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CO 611 Dynamics of Human Sexuality

Dan Langer

1) Penner, Clifford & Joyce. The Gift of Sex, Word Books, 1981 2) DeBecker, Gavin. Protecting the Gift, Dial Press, 1999 3) Weatherhead, Leslie. The Will of God, Abingdon Press, 1972
CO 650 Play Therapy: Theory, Techniques and theology

Reo N. Leslie

a. Play Therapy: Virginia M. Axline (1947/1969) b. The Healing Power of Play: Working with Abused Children: Eliana Gil (1991) c. Short-term Play Therapy for Children: Heidi Kaduson and Charles Schaefer (editors) (2000) d. 101 More Favorite Play Therapy Techniques: Heidi G. Kaduson and Charles Schaefer (ed.) (2001) e. “A Theology of Play Therapy:” Reo N. Leslie, Jr. (unpublished paper) f. Play Therapy with Children in Crisis: Individual, Group, and Family Treatment(2nd Ed.) Nancy Boyd Webb (ed.) (1999)
MS 685 The Church Abroad: China

James Loftin

All these must be read, viewed or listened to prior to the trip. An Introduction to the Mainland Chinese Soul. Various authors (unnamed). 2001. $5 each from LEAD Consulting, PO Box 32026, Raleigh, NC 27622. 919/783-0354. 50 pages. China, The Forgotten Harvest. Video produced by the Church of God, Cleveland that illustrates the growth of the church in China and tells the story of Pastor George Chen. 9 minutes. Counts as 5 pages. Fernando, Ajith. Sharing the Truth in Love: How to Relate to People of Other Faiths. Grand Rapids: Discovery House Publishers, 2001. 269 pages. *GO Prepared. Produced by Teams Commissioned for Christ International, Inc., 1999. Orlando, FL. 407/857-8224. Prepared for persons going on short term missions trips these six thirty-minute lectures deal with spiritual preparation, team spirit, cross-cultural ministry, and re-entry. On reserve in Wilmore and Orlando libraries. Counts as 140 pages reading. *Lambert, Anthony. China’s Christian Millions: The Costly Revival. Monarch Books/OMF, 1999. Chapters 1-14, 193 pages. USA 800/422-5330, Canada 905/568-9971. OMF Toronto books@omf.ca. Ling, Samuel. Megatrends: The Chinese, Asia and the World. 30-minute video tape by ChinaSource. On reserve in Wilmore and Orlando libraries. Counts as 20 pages reading. Ling, Samuel, ed. Serving China Together. Published by ChinaSource. 79 pages, 1996. Available from James Loftin’s assistant for $17. *Reading packet of selected articles and readings. Includes info on spiritual warfare, prayer walking, the Serving China Primer, Stone research paper, issues of China Source and other photocopied articles. 100 pages. Russell, Gary. The Role of the Short-term and Church-based Ministries. 40-minute audio tape. On reserve in Wilmore and Orlando libraries. Counts as 30 pages reading. Yamamori, Tetsunao and Chan, Kim-Kwong. Witnesses to Power: Stories of God’s Quiet Work in a Changing China. Paternoster Publishing, 2000. Distributed by O.M. Literature, Waynesboro, GA 706/554-5827. 108 pages.
CS 601 Christian Ethics

Hugo Magallanes

Dayton, Donald W., Discovering an Evangelical Heritage (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1988). Miles, Rebekah L. The Pastor as Moral Guide (Minneapolis: Fortress, 1999). CS 601 Reading Packet (readings are not necessarily in order)
CS 601 Christian Ethics

Hugo Magallanes

Dayton, Donald W., Discovering an Evangelical Heritage (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1988). Miles, Rebekah L. The Pastor as Moral Guide (Minneapolis: Fortress, 1999). CS 601 Reading Packet (readings are not necessarily in order)
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)
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

Clapp, Rodney. Border Crossings. Brazos Press, 2000. Crandall, Ron. Witness. Discipleship, 2001. Hauerwas, Stanley and William Willimon. Resident Aliens. Abingdon McClaren, Brian D. A New Kind of Christian. Jossey-Bass, 2001. Snyder, Howard. A Kingdom Manifesto. Wipf and Stock, 1997 Wright, Tom. The Challenge of Jesus. InterVarsity, 1999.
IS 501 Christian Formation: Kingdom, Church, and World

Hugo Magallanes

Clapp, Rodney. A Peculiar People. InterVarsity Press, 1996. Hauerwas, Stanley and William Willimon. Resident Aliens. Abingdon McClaren, Brian D. A New Kind of Christian. Jossey-Bass, 2001. Snyder, Howard. A Kingdom Manifesto. Wipf and Stock, 1997 Wright, Tom. The Challenge of Jesus. InterVarsity, 1999.
IS 501 Kingdom, Church, and World

Hugo Magallanes

Clapp, Rodney. Border Crossings. Brazos Press, 2000. Crandall, Ron. Witness. Discipleship, 2001. Hauerwas, Stanley and William Willimon. Resident Aliens. Abingdon McClaren, Brian D. A ew Kind of Christian. Jossey-Bass, 2001. Snyder, Howard. A Kingdom Manifesto. Wipf and Stock, 1997 Wright, Tom. The Challenge of Jesus. InterVarsity, 1999.
MS 652 Christian Ministry in a Multicultural Society

Hugo Magallanes

Adeney, Bernard T. Strange Virtues: Ethics in a Multicultural World. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1995. Brimelow, Peter. Alien Nation Law, Eric. The Wolf Shall Dwell with the Lamb: A Spirituality for leadership in a Multicultural Community. Chalice Press, Muck, Terry C. Those Other Religions in your Neighborhood: Loving your Neighboor when you don’t know how. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1992. Parillo, Vincent N. Diversity in America. Thousand Oaks: Pine Forge Press, 1996. Rhodes, Stephen A. Where the Nations Meet: The Church in a Multicultural World. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1998.
BT 660 Theology of the New Testament

Howard Marshall

COURSE READING: REQUIRED BOOK Ladd, G. E., A Theology of the New Testament (Grand Rapids, Eerdmans, 1974; revised edition by D. Hagner, 1993). COURSE READING: REFERENCE WORKS (These books will be on reserve in the Library) Students should come to each class session prepared by having read (where appropriate) the New Testament texts assigned for the class and the relevant articles in NDBT and EDBT. (15%) Alexander, T. D., and Rosner, B. S. (ed.), New Dictionary of Biblical Theology [NDBT] (Leicester/Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 2000) * articles on individual NT books and authors. Elwell, W. A. (ed), Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology [EDBT] (Grand Rapids: Baker, 1996) * articles on individual NT books and authors. Green, J. B., and Knight, S., [DJG] Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels (Downers Grove/Leicester: InterVarsity Press, 1992). Hawthorne, G. F., Martin, R. P., and Reid, D. G., Dictionary of Paul and his Letters [DPL] (Downers Grove/Leicester: InterVarsity Press, 1993). Martin, R. P., and Davids, P. H., Dictionary of the Later New Testament and its Developments [DLNTD] (Downers Grove/Leicester: InterVarsity Press, 1992).
SP 501 Communication as Christian Rhetoric

Stacy R. Minger

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
CO 601 Counseling Theories and Techniques

Tapiwa N. Mucherera

1) Corsini, R. & Wedding, D. (2000). Current Psychotherapies. 2) Jones, S. L. & Butman, R. E. (1991). Modern Psycho-therapies. Downers Grove, IL: Intervarsity Press.
CO 621 Psychology of Religion

Tapiwa N. Mucherera

1) David M.Wulff, Psychology of Religion John Wiley & Sons, 1997. 2) William James, Varieties of Religious Experience. 3) Spilka & McIntosh The Psychology of Religion: theoretical approaches. Westview Press, 1997.
CO 730 Advanced Issues in Cross-Cultural Counseling

Tapiwa N. Mucherera

(1) Fukuyama, M., & Sevig Todd D., Integrating Spirituality into Multicultural Counseling. London: Thousand Oaks, 1999. (2) Pedersen, Paul et al. Counseling Across Cultures. California: Sage Publications, 1996 (3) Sue and Sue, Counseling the Culturally Different New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1990. (4) 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 X The Servant as Pastoral Care Giver

Tapiwa N. Mucherera

Required Reading: 1. Dinkins, Burrell & Losoney. “Grief” (will be posted in the Course Center)On Electronic Reserve 2. Fortune Marie, Is Nothing Sacred, Cleveland Ohio: United Church Press, 1999. 3. Hunter Rodney, Gen. Ed. Dictionary of Pastoral Care and Counseling: 4. Headley, Anthony J. Achieving Balance in Ministry. Kansas City: Beacon Hill Press, 1999. 5. Kollar, Charles Allen: Solution-Focused Pastoral Counseling. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1997. 6. Kuenning, Delores. Helping People Through Grief. Minneapolis: Bethany House Publishers, 1987. 7. Nichols, Michael P. The Lost Art of Listening. New York: Guilford, 1995. 8. 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. 9. Steinke, Peter, How Your Church Family Works. Washington, DC: Alban Institute, 1993. 10. Switzer, David. The Minister As Crisis Counselor
PC 515 Pastoral Crisis Intervention

Tapiwa N. Mucherera

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

Purpose: The purpose of this course is to provide students the opportunity to experience ministry and to reflect upon that experience. Clinical Pastoral Education is interfaith professional education for ministry. It brings theological students and ministers into supervised encounter with persons in crises. Out of an intensive involvement with persons in need, and the feedback from peers and teachers, students develop new awareness of themselves as persons and of the needs of those to whom they minister. From theological reflection on specific human needs of those to whom they minister. From theological reflection on specific human situations, they gain a new understanding of ministry. Within the interdisciplinary team process of helping persons, they develop skills in interpersonal and interprofessional relationships.
PC 655 Clinical Pastoral Education

Tapiwa N. Mucherera

Purpose: The purpose of this course is to provide students the opportunity to experience ministry and to reflect upon that experience. Clinical Pastoral Education is interfaith professional education for ministry. It brings theological students and ministers into supervised encounter with persons in crises. Out of an intensive involvement with persons in need, and the feedback from peers and teachers, students develop new awareness of themselves as persons and of the needs of those to whom they minister. From theological reflection on specific human needs of those to whom they minister. From theological reflection on specific human situations, they gain a new understanding of ministry. Within the interdisciplinary team process of helping persons, they develop skills in interpersonal and interprofessional relationships.
PC 655 Clinical Pastoral Education

Tapiwa N. Mucherera

Purpose: The purpose of this course is to provide students the opportunity to experience ministry and to reflect upon that experience. Clinical Pastoral Education is interfaith professional education for ministry. It brings theological students and ministers into supervised encounter with persons in crises. Out of an intensive involvement with persons in need, and the feedback from peers and teachers, students develop new awareness of themselves as persons and of the needs of those to whom they minister. From theological reflection on specific human needs of those to whom they minister. From theological reflection on specific human situations, they gain a new understanding of ministry. Within the interdisciplinary team process of helping persons, they develop skills in interpersonal and interprofessional relationships.
PC 660 Practicum in Pastoral Care

Tapiwa N. Mucherera

Biddle, Perry H. Hospital Manual – Abingdon Press, 1990. Holst, Lawrence. Hospital Ministry – The Role of the Chaplain Today. New York: Crossroad, 1989. Richmond, Kent D. & David L. Middleton. The Pastor and the Patient, Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1992.
PC 660 Practicum in Pastoral Care

Tapiwa N. Mucherera

Biddle, Perry H. Hospital Manual – Abingdon Press, 1990. Holst, Lawrence. Hospital Ministry – The Role of the Chaplain Today. New York: Crossroad, 1989. Richmond, Kent D. & David L. Middleton. The Pastor and the Patient, Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1992.
PC 660 Practicum in Pastoral Care

Tapiwa N. Mucherera

Biddle, Perry H. Hospital Manual – Abingdon Press, 1990. Holst, Lawrence. Hospital Ministry – The Role of the Chaplain Today. New York: Crossroad, 1989. Richmond, Kent D. & David L. Middleton. The Pastor and the Patient, Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1992.
MI 745 Seminar in Missiology

Terry C. Muck

The focus of the seminar is on community building, spiritual formation, development of academic skills such as reading and writing, and integration of the various sub-fields of the discipline of missiology such as theology, mission history, evangelism, anthropology, religious studies, and church growth. The seminar provides a forum for open debate and discussion of contemporary missiological issues.