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PH 501 Philosophy of Christian Religion

George Ille

Required Reading 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. 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) 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 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, Philadelphia : Fortress Press, 1980. (pp. 155-182). Westphal, Fred A. The Activity of Philosophy. A Concise Introduction, Englewood Cliffs, NJ : Prentice-Hall, 1969. - selections
ST 501 Method and Praxis

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 George Ille, Hermeneutical Explorations of Agency as Prolegomena for a Theological Epistemology, PhD Thesis, King’s College, University of London, 2000) (selections provided in digital format). 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) (copy provided in digital format) Paul Ricoeur, Toward a Narrative Theology: Its Necessity, Its Resources, Its Difficulties in Paul Ricoeur, Figuring the Sacred; Augsburg: Fortress Press, 1995. (copy provided in digital format) Paul Ricoeur, Toward a Hermeneutic of the Idea of Revelation (in Essays on Biblical Interpretation (Philadelphia : Fortress Press, 1980));
MI 715 Contextual Theology

Eunice L. Irwin

Bevans, Stephen B. 2002 Models of Contextual Theology. Revised and Expanded Edition. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books. De La Torre, Miguel 2002 Reading the Bible from the Margins. 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.
MW 725 Primal and Folk Religions

Eunice L. Irwin

Hefner, Robert, ed. 1993 Conversion to Christianity: Historical and Anthropological Perspectives on A Great Transformation. Berkeley, University of California Press. Hiebert, Paul G., Daniel Shaw & Tite Tienou 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. Stewart, Charles and Rosalind Shaw, eds. 1994 Syncretism/ Anti-Syncretism: The politics of religious synthesis. London and New York: Routledge. 5th Required Reading (Select ONE below or propose one to instructor) Ching, Julia 1993Chinese Religions. Maryknoll, N.Y.: Orbis Books. Galileo, Segundo 1988 The Challenge of Popular Religiosity. Quezon City, Philippines: Claretian Press. Magesa, Laurenti 1997 African Religion: The Moral Traditions of Abundant Life. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books. Williams, Peter W. 1989 Popular Religion in America. Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois.
CD 511 The Pastor and Christian Discipleship

Beverly C. Johnson-Miller

Basics of Christian Education by Karen B. Tye The Younger Evangelicals by Robert Webber John Wesley’s Class Meeting: A model for making disciples by Michael Henderson Making All Things New: An Invitation to the Spiritual Life by Henri Nouwen The Big Little School: Two Hundred Years of The Sunday School by Robert W. Lynn and Elliott Wright Growing in the Life of Faith: Education and Christian Practices by Craig Dykstra *On Reserve - Leading the Congregation: Caring for Yourself While Serving the People by Norman Shawchuck and Roger Heuser Christian Religious Education: Sharing Our Story and Vision by Thomas Groome
CD 560 The Ministry of Teaching

Beverly C. Johnson-Miller

Donald M. Joy, Meaningful Learning in the Church. Indianapolis: Light and Life Press, 1969, revised 1989. ISBN 0-89367-019-7 John M. Bracke and Karen B. Tye, Teaching the Bible in the Church. St. Louis: Chalice Press , 2003. ISBN 0-8272-3643-3 Marlene D. LeFever, Learning Styles: Reaching Everyone God Gave You to Teach. Colorado Springs: Cook Communications Ministries, 1995. ISBN: 0-7814-5117-5 Learning Styles Inventory Parker J. Palmer, To Know as we are Known: a spirituality of education. San Francisco: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1983. ISBN: 0-06-066456-8 Maria Harris, Teaching and Religious Imagination: an essay in the theology of teaching. San Francisco: Harper, 1987. 0-06-063840-0 Donald L. Griggs, Teaching Today’s Teachers to Teach. Abingdon Press, 2003 Kieran Egan, Teaching as Storytelling. University of Chicago Press,
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), edited by Robert F. Lay, Taylor Universtiy, 2003. 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
CD 651 Professional Foundations of Christian Education

Beverly C. Johnson-Miller

A History of Christian Education by Reed and Prevost Sourcebook of the Christian Faith: Primary source readings from the history of Christian education(latest edition), edited by Robert F. Lay, Taylor Universtiy, 2003. 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 Recommended Reading Models of Religious Education: Theory and Practice in Historical and Contemporary Perspective by Harold Burgess
CD 651 Professional Foundations of Christian Education

Beverly C. Johnson-Miller

A History of Christian Education by Reed and Prevost The Big Little School by Robert Lynn Augustine and the Catechumenate byWilliam Harmless SOURCEBOOK of the Christian Faith by Robert Lay
SF 501 Introduction to Spiritual Formation

Reginald Johnson

Richard Foster, A Celebration of Discipline, or, if you’ve read Foster previously, Marjorie Thompson, Soul Feast Reginald Johnson, Your Personality and the Spiritual Life & Reginald Johnson, Learning to Pray Again Compact Discs Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together Joyce Huggett, Listening to God Steve Harper, Devotional Life in the Wesleyan Tradition
SF 503 The Life of Prayer

Reginald Johnson

- Dimensions of Prayer, Douglas Steere - The God Who Hears, Bingham Hunter - Prayer, The Heart's True Home, Richard Foster - Churches that Pray, Peter Wagner - Windows of the Soul, Ken Gire
SF 601 Spiritual Guidance

Reginald Johnson

Required Texts Sacred Companions, David Benner, IVP Soul Friend, Kenneth Leach, Harper & Row The Contemplative Pastor, Eugene Peterson, Eerdmans Introduction to the Devout Life, Francis de Sales Soulguide, Bruce Demarest, Navpress
SF 650 Comtemporary Prayer Movements

Reginald Johnson

Class Texts: • Richard Foster, Prayer, The Heart’s True Home(Harper & Row, 288 pages) • Jan Johnson, When the Soul Listens (NavPress, 187 pages)
PR 610 Servant as Proclaimer

J. Ellsworth Kalas

TEXTS: Craddock, Preaching Cantalamessa, The Mystery of God’s Word Kalas, Preaching from the Soul Long & Plantinga, A Cloud of Witnesses
PR 702 Expository Preaching

J. Ellsworth Kalas

TEXTS: Robert Alter, Genesis Kalas, Preaching from the Soul Long, Preaching and the Literary Forms of the Bible Lowry, The Homiletical Plot
PR 750 Preaching for Special Occasions

J. Ellsworth Kalas

Textbooks: 1. James F. Kay, Seasons of Grace 2. J. Ellsworth Kalas, Preaching the Calendar 3. Long and McCarter, Preaching In and Out of Season 4. Fleming Rutledge, Help My Unbelief
CD 560 The Ministry of Teaching

Chris Kiesling

Hermann Hesse, Beneath the Wheel. New York: Bantam, 1968. ISBN 0- 553-20858-6 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: David C. Cook, 1995. ISBN 0-7814-5117-5 Joseph Lowman, Mastering the Techniques of Teaching (second edition). San Francisco: Jossey Bass, 1995. ISBN 0-7879-0127-X Parker Palmer, The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher’s Life. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1998. Learning Style Inventory - Available from the bookstore as looseleaf pages
CD 610 Moral Development

Chris Kiesling

James C. Wilhoit and John M. Dettoni. Nurture that is Christian: Developmental Perspectives on Christian Education. Wheaton: Victor Books, 1995. Reading Packet for Moral Development (available at the bookstore, though it may be delayed beyond the first week of class). James Fowler. Faithful Change: The Personal and Public Challenges of Postmodern Life. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1996. Jean Piaget, The Moral Judgment of the Child. New York, Free Press, 1965. E Stanley Jones, The Christ of the Mount. Choose one from the following: (I recommend The Great Divorce for this class, but I am open to these other substitutions if they sound more appealing) C.S. Lewis. The Abolition of Man C.S. Lewis. The Great Divorce Walter Wangerin. The Orphean Passages (Available only in manuscript form from the bookstore)
CD 610 Moral Development

Chris Kiesling

James C. Wilhoit and John M. Dettoni. Nurture that is Christian: Developmental Perspectives on Christian Education. Wheaton: Victor Books, 1995. Reading Packet for Moral Development (available at the bookstore, though it may be delayed beyond the first week of class). James Fowler. Faithful Change: The Personal and Public Challenges of Postmodern Life. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1996. Jean Piaget, The Moral Judgment of the Child. New York, Free Press, 1965. E Stanley Jones, The Christ of the Mount. Choose one from the following: (I recommend The Great Divorce for this class, but I am open to these other substitutions if they sound more appealing) C.S. Lewis. The Abolition of Man C.S. Lewis. The Great Divorce Walter Wangerin. The Orphean Passages (Available only in manuscript form from the bookstore)
CD 691 Discipleship Development Through Residential Camping

Chris Kiesling

HOW TO USE CAMPING EXPERIENCES IN RELIGIOUS EDUCATION by Stephen Venable and Donald Joy - a proposal for future use in recreating meaningful camping experiences EMPOWER YOUR KIDS TO BE ADULTS by Donald Joy - a reflection on the need for and how to's of rites of passage WINDOWS OF THE SOUL by Ken Gire - a personal reflection paper on this devotional book that really touches the heart RECLAIMING OUR PRODIGAL SONS AND DAUGHTERS by Larson.
CM 510 Foundations of Campus Ministry

Chris Kiesling

Steve Shadrach, The Fuel and the Flame: Body Builders, 2003. Doug Fields, Purpose Driven Youth Ministry: Grand Rapids, Zondervan, 1998. Henri Nouwen. The Return of the Prodigal Son: Doubleday, 1992. Gordon MacDonald. Ordering Your Private World: Thomas Nelson, 1984. Robert Coleman. The Master Plan of Evangelism, Revell, 1994. Sharon Parks, Big Questions, Worthy Dreams: Jossey Bass, 2000. Don Everts, Jesus with Dirty Feet. Intervarsity, 1999.) Soularize CD available from the Cokesbury bookstore or directly from The Oooze.com. Reading Packet and/or electronic reserve:
CM 601 Campus Ministry Seminar

Chris Kiesling

Divided by Faith - Michael Emerson and Christian Smith (Oxford University Press, 2000), chapter 1 (and ch 8 if available on the icon) Gospel-Centered Spirituality - Allan Sager (Augsburg Fortress, 1990), chapter 2 (26 pages) How Christian Faith Can Sustain the Life of the Mind - Richard Hughes (Eerdmans, 2001), chapter 4 (39pp) Fabric of Faithfulness - Steve Garber (InterVarsity Press, 1996), Intro and chapter 1 (26pp) Uncommon Decency - Richard Mouw (InterVarsity Press, 1992), chapters 4-7 (74 pages) Plus, ONE of the following four choices: Mentoring for Mission - Caroline Simon et al (Eerdmans, 2003), chapters 1 and 2 (36pp) God of Surprises - Gerard Hughes (Cowley Publications, Boston, 1993), chaps 1-3 (41pp) Spiritual Mentoring, Keith Anderson and Randy Reese (InterVarsity Press, 1999), chaps 1-2 (44pp)
IS 502 Christian Formation: Vocation of Ministry

Chris Kiesling and Stuart L. Palmer

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. 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.
CD 551 Christian Education Seminar: Children’s Ministry

Phyllis Kilbourn

Children in Crisis: A New Commitment, Phyllis Kilbourn, Ed. Healing the Children of War: A Handbook for Ministry to Children Who Have Suffered Deep Traumas, Phyllis Kilbourn, Ed.
CD 551 Christian Education Seminar: Children’s Ministry

Phyllis Kilbourn

Children in Crisis: A New Commitment, Phyllis Kilbourn, Ed. Healing the Children of War: A Handbook for Ministry to Children Who Have Suffered Deep Traumas, Phyllis Kilbourn, Ed.