are available through Information Services; they need not be bought. Master’s students, chose one of three. Post-graduate students choose two out of three.Texts for Th.M. and Doctoral Level Students (Who must register for MB 700): 1. All of the above texts, plus... 2. Either: The Gebusi: Lives Transformed in a Rainforest World (2005) -- Bruce Knauft McGraw Hill ISBN 0072972637 Or: Becoming Sinners: Christianity and Moral Torment in a Papua New Guinea Society. (2004) -- Joel Robbins University of California Press ISBN 0520238001
DO 501 Basic Christian Theology

Stephen A. Seamands

TEXTS: Thomas Oden, The Living God The Word of Life Life in the Spirit Gregory Boyd & Paul Eddy, Across the Spectrum Stephen Seamands, Ministry in the Image of God: The Trinitarian Shape of Christian Service
DO 620 The Person and Work of Christ

Stephen A. Seamands

TEXTBOOKS Paul Beasley-Murray, The Message of the Resurrection David Bryant, Christ is All! Gerrit Dawson, Jesus Ascended Jurgen Moltmann, The Way of Jesus Christ Stephen Seamands, Wounds that Heal John Stott, The Cross of Christ Philip Yancey, The Jesus I Never Knew
DO 670 United Methodist Theology

Stephen A. Seamands

Textbooks: 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 By Water and the Spirit (download at http://www.gbod.org/worship/articles/water_spirit/) Stephen Seamands, Holiness of Heart and Life
IS 502 Vocation of Ministry

Stephen A. Seamands and James Hampton

Required Texts Foster, R. (1978) Celebration of Discipline. San Francisco: Harper Collins. Foster, R. (1983) Study Guide for Celebration of Discipline. San Francisco: Harper Collins. Smith, G. (1999). Courage and Calling: Embracing Your God-Given Potential, Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press. Stevens, P. (1999). The Other Six Days: Vocation, Work and Ministry. Rediger, L. (2003). Beyond the Scandals: A Guide to Healthy Sexuality for Clergy. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press. Woodley, R. (2001). Living in Color: Embracing God’s Passion for Diversity. Grand Rapids, MI: Chosen Books. Choose one of the following: Clouse, B. and R. (1989). Women in Ministry: Four Views. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press. Groothuis, R.M. (1997). Good News for Women: A Biblical Picture of Gender Equality, Grand Rapids, MI: Baker.