Academic Catalog 2010-2011 - Union Presbyterian Seminary

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Union Presbyterian Seminary Academic Catalog 2010-2011contexts, strategies, and ethical implications of teaching for the good of Church and World. It asks questionsabout how the Christian teacher defines the relationship between congregational and daily life amid global debatesabout the separation or conjoining of church and state. It engages political theologies, sociological research,popular culture, and transformational learning theories in order to help Christian leaders craft a criticallyand theologically coherent vision and practice of teaching for the coming of God’s realm.TBA.COURSESEDU280 Global Perspectives on Child Spirituality. Students will explore global understandings of andapproaches to nurturing spirituality during the first two decades of life through preparation for, participation in,and reflection on the XI International conference on Children’s Spirituality, which will be held on the Richmondcampus August 1-5, 2011. The course provides an opportunity to meet and converse with scholars andpractitioners from around the world whose focus is child and adolescent spirituality.Summer 2011 (ECP).EDU301/601 Spiritual Theology and Christian Education. Prerequisites: THE101 or THE201 and EDU186;or permission of the instructor. Through the ages, Christian mystics and monastics have written about their spiritualexperiences and developed spiritual rules to teach and guide others in faith formation. This course criticallyanalyzes these methods and imaginatively explores contemporary forms of transformational education rootedin classical practices of spiritual formation.Fall 2010.INT110 Theology and Film. Students explore theological and biblical themes in contemporary movies andlearn ways to engage people of all ages in theological conversation with movies in various Christian educationsettings. This interdisciplinary course may be taken as a theology elective or as a general elective by MACE andM.Div. students.Summer 2010 (ECP).INT263/663 Contemporary Theology and Education. Prerequisite: THE101 or its equivalent or permission ofthe instructor. This course brings the fields of theology and educational theory into explicit dialogue, consideringfive different contemporary approaches to theology and how they are contributing to the design and practice ofChristian education today. Required for MA/M.Div. students. May be taken as a theology or education electiveby MA students.TBA.INT365 Teaching the Bible. This interdisciplinary course examines selected approaches to bible teachingfrom the perspectives of biblical scholarship and Christian education.Summer 2010 (ECP).Christian Education (Graduate Seminars)EDU664 Educational Research Design. This seminar equips students to understand and employ researchmethods in educational settings. The emphasis of this course is on evaluating research and designing studieswith appropriate measurement and statistical analyses.TBA.EDU670 Doctoral Seminar in the History and Philosophy of Christian Education. This seminar combinesseveral elements: an overview of Judeo-Christian education, from ancient Greece and Israel to the twentiethcentury church; individual research in historical topics of interest in each participant’s context; and study ofselected theorists in the history of Christian education.TBA.3-10
Union Presbyterian Seminary Academic Catalog 2010-2011EDU677 Doctoral Seminar in Theology and Christian Education. This seminar explores classical theologicalthemes (e.g., sin, grace, sanctification, religious anthropology, and ecclesiology) in relation to their significanceas guides for contemporary understandings of Christian education. Students will read and converse withtheological texts from a variety of historical periods and perspectives.TBA.COURSESHistory (Required Courses)HST101 History of Christianity I. Prerequisite: None. This course is a survey of the history of Christianityfrom the second century to the sixteenth century. The purpose is to familiarize students with basic developmentsin doctrine and institutional life from the age of the early apologists into the early years of the Reformation.Considerable attention is given to primary sources so that students have an opportunity to become acquaintedwith the literature characteristic of the period being studied.Fall 2010.HST201 History of Christianity II. Prerequisite: HST101. The purposes of the course are to provide the studentwith basic knowledge of the history of Christianity from the time of the Reformation, to enable the student todevelop skills in historical method and explanation, and to assess the past for the present work of ministry. Theaim is also to stimulate a historical consciousness and an appreciation of the church as a historical community.The course provides preparation for electives in this field and for continuing education in history. Emphasis isplaced on American Christianity, the missionary movement, and the ecumenical movement.Spring 2010.History (Elective Courses)HST108 History of Christianity in Africa. The course will focus on the history of the Christian church inAfrica from apostolic times to the present. Particular attention will be given to North African Christianity in antiquity,Roman Catholic missionary expansion into sub-Saharan Africa during the Age of Discovery and afterward,Western Protestant efforts to evangelize Africa in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and the diverserange of theological expression encountered in African Christianity today.TBA.HST116/616 Religion of Islam. An examination of Muslim religious beliefs and practices from the originsof Islam to the present, stressing Islamic religious ideas and institutions from a historical perspective. Topics tobe addressed include: Arabia and the rise of Islam; Muhammad and the Qur’an; Muslim tradition and religiouslaw; Islamic philosophy and theology; basic beliefs and practices of the Muslim community; religious institutionsand modern trends; issues of dialogue and proclamation of the Christian faith to Muslims.Fall 2010.HST121/605 History of Christian Mission to 1900. A survey of the history of Christian mission throughthe long nineteenth century. Patterns of mission discernible in Scripture and the early church will be examined,as will the record of medieval and post-Enlightenment mission history. Among the goals of the course: to identifycritical missiological themes at work within the broad sweep of mission history to 1914; to become acquaintedwith key figures, events and institutions that shaped this history; to begin to understand how missionhistory interacts with institutional and doctrinal developments in Christianity; and to bring to light from thepast new resources for contemporary reflection on the basis, methods and purpose(s) of Christian mission.TBA.HST122 Celtic Christianity. This course will provide an opportunity for students to examine the range andrichness of an area of Christian history that is receiving increasing scholarly and popular attention: Celtic Christianity.The focus will be upon the forms and emphases of the Christian faith as found in Ireland, Wales, Englandand Scotland in late antiquity and the early middle ages. The remarkable range of texts (e.g., sacredbiography, monastic Rules, poetry, liturgy, homilies, exegesis) allow for a variety of perspectives from which to3-11
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