PTS Catalogue - Princeton Theological Seminary

TH3400 and TH5400 level courses fulfill the requirement for a doctrine or
theologian course.
TH5415 Holy Scripture and Modern Criticism
The course will address the question of how to think about the authority of holy
scripture in light of modern biblical criticism. How might modern criticism enhance
our understanding of biblical authority, and how might biblical authority embrace
modern criticism responsibly while also transcending it? Authors to be considered
include D.F. Strauss, Gerhard Von Rad, Rudolf Bultmann, Raymond E. Brown,
Gerhard Ebeling, and Karl Barth.
fulfills the general distribution requirement in theology.
Spring Semester, 2012–2013; Mr. Hunsinger
TH5560 Anselm and Barth
Reading and discussion of Anselm’s “Proslogion” and Karl Barth’s “Fides quaerens
intellectum.”
general distribution requirement in theology.
Spring Semester, 2012–2013; Mr. McCormack
TH5650 Theology and Neuroscience
In its focus on the human mind and the complex issue of consciousness, contemporary
neuroscience is raising serious questions about the role of the human brain
in religious experience and our knowledge of God. Some forms of “neurotheology”
argue that the human brain is “wired for God” and challenge traditional theology
to consider seriously the significance of the evolution of religious belief and behavior,
the adaptive value of religion, and thus the cognitive and evolutionary roots
of religious faith. Neuroscience also challenges us to cross-cultural assessments of
shamanism as a biogenetic foundation for “first religions,” and for rethinking the
psychological role of emotions in religious experience. Most significantly, neuroscience
challenges theologians to rethink what religious faith is about, and the interdisciplinary
effect of this conversation on notions of revelation and the way we
construct doctrines in Christian theology.
Spring Semester, 2012–2013; Mr. van Huyssteen
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