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IS 502 Vocation of Ministry
Anthony J. Headley
Grenz, S. & Bell, R. (1995). Betrayal of Trust: Sexual Misconduct in the Pastorate. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press. Guiness, O. (1998). The Call: Finding and Fulfilling the Central Purpose of Your Life. Waco,TX: Word. Perkins, S. & Rice, C. More Than Equals. Downers Grove, Il.: Intervarsity Sire, J. Habits of the Mind. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press Smith, G. (1997). Listening to God in Times of Choice, Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press. Foster, R. (1998). Celebration of Discipline, New York: Harper and Row. 4 Foster, R. (1998). Richard J. Foster’s Study Guide for Celebration of Discipline , New York: Harper and Row
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PC 510 The Servant as Pastoral Care Giver
Anthony J. Headley
1. Frederic, Harold. The Damnation of Theron Ware, New York: Penguin Books, 1986. 2. Headley, Anthony J. Achieving Balance in Ministry. Kansas City: Beacon Hill Press, 1999. 3. David G. Benner, Strategic Pastoral Counseling, Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1992. (This is our basic text for the theory and practice of pastoral counseling) 4. Kuenning, Delores. Helping People Through Grief. Minneapolis: Bethany House Publishers, 1987. (Many students find this to be a very emotional book. You may want to read a few chapters at a time.) 5. Nichols, Michael P. The Lost Art of Listening. New York: Guilford, 1995. 6. Steinborn, Melvin, The Lay Driven Church: How to Empower the People In Your Church to Share in the Task of Ministry. Ventura, CA: Regal Books, 1997. 7. Steinke, Peter, How Your Church Family Works. Washington, DC: Alban Institute, 1993.
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PM 720 Psychopathology
Anthony J. Headley
American Psychiatric Association (2000). Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th ed.). Washington, DC: APA First, M., Frances, A., & Pincus, H. (2002). Handbook of Differential Diagnosis. Washington, DC: APA
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IS 502 Vocation of Ministry
Virginia Todd Holeman
Chilcote, Paul. John Wesley Speaks on Christian Vocation Foster, Richard J. (1998). Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth. HarperSan Francisco. Grenz, S. & Bell, R. (1995). Betrayal of Trust: Sexual Misconduct in the Pastorate. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press. Groothius, R. M. (1997). Good News for Women: A Biblical Picture of Gender Equality, Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Guiness, O. (1998). The Call: Finding and Fulfilling the Central Purpose of Your Life. Waco,TX: Word. Smith, G. (1997). Listening to God in Times of Choice. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press. Willimon, William H. Calling and Character: Virtues of the Ordained Life. Nashville: Abingdon, 2000.
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SM 701 Internship
Barbara C. Holsinger
You have elected to fulfill one of your Supervised Ministry requirements in a full-time internship off-campus. This is a commitment that will involve you in continuing daily relationship with both supervisor and the people to whom you are ministering. You will find this a unique opportunity to “test the waters” of real ministry and help to confirm your call to ministry.
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ME 745 Leading the Church for the Unchurched
George G. Hunter
1. Hunter, George G. Leading and Managing a Growing Church. Abingdon, 2000. 2. ___________. Radical Outreach: The Recovery of Apostolic Ministry and Evangelism. Abingdon, 2003 3. Schaller, Lyle. Strategies for Change. Abingdon, 1993. 4. Warren, Rick. The Purpose Driven Church. Zondervan, 1995.
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ME 880 Doctoral Seminar in Evangelization
George G. Hunter
1. Stark, Rodney. The Rise of Christianity. 2. Fletcher, Richard. The Barbarian Conversion. 3. James, William. The Varieties of Religious Experience. 4. McLaren, Brian. More Ready Than You Realize. 5. Patrick, Confession (handout) 6. Finney, Charles G. Lectures on Revivals of Religion, ch’s 1 and 14 (handout) 7. Alcoholics Anonymous, fourth edition.
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MS 610 The Ministry of Evangelism
George G. Hunter
Reading Assignments: Most of the classes will focus, for the first session, on books or readings, that have been assigned for that day. The books and readings are available in Asbury’s Cokesbury Bookstore. BOOKS: 1. Rambo, Lewis. Understanding Religious Conversion 2. Hunter, George G. III, The Celtic Way of Evangelism 3. McLaren, Brian. More Ready Than You Realize 4. Crandall, Ron. The Contagious Witness READINGS (available in ATS bookstore after about February 17): 1. Neill, Stephen. “Conversion” 2. Green, Michael. “Methods and Strategy in the Evangelism of the Early Church” 3. DeWolf, L. Harold. “The New Birth” 4. Green, Bryan. “Counseling the Seeker.” 5. Winter, Ralph. “The Highest Priority: Cross-Cultural Evangelism.” IV. Requirements and Written Assignments
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MS 615 Foundations of Church Growth
George G. Hunter
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.
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PH 501 Philosophy of Christian Religion
George Ille
Peterson (Reason and Religious Belief) 7-17; Hasker (Metaphysics) 13-28; Evans, (Philosophy of Religion) 11-30
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PH 501 Philosophy of Christian Religion
George Ille
Aristotle, Categories, Section I. Translated by E. M. Edghill; Provided by The Internet Classics Archive. Available online at http://classics.mit.edu//Aristotle/categories.html Hasker, William, Metaphysics, Downers Grove, IVP, 1983. Helm, Paul, Objective Knowledge, Leicester: InterVarsity Press, 1987. - selections Ille, George, Hermeneutical Explorations of Agency as Prolegomena for a Theological Epistemology, PhD Thesis, King’s College, University of London, 2000). – selections (provided in digital format) Lyotard, Jean Francois,The Postmodern Condition, Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1984. The First 5 Chapters; (digital copy available at http://www.marxists.org/reference/subject/philosophy/works/fr/lyotard.htm) Mill, John Stuart, On Liberty, (Introduction; Ch. 1 available at http://www.bartleby.com/130/) Moltmann, Jürgen, The Crucified God, London: SCM Press, 1992, (pp. 200-278) – selections. Murphy, Nancey, Beyond Fundamentalism and Liberalism. How Modern and Postmodern Philosophy Set the Theological Agenda, Harrisburg: Trinity Press International, 1996. - selections Nagel, Thomas, What does it all mean? A very short introduction to Philosophy New York : Oxford University Press, 1987. - selections Pannenberg, Wolfhart. Metaphysics and the Idea of God, translated by Philip Clayton Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 1990. - selections Peterson Michael, Hasker, Philosophy of Religion: Selected Readings (New York: Oxford University, Press, 1996). - selections Peterson Michael, Hasker, Reason and Religious Belief, New York: Oxford University, Press, 1998. - selections Plantinga, A. & Wolterstorff, N., Faith and Rationality, Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 1983. - selections Polanyi, Michael, Personal Knowledge. Towards a Post-Critical Philosophy , Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1974. – selections. Ricoeur, Paul, Figuring the Sacred, Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1995. - selections (pp. 35-47; 249-261; 292-302.) Ricoeur, Paul, Freedom in the Light of Hope, in Essays on Biblical Interpretation, London: SPCK, 1981. (pp. 155-182). Swinburne, Richard Revelation. From Metaphor to Analogy, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1992. - selections. Thiselton, C. Anthony. Interpreting God and the Postmodern Self, Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 1995. - selections Westphal, Fred A. The Activity of Philosophy. A Concise Introduction, Englewood Cliffs, NJ : Prentice-Hall, 1969. - selections Wolfe, L. David, Epistemology, Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1982. Wood, Larry, Faith, History, and Hermeneutics: A Post-Critical Interpretation (digital manuscript). - selections
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ST 501 Method and Praxis in Theology
George Ille
Larry Wood, Faith, History, and Hermeneutics: A Post-Critical Interpretation (digital manuscript). - selections Stanley J. Grenz and Roger E. Olson, Who Needs Theology? An Invitation to the Study of God, (Downers Grove: IVP, 1996). - selections Stanley J. Grenz & Roger E. Olson, 20th Century Theology, (Carlisle, Patternoster Press, 1991) - selections Alister E. McGrath The Genesis of Doctrine - A Study in the Foundation of Doctrinal Criticism (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1997). - selections Stanley J. Grenz & John R. Franke, Beyond Foundationalism. Shaping Theology in a Postmodern Context, (Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2001). - selections Nancey Murphy, Beyond Fundamentalism and Liberalism. How Modern and Postmodern Philosophy Set the Theological Agenda, (Harrisburg: Trinity Press International, 1996). - selections Donald Thorsen, The Wesleyan Quadrilateral (Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 1990), pp. 125-225. John Zizioulas, The Doctrine of the Holy Trinity: The Significance of the Cappadocian Contribution in Trinitarian Theology Today ed. Christoph Schwobel (Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 1995). Paul Ricoeur, Toward a Narrative Theology: Its Necessity, Its Resources, Its Difficulties in Paul Ricoeur, Figuring the Sacred; Paul Ricoeur, Toward a Hermeneutic of the Idea of Revelation (in Essays on Biblical Interpretation (London: SPCK, 1981));
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ST 650 Narrative Theology
George Ille
Brown, Robert M. "My Story and 'The Story'" in Theology Today, v. 23, #2, 1975 (available in digital format) Erickson, Millard, Christian Theology, Baker Book House, 1998. pp. 17-84;158- 175; Fackre, Gabriel. "Narrative Theology: An Overview." Interpretation 37 (October 1983): pp. 340-52. Grenz J. Stanley & Roger E. Olson, 20th Century Theology, Carlisle, Patternoster Press, 1991. pp. 271-285; Grenz, J. Stanley & John R. Franke, Beyond Foundationalism. Shaping Theology in a Postmodern Context, Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2001. esp. pp. 28-54. Hauerwas Stanely & Gregory Jones, editors Readings in Narrative Theology, , Oregon: Wipf and Stock Publishers, 1997. pp. 21-44; 65-112; 158-215; 263-347; Heschel, J. Abraham, The Prophets, Perennial Press, 2001. Introduction; pp. 202-237; Ille, George, Hermeneutical Explorations of Agency as Prolegomena for a Theological Epistemology, PhD Thesis, King’s College, University of London, 2000) (selections in digital format). Jenson, Robert, Systematic Theology, Volume 1. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997. pp. 3-23. Jungel, Eberhadt, Metaphorical Truth. Reflections on theological metaphor as a contribution to a hermeneutics of narrative theology in Jungel, Theological Essays. Translated and edited by J. B. Webster, Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 1989. Loughlin, Gerard, Telling God’s Story, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996. pp. 3-26; 223-245; Lyotard, Jean-Francois,The Postmodern Condition, Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1984. The First 5 Chapters; (digital copy available at http://www.marxists.org/reference/subject/philosophy/works/fr/lyotard.htm) McClendon, James W. Jr. ‘More On Narrative’ (available in digital format) McClendon. James W. Jr. Biography as Theology: How Life Stories Can Remake Today's Theology. New Edition. Philadelphia: Trinity Press International, 1990. pp. 1-23. Murphy, Nancey, Beyond Fundamentalism and Liberalism. How Modern and Postmodern Philosophy Set the Theological Agenda, Harrisburg: Trinity Press International, 1996. pp. 1-35; 36-61; Niebuhr, H. Richard. The Meaning of Revelation, New York: McMillan Publishing Inc., 1941. Powell, Mark Allan, What Is Narrative Criticism (Guides to Biblical Scholarship. New Testament Series), Fortress Press, 1991. pp. 35-50; Rad, von Gerhard, The Message of the Prophets, New York: Harper & Row Publishers, 1967. pp. 89-101; Ricoeur, Paul, Christianity and the Sense of History in History and Truth : essays translated, with an introd., by Charles A. Kelbley. Evanston, Ill.: Northwestern University Press, 1965. Ricoeur, Paul, Essays on Biblical Interpretation by Paul Ricoeur with an introduction by Lewis S. Mudge, Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1980. pp. 73-180. Ricoeur, Paul, Figuring the Sacred, Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1995. - selections (pp. 35-47; 144-166; 203-278.) Ricoeur, Paul, Hermeneutics and the Human Sciences edited, translated and introduced by John. B. Thompson. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1981. pp. 43-62; 165-181; Schwobel, Christoph, editor. Trinitarian Theology Today, Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 1995. pp. 1-30;147-170; Stroup, W. George, The Promise of Narrative Theology. Recovering the Gospel in the Church. Eugene: Wipf & Stock Publishers, 1997. Thiselton, C. Anthony. Interpreting God and the Postmodern Self, Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 1995. pp. 3-43. Thiselton, C. Anthony. The Two Horizons. New Testament Hermeneutics and Philosophical Description. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1993. pp. 293-356; Wisse, Maarten, Narrative Theology and the Dogmatic Use of the Bible. (available in digital form - Utrecht University MWisse@theo.uu.nl). Wolterstorff, Nicholas. Divine Discourse, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995. pp. 240-296; Wright, N.T. The New Testament and the People of God, London: SPCK, 1992. pp. 47-80; 371-417
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MI 715 Contextual Theology
Eunice L. Irwin
Required Reading: Bevans, Stephen B. 2002 Models of Contextual Theology. Revised and Expanded Edition. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books. Grenz, Stanley J. and Roger E. Olson 1996 Who Needs Theology? An Invitation to the Study of God. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity. Schreiter, Robert J. 1985 Constructing Local Theologies. London: SCM Press. (Later editions published by Orbis Books, Maryknoll, NY.) Sedmak, Clemens 2002 Doing Local Theology: A Guide for Artisans of a New Humanity. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books.
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MI 728 Mission and Gender
Eunice L. Irwin
Dana Robert, American Women in Mission; Dana Robert, Gospel Bearers, Gender Barriers; Elaine Storkey, Origins of Difference; Frank L. Houghton, Amy Carmichael of Dohnavur
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MI 880 Seminar in Mission
Eunice L. Irwin
Readings: Transforming Mission David J. Bosch Mission as Transformation Vinay Samuel, Chris Sugden Classical Texts in Mission & World Christianity Norman Thomas Global Mission for the 21st Century William D. Taylor, ed. Mission on the Way Charles Van Engen
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MS 685/ MW 680 Church Abroad: Cambodia
Eunice L. Irwin
Course Requirements: 1. All students (any course level) should read Don McCormack’s book KILLING FIELDS, HARVEST FIELDS prior to the trip. 2. All students (any course level) should write a 10-15 page chronology of the history of the church in Cambodia in the midst of its socio-political history. This should describe the encounter between Christian witnesses and Cambodian people and the outcomes. [Use resources noted in list of books and websites as a start on this. Julee is posting helpful materials to our icon as well.] 3. All students (any course level) should interview a Cambodian Christian and write up their story of faith [testimony]. (As many pages as are needed) 4. All students (any course level) should visit a Christian ministry in Cambodia and write up reflections on this in light of its contribution to the church and society. (As many pages as are needed.) 5. 1200 to 1500 pages of reading on Cambodia and related missiological issues.
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MW 725 Primal and Folk Religions
Eunice L. Irwin
Burnett, David 2000 World of the Spirits: A Christian Perspective on Traditional and Folk Religions. London: Monarch Books. Hiebert, Paul a., Daniel Shaw & TiteTienou 1999 Understanding Folk Religion: A Christian Response to Popular Beliefs and Practices. Grand Rapids: Baker Books. Kraft, Marguerite G. 1995 Understanding Spiritual Power: A Forgotten Dimension of Cross-Cultural Mission and Ministry. Maryknoll, N. Y .: Orbis Books. 4d1 ReQuired Reading (Select ONE below or propose one to instructor) Bediako, Kwame 1994 Christianity in Africa: The Renewal of a Non- Western Religion. Maryknoll, N.Y.: Orbis Books. Ching, Julia 1993 Chinese Religions. Marykno11, N. Y.: Orbis Books. Hultkrantz, Ake 1979 [1967] The Religions of the American Indians. Translated by Monica Setterwal. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. Kirwin, Michael 1994 The Missionary and the Diviner. Marykno11, NY: Orbis Books. Magesa, Laurenti 1997 African Religion: The Moral Traditions of Abundant Life. Marykno11, NY: Orbis Books.
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CD 560 The Ministry of Teaching
Beverly C. Johnson-Miller
Thomas Groome, Christian Religious Education. San Francisco: Harper & Row Publishers, 1980, ISBN 0-06-063491-X Donald M. Joy, Meaningful Learning in the Church. Indianapolis: Light and Life Press, 1969, revised 1989. ISBN 0-89367-019-7 Marlene D. LeFever, Learning Styles: Reaching Everyone God Gave You to Teach. Colorado Springs: Cook Communications Ministries, 1995. ISBN: 0-7814-5117-5 Parker Palmer, The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher’s Life. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1998. ISBN: 0-7879-1058-9 Anne Streaty Wimberly, Soul Stories: African American Christian Education. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1994. ISBN: 0-687-00932-4 *Additional articles may be assigned from time to time throughout the course. RECOMMENDED
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CD 651 Professional Foundations of Christian Education
Beverly C. Johnson-Miller
Models of Religious Education: Theory and Practice in Historical and Contemporary Perspective by Harold Burgess The Big Little School by Robert Lynn Augustine and the Catechumenate byWilliam Harmless SOURCEBOOK of the Christian Faith by Robert Lay
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CD 651 Professional Foundations of Christian Education
Beverly C. Johnson-Miller
Models of Religious Education: Theory and Practice in Historical and Contemporary Perspective by Harold Burgess Sourcebook of the Christian Faith: Primary source readings from the history of Christian education(latest edition), by Robert F. Lay, Taylor Universtiy, Fall 1999. Augustine and the Catechumenate by William Harmless The Big Little School: Two Hundred Years of the Sunday School, by Robert W. Lynn and Elliott Wright Reed and Prevost, A History of Christian Education is an excellent reading investment. It largely covers the history of Christian education in early centuries.
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IS 502 Vocation of Ministry
Reginald Johnson
Chilcote, P.W. (1986) John Wesley Speaks on Christian Vocation. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock Publishers. Foster, R. (1978) Celebration of Discipline. San Francisco: Harper Collins. Foster, R. (1983) Study Guide for Celebration of Discipline. San Francisco: Harper Collins. 5 Grenz, S. & Bell, R. (1995). Betrayal of Trust: Sexual Misconduct in the Pastorate. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press. Groothuis, R.M. (1997). Good News for Women: A Biblical Picture of Gender Equality, Grand Rapids, MI: Baker. Guiness, O. (1998). The Call: Finding and Fulfilling the Central Purpose of Your Life. Waco,TX: Word. Sire, J.W. (2000). Habits of the Mind: Intellectual Life as a Christian Calling. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press. Smith, G. (1997). Listening to God in Times of Choice, Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press.
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IS 502 Vocation of Ministry
Reginald Johnson
Chilcotte, Paul John Wesley Speaks on Christian Vocation Grenz, S. & Bell, R. (1995). Betrayal of Trust: Sexual Misconduct in the Pastorate. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press. Guiness, O. (1998). The Call: Finding and Fulfilling the Central Purpose of Your Life. Waco,TX: Word. Sire, James W. (2000) Habits of the Mind: Intellectual Life as Christian Calling. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press. Smith, G. (1997). Listening to God in Times of Choice, Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press.
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SF 501 Introduction to Spiritual Formation
Reginald Johnson
• Richard Foster, A Celebration of Discipline • Reginald Johnson, Your Personality and the Spiritual Life &“Learning to Pray Again” Compact Disc • Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together • Joyce Huggett, Listening to God
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SF 503 The Life of Prayer
Reginald Johnson
Prayer, The Heart's True Home, Richard Foster (ISBN 0-06-062846-4) Living Before God: Deepening Our Sense of the Divine Presence, Ben Campbell Johnson (ISBN 0-8028-4652-1) Prayerwalking, Hawthorne & Kendrick (ISBN 0-88419-268-7 ) Windows of the Soul, Ken Gire (ISBN 0-310-20397-X) )
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