Theology

Available as needed. Topics include individualized program of reading and writing in theological literature.

Explores the role of the Holy Spirit in personal transformation as demonstrated in the Pentecostal movement. Topics include interdisciplinary methods to ask, "How do stories shape our lives?", reading and writing spiritual and personal biographies and autobiographies to grasp the importance of "bearing witness" not only to the Pentecostal movement, but also to the world at large in their own lives.

Examines the rich biblical foundations that inform the way in which compassion functions as an essential element of Christian faith. Students will learn how compassion relates to what it means to be the people of God according to both the Old and New Testaments. A biblical approach to compassion will then be set within a clear Pentecostal framework that examines the role of the Spirit in relation to both signs and wonders and ethical formation.

Examines early Christian leaders and their thoughts from AD 100 to 600. Topics include first four ecumenical councils.

Explores the development of theology and doctrine throughout the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Topics include Augustine, Boethius, Anselm, Thomas Aquinas, Wycliffe, and Hus.

Introduces major societal/theological forces, events, and personalities that produced the 16th century Protestant Reformation. Topics include developments in the post-Reformation period including the Catholic reformation, rise of confessional Protestantism, and the wars of religion leading to the Peace of Westphalia (1648).

Examines systematic theology with a view to articulating a strategic summary of its major themes. Topics include revelation to eschatology and explicating the logical coherence of a Christian worldview.

Explores the importance of foundational Christian doctrines such as Christology, Pneumatology, and Ecclesiology and the theological virtues of faith, hope, and love on questions of ethics. It uses philosophical and theological voices from the long Christian tradition in order to consider contemporary ethical questions both inside of the church and in the context of broader society with an emphasis on a Pentecostal stance. Cross-listed with PHIL 431.

Examines the history and theology of Pentecostalism.

Discusses writers who deal significantly with matters of Christian faith in their works.

Invites students to engage critically the discussion surrounding women in ministry in light of the biblical witness, interpretive issues, and contemporary scholarship and practice. It will provide students with the language and tools to construct biblically and theological sound personal positions concerning women in ministry. It will also explore the diverse ways women have participated in and contributed to the life of the church over the centuries to help students place the contemporary debate over gender roles in the church in the larger historical context.

Available as needed. Topics include theology, theological traditions, themes, texts, or issues. Course title is listed on the transcript.

Available as needed.

Explores the historical, sociological and theological background which gave rise to the Pentecostal Movement and the formation of the AG. The development of the denomination is traced to the present time. Includes a unit on the congregational presbyterial polity of the AG.  For undergraduate students participating in the Pre-Seminary 4+1 program. This course includes graduate level coursework.

Examines the history and theology of Pentecostalism. For undergraduate students participating in the Pre-Seminary 4+1 program. This course includes graduate level coursework.

Invites students to engage critically the discussion surrounding women in ministry in light of the biblical witness, interpretive issues, and contemporary scholarship and practice. It provides students with the language and tools to construct biblically and theological sound personal positions concerning women in ministry. It will also explore the diverse ways women have participated in and contributed to the life of the church over the centuries to help students place the contemporary debate over gender roles in the church in the larger historical context. Includes graduate level course work for the Pre-Seminary 4+1 program.

Examines the growth and cultural contexts of Christianity from the time of the ancient church to 1453. This study includes surveying the diversity of Christian traditions East and West, the expansion of the faith from the Middle East to Africa, Asia and Europe, missiological and theological developments, political and social dynamics, the rise of Islam and the Muslim conquests and the immediate contexts for the upheavals of the Reformation in the 16th century. For undergraduate students participating in the Pre-Seminary 4+1 program. This course includes graduate level coursework.

Examines the developments and growth of Christian movements from 1453 to the present. Key topics include the five Reformations of the Western church, expansion of Catholic and Protestant Missions into the Americas and Asia, the rise of Evangelicalism, the explosion of Protestant world missions, the birth and exponential growth of Pentecostal and charismatic movements. The globalization of Christianity and the challenges of dechristianization and post-modern thinking in the West. For undergraduate students participating in the Pre-Seminary 4+1 program. This course includes graduate level coursework.

Provides an overview of major theological areas, including prolegomena, revelation, theology proper, anthropology, Christology, pneumatology, soteriology, ecclesiology, and eschatology. Specific topics alternate each semester. For undergraduate students participating in the Pre-Seminary 4+1 program. This course includes graduate level coursework.