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MB 750 Values and Ethics in Cross-Cultural Perspective

Michael A. Rynkiewich

Reading Packet: a. Bonhoeffer, Dietrich 1955 [1949] “The Love of God and the Decay of the World,” Chapter 1 of Ethics edited by Eberhard Bethge. New York: Collier Books, Macmillan Publishing Company. Pp. 17-54. b. Benedict, Ruth 1961 [1934] “The Nature of Society,” Chapter 7 in Patterns of Culture. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. Pp. 223-250. c. Lee, Dorothy 1987 [1959] “Codifications of Reality: Lineal and Non-lineal,” in Dorothy Lee Freedom and Culture. Prospect Heights: Waveland Press. Pp. 105-120. Originally published in Psycosomatic Medicine 12 (1950). d. Thompson, David L. 1996 “Women, Men, Slaves and the Bible: Hermeneutical Inquiries,” Christian Scholar’s Review 25:3:326-349. e. Dye, T. Wayne 1976 “Toward a Cross-Cultural Definition of Sin,” Missiology 4:4:27-41. f. Fortosis, Steve 1990 “A Model for Understanding Cross-Cultural Morality,” Missiology 18:2:164-176. g. Priest, Robert J. 1994 “Missionary Elenctics: Conscience and Culture,” Missiology 22:3:291- 315. h. Fiske, Alan Page 1990 “Relativity within Moose (“Mossi”) Culture: Four Incommensurable Models for Social Relationships,” Ethos 18:2:180-204. Texts: 1. Strange Virtues by Bernard Adeney (1995) 2. Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe (1959) 3. Mystic Endowment: Religious Ethnography of the Warao Indians by Johannes Wilbert (1993) 4. Ethics and World Religions: Cross-Cultural Case Studies edited by Regina W. Wolfe and Christine E. Gudorf (1999)
MB 750 Values And Ethics In Cross-Cultural Perspective

Michael A. Rynkiewich

1. Strange Virtues by Bernard Adeney (1995) 2. Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe (1959) 3. Ethics and World Religions: Cross-Cultural Case Studies By Regina W. Wolfe and Christine E. Gudorf (1999) 4. Mystic Endowment: Religious Ethnography of the Warao Indians. By Johannes Wilbert (1993) 5. A reading packet to be obtained from the ESJ School of World Mission and Evangelism. (Directions to follow) a. Bonhoeffer, Dietrich 1955 [1949] “The Love of God and the Decay of the World,” Chapter 1 of Ethics edited by Eberhard Bethge. New York: Collier Books, Macmillan Publishing Company. Pp. 17-54. b. Benedict, Ruth 1961 [1934] “The Nature of Society,” Chapter 7 in Patterns of Culture. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. Pp. 223-250. c. Lee, Dorothy 1987 [1959] “Codifications of Reality: Lineal and Non-lineal,” in Dorothy Lee Freedom and Culture. Prospect Heights: Waveland Press. Pp. 105- 120. Originally published in Psycosomatic Medicine 12 (1950). d. Thompson, David L. 1996 “Women, Men, Slaves and the Bible: Hermeneutical Inquiries,” Christian Scholar’s Review 25:3:326-349. e. Dye, T. Wayne 1976 “Toward a Cross-Cultural Definition of Sin,” Missiology 4:4:27-41. f. Fortosis, Steve 1990 “A Model for Understanding Cross-Cultural Morality,” Missiology 18:2:164-176. g. Priest, Robert J. 1994 “Missionary Elenctics: Conscience and Culture,” Missiology 22:3:291-315. h. Fiske, Alan Page 1990 “Relativity within Moose (“Mossi”) Culture: Four Incommensurable Models for Social Relationships,” Ethos 18:2:180-204.
MB 810 Advanced Missiological Anthropology

Michael A. Rynkiewich

1. The Study of Culture (Rev. 1987) -L. L. Langness 2. Anthropological Theory 2nd ed. (2000) - R. J. McGee and R. L. Warms (eds.) 3. Anthropological Reflections on Missiological Issues (1994) - Paul Hiebert 4. The Church and Cultures: New Perspectives in Missiological Anthropology (1988) – Louis J. Luzbetak
MI 780 Postmodern Mission

Michael A. Rynkiewich

1. Missiological Implications of Epistemological Shifts: Affirming Truth in a Modern/Postmodern World. By Paul G. Hiebert. 1999 Harrisburg, PA: Trinity Press International. A small book with chapters on “The Epistemological Foundations of Positivism,” “The Epistemological Challenges of Instrumentalism and Idealism,” and “Critical Realism: A Way Ahead.” 2. The Truth about The Truth: De-confusing and Re-constructing the Postmodern World. Edited by Walter Truett Anderson. 1995 New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam. A reader presenting and critiquing postmodernism with articles by Isaiah Berlin, Umberto Eco, Vaclav Havel, Jacques Derrida, Kenneth Gergen, Maureen O’Hara, Michel Foucault, Stanley Krippner, Martin Marty, Richard Rorty, Howard Gardner, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., Robert Jay Lifton, Jean Baudrillard, Charles Jencks, Thomas S. Kuhn, Pauline Marie Rosenau, Bell Hooks, Paul Feyerbend, Ernest Becker, Roy Wagner, Peter Berger and Thomas Luckman, and others. 3. Anabaptists and Postmodernity. Edited by Susan Biesecker-Mast and Gerald Biesecker- Mast. 2000 Telford, PA: Pandora Press U.S. A reader from a particular Christian tradition engaging postmodernism. Articles by Stanley Hauerwas, Peter Blum, Thomas Finger, Michael King, Paul Tiessen, John Roth, Scott Holland, Hildi Froese Tiessen, Jeff Gundy, John Richard Burkholder, Marlene Kropf, J. Denny Weaver, Douglas Jacobsen, Gerald Schlabach, John Stahl-Wert, Chris Huebner, Thomas Heilke, Leo Driedger and others. 4. Decolonising the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature. Ngugi wa Thiong’o. A provocative book by a Kenyan (Gikuyu) novelist and playwright who has been on the outs with both the British colonial regime and the independent government. This book should give a feeling of why Two-Thirds World intellectuals might be angry. (Note: You are advised that there is some vulgar language on p. 82; You are not required to read Section VIII which begins on page 80 and continues to page 82.) 5. Asian Biblical Hermeneutics and Postcolonialism: Contesting the Interpretations. By R. S. Sugirtharajah. 1998 Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books. A book that raises the issue of hermeneutics from a non-western perspective that will challenge the students to hear other voices on something central to Christianity. Brings “orientalism,” colonialism, history, oppression and power into the discussion. 6. The Recovery of Mission: Beyond the Pluralist Paradigm. By Vinoth Ramachandra. 1996 Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. A book examining Indian thinking about Christianity and mission that engages both a western and an eastern tradition in ways that move beyond the simple pluralism of American liberal theology.
MS 672 Values And Ethics In Cross-Cultural Perspective

Michael A. Rynkiewich

1. Strange Virtues by Bernard Adeney (1995) 2. Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe (1959) 3. Ethics and World Religions: Cross-Cultural Case Studies By Regina W. Wolfe and Christine E. Gudorf (1999) 4. Mystic Endowment: Religious Ethnography of the Warao Indians. By Johannes Wilbert (1993) 5. A reading packet to be obtained from the ESJ School of World Mission and Evangelism. (Directions to follow) a. Bonhoeffer, Dietrich 1955 [1949] “The Love of God and the Decay of the World,” Chapter 1 of Ethics edited by Eberhard Bethge. New York: Collier Books, Macmillan Publishing Company. Pp. 17-54. b. Benedict, Ruth 1961 [1934] “The Nature of Society,” Chapter 7 in Patterns of Culture. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. Pp. 223-250. c. Lee, Dorothy 1987 [1959] “Codifications of Reality: Lineal and Non-lineal,” in Dorothy Lee Freedom and Culture. Prospect Heights: Waveland Press. Pp. 105- 120. Originally published in Psycosomatic Medicine 12 (1950). d. Thompson, David L. 1996 “Women, Men, Slaves and the Bible: Hermeneutical Inquiries,” Christian Scholar’s Review 25:3:326-349. e. Dye, T. Wayne 1976 “Toward a Cross-Cultural Definition of Sin,” Missiology 4:4:27-41. f. Fortosis, Steve 1990 “A Model for Understanding Cross-Cultural Morality,” Missiology 18:2:164-176. g. Priest, Robert J. 1994 “Missionary Elenctics: Conscience and Culture,” Missiology 22:3:291-315. h. Fiske, Alan Page 1990 “Relativity within Moose (“Mossi”) Culture: Four Incommensurable Models for Social Relationships,” Ethos 18:2:180-204.
CO 602 Theoretical Approaches to Assessment and Treatment Planning

Carol B. Saenger

Berman, Pearl S. (1997). Case conceptualization and treatment planning. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications.
CO 603 Orientation to Christian Approaches to Diagnosis and Treatment Planning

Carol B. Saenger

Competent Christian Counseling, (Vol. 1) by Timothy Clinton and George Ohlschlager Colorado Springs, Colorado: Waterbrook Press, 2002.
NT 510 The Gospel of Matthew

Kenneth Schenck

Required Textbooks (1) The Bible The primary text is the Bible. As a part of your work, feel free to draw on what we might call "formal equivalence" translations. Such versions stick closely to the original wording and sentence structure of the Greek and Hebrew text. Examples include the New Revised Standard Version (NRSV), the Revised Standard Version (RSV), the New American Standard Bible (NASB), the New Jerusalem Bible (NJB), and the New American Bible (NAB). While the King James Version and New King James Version are formal equivalence translations, they sometimes reflect a less original Greek text. For this reason you should not use them as your primary biblical text. Similarly, you should not use a paraphrase (e.g. Living Bible), a translation by a single individual (e.g. The Message), or a "dynamic equivalence" translation for your primary biblical text (e.g. New International Version, New Living Translation, etc.). These versions try to bridge the gap between "our time" and "that time" by reformulating the wording of the original Greek and by drawing on rough parallels in contemporary language. While these kinds of version are excellent in a pastoral context, the price you pay is the illusion that you are actually looking at what the Bible originally said. You loose the opportunity to hear the possibilities of the text itself. It would be best if your copy of the Bible was not overly interpretive (i.e., with extended notes, paragraph headings, etc.). Christians often use such "userfriendly" helps as a crutch. I ask that you wait on consulting these notes until AFTER your own inductive work. You may very well find that you need to correct the notes in your Bible! (2) David L. Thompson, Bible Study That Works (Hereafter: BSTW) Revised edition. (Nappanee, IN: Evangel Press, 1994). (3) Jack D. Kingsbury, Matthew as Story (Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1988). (4) David R. Bauer, An Annotated Guide to Biblical Resources for Ministry (Hereafter: BRM), (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2003). This is a useful way to familiarize yourself with numerous secondary sources.
DO 501 Basic Christian Doctrine

Stephen A. Seamands

Thomas Oden, The Living God The Word of Life Life in the Spirit Gregory Boyd & Paul Eddy, Across the Spectrum Timothy George Is the Father of Jesus the God of Muhammed?
DO 501 Basic Christian Theology

Stephen A. Seamands

Thomas Oden, The Living God The Word of Life Life in the Spirit Timothy George, Is the Father of Jesus the God of Muhammed? Gregory Boyd and Paul Eddy, Across the Spectrum
DO 660 The Christian Doctrine of Holiness

Stephen A. Seamands

William Greathouse, WHOLENESS IN CHRIST Paul Bassett & William Greathouse, EXPLORING CHRISTIAN HOLINESS, VOL 2. Melvin Dieter, FIVE VIEWS OF SANCTIFICATION Leona Frances Choy, POWERLINES: What Great Evangelicals Believed About the Holy Spirit Dennis Kinlaw, THE MIND OF CHRIST
DO 864 Theology of the Laity

Stephen A. Seamands

1. Greg Ogden, Unfinished Business (Revised Edition of The New Reformation: Returning the Ministry to the People of God). 2. Melvin Steinbron, The Lay Driven Church 3. James Garlow, Partners in Ministry 4. Hendrick Kraemer, A Theology of the Lait 5. Sue Mallory, The Equipping Church
PR 610 The Servant as Proclaimer

Riley P. Short

“The Witness of Preaching” by Thomas Long and “Narrative Reading, Narrative Preaching” by Joel Green and Michael Pasquarello
CL 610 Theology of Servant Leadership

Daryl L. Smith

1. Sections from The Power of Servant Leadership: Essays by Robert Greenleaf, edited by Larry Spears (San Francisco: Berett Koehler, 1998) ISBN: 1576750353 (Introduction, pp 1-15; Ch. 1, pp. 17-59; Ch. 5, pp. 111-167; total 113 pages used for this class). [ON RESERVE IN LIBRARY.] 2. Journey to the East by Herman Hesse (NY: Noonday Press, 1956) ISBN: 0374500363 (118 pages). 3. Courageous Leadership by Bill Hybels (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2002) ISBN: 031024823X (253 pages). 4. In the Name of Jesus: Reflections on Christian Leadership by Henri Nouwen (NY: Crossroad/Herder & Herder, 1993) ISBN: 0824512596 (81 pages). 5. A Servant’s Manual by Michael W. Foss (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2002) ISBN: 9-780800-634537 (133 pages). 6. Real Power by Janet O. Hagberg (Salem, WI: Sheffield Publishing, 2003) ISBN: 1-879215-46-2 (304 pages)
SM 601 Supervised Ministry

Daryl L. Smith

1. The Journey of Desire by John Eldredge (Nashville: Nelson, 2000). 2. A Robust Ministry by Donald E. Demaray & Kenneth W. Pickerill (Nappanee, IN: Evangel, 2004). 3. Supervised Ministry Handbook: SM601/602 ; purchased from the professor for $3.00.
SM 650 A Readings Tutorial in Supervised Ministry

Daryl L. Smith

Sweet, Leonard, Jesus Drives Me Crazy! (Grand Rapids: Zondervan), ISBN 0-310-23224-4, 138 pp. Thrall, Bill; McNicol, Bruce; McElrath, Ken, The Ascent of a Leader (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1999), ISBN:0-7879-4766-0, 181 pp.
NT 510 The Gospel of Matthew

David F. Smith

Textbooks (1) The Bible The primary text is the Bible. As a part of your work, feel free to draw on the Revised Standard Version (RSV), the New American Standard Bible (NASB), the New International Version (NIV), the New Jerusalem Bible (NJB), and the New American Bible (NAB). There are several versions which are not suitable as the primary texts for this class. For example, translations that are done by a single translator (e.g., The Message), or translations which are simply paraphrases built from an English text (e.g., The Living Bible [not to be confused with the New Living Translation]). However, as we will discuss throughout the course, utilizing a variety of translations is of utmost importance. This is especially true if you do not know Greek, but that is not true with those of you who have signed up for this class. Ideally, it would be best if your copy of the Bible was not overly interpretive (i.e., with extended notes, paragraph headings, etc., etc.). Still, most Bibles these days come with "user-friendly" helps and so all I ask is that you wait on consulting these notes until AFTER your own inductive work! Note: In my personal study, I like a Bible with margins large enough to make notes on things I observe. You may want to start this class with a new bible in which you can study Matthew afresh. (2) David L. Thompson, Bible Study That Works (Hereafter: BSTW) Revised edition. (Nappanee, IN: Evangel Press, 1994). (3) Joel B. Green et al., eds, Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels (Hereafter: DJG) Downers Grove, IL: IVP (1992).
NT 636 Acts of the Apostles

David F. Smith

Textbooks (1) The Bible The primary text is the Bible. As a part of your work, feel free to draw on the Revised Standard Version (RSV), the New American Standard Bible (NASB), the New International Version (NIV), the New Jerusalem Bible (NJB), and the New American Bible (NAB). There are several versions which are not suitable as the primary texts for this class. For example, translations that are done by a single translator (e.g., The Message), or translations which are simply paraphrases built from an English text (e.g., The Living Bible [not to be confused with the New Living Translation]). However, as we will discuss throughout the course, utilizing a variety of translations is of utmost importance. This is especially true if you do not know Greek, but that is not true with those of you who have signed up for this class. Ideally, it would be best if your copy of the Bible was not overly interpretive (i.e., with extended notes, paragraph headings, etc., etc.). Still, most Bibles these days come with "user-friendly" helps and so all I ask is that you wait on consulting these notes until AFTER your own inductive work! Note: In my personal study, I like a Bible with margins large enough to make notes on things I observe. You may want to start this class with a new bible in which you can study Acts of the Apostles afresh. (2) Liefeld, Walter. Interpreting the Book of Acts (Hereafter: IBA) Revised edition. (Grand Rapids: Baker, 1995). (3) Fernando, Ajith, Acts: The NIV Application Commentary (Hereafter: Acts) (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1998).
ME 770 Renewing the Church for Mission

Howard A. Snyder

The Community of the King, rev. ed. (2004), by Howard Snyder The Other Six Days, by R. Paul Stevens Natural Church Development, by Christian Schwarz Churches That Make a Difference, by Ronald Sider, Philip Olson, and Heidi Rolland Unruh
ME 770 Renewing the Church for Mission

Howard A. Snyder

The Community of the King, rev. ed. (2004), by Howard Snyder The Other Six Days, by R. Paul Stevens Natural Church Development, by Christian Schwarz Churches That Make a Difference, by Ronald Sider, Philip Olson, and Heidi Rolland Unruh
MI 720 Mission Biographies

Howard A. Snyder

Pioneers of the Younger Churches, by John T. Seamands. Abingdon Press, 1967; Wipf & Stock, 2001. 221 pp. Missiology 27:4 (October 1999) – Issue on Missionary Biography as Missiology. Read pp. 429- 531. Hudson Taylor’s Spiritual Secret, by H. and G. Taylor. Discovery House, 1990. Through Gates of Splendor, by Elisabeth Elliot. Rev. ed. Tyndale House, 1986. (Instead of this book, you may read the same author’s Shadow of the Almighty.) Mary Slessor, Heroine of Calabar, by Basil Miller. Bethany House, 1974. (Instead of or in addition to Miller’s biography, you may read a different biography of Slessor.)
MI 730 Biblical Theology of Mission

Howard A. Snyder

The Bible. NRSV, NIV, or TNIV preferred. Let the Earth Rejoice: A Biblical Theology of Holistic Mission, by William Dyrness. Wipf & Stock, 1998. Images of the Church in Mission, by John Driver. Herald Press, 1997. Slaves, Women and Homosexuals: Exploring the Hermeneutics of Cultural Analysis, by William J. Webb. InterVarsity, 2001.
PC 501 Stephen Ministry Training and Leadership

Stephen Ministry

No Required Reading
CD 510 Foundations in Christian Discipleship

Catherine Stonehouse

Introducing Christian Education: Foundations for the Twenty-first Century, Michael J. Anthony, ed. Making Disciples: Faith Formation in the Wesleyan Tradition, Sondra Higgins Matthaei Is it a Lost Cause? Having the Heart of God for the Church’s Children, Marva J. Dawn Creative Ministry, Henri Nouwen – Chapters 1 and 4 Reaching Out, Henri Nouwen – Chapter 5 Patterns in Moral Development, Catherine M. Stonehouse. "Learning from Gender Differences," Catherine M. Stonehouse 2 The Gospel of Mark Leadership and the One Minute Manager, Kenneth Blanchard, Patricia Zigarmi, Drea Zigarmi
CD 511 The Pastor and Christian Discipleship

Catherine Stonehouse

Consult the Course Schedule for dates by which sections of the reading should be completed. The Pastor as Religious Educator, Robert L. Browning, ed. Making Disciples: Faith Formation in the Wesleyan Tradition, Sondra Higgins Matthaei Disciple Making Teachers, Josh Hunt Creative Ministry, Henri Nouwen – Chapters 1 and 4 Reaching Out, Henri Nouwen – Chapter 5 Patterns in Moral Development, Catherine M. Stonehouse. "Learning from Gender Differences," Catherine M. Stonehouse Soul Stories: African American Christian Education, Anne Streaty Wimberly 2 From the following list select one book to read. 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 Shaping the Spiritual Life of Students: A Guide for Youth Workers, Pastors, Teachers, and Campus Ministers, Richard R. Dunn Family the Forming Center, Marjorie J. Thompson