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Varieties Of American Evangelicalism, Evangelical Advocacy: A Response To Global Poverty
Varieties Of American Evangelicalism, Evangelical Advocacy: A Response To Global Poverty
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Evangelical Protestantism has played a vital role in shaping American history, culture and religion. It is estimated that some 25-35% of the American population (c. 70-100 million) today identifies with this movement. Far from being a monolithic entity, however, the religious, ideological, and social allegiances of evangelicalism are quite diverse. In addition, evangelicals maintain a somewhat paradoxical relationship with American society, functioning simultaneously as a politically powerful interest group (insiders) and as cultural antagonists (outsiders). This course is designed to introduce students to the history of evangelicalism, its characteristic religious patterns, and its ongoing negotiations with contemporary American culture.
Ms 673 Contemporary Cults And New Religious Movements, Terry C. Muck
Ms 673 Contemporary Cults And New Religious Movements, Terry C. Muck
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Larry Nichols, George Mather, Alvin Schmidt. Encyclopedic Dictionary of Cults, Sects, and World Religion. Revised Edition. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan, 2006. John A. Saliba. Understanding New Religious Movements. 2nd edition. New York: AltaMira Press, 2003. Terry C. Muck. How To Study Religion. Wilmore, Kentucky: Wood Hill Books, 2005.
Ms 635 Renewing The Church For Mission, Howard A. Snyder
Ms 635 Renewing The Church For Mission, Howard A. Snyder
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DESCRIPTION This course focuses on the recurring phenomenon of renewal in the church as a key aspect of a biblical and contemporary ecclesiology. It seeks an understanding of the work of the Holy Spirit in renewing the church, drawing from biblical foundations, historical models, and contemporary examples of congregational renewal and renewal movements. Application is made especially to the life of the local congregation.
Ms 673 X1 Contemporary Cults And New Religious Movements (Sp08), Terry C. Muck
Ms 673 X1 Contemporary Cults And New Religious Movements (Sp08), Terry C. Muck
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COURSE DESCRIPTION A study of cults and new religious movements in contemporary America and the Two-Thirds World, tracing their emergence from historical and religious perspectives, with interpretation of their theological significance
Ms 674 Mw 708 Introduction To World Religions, Terry C. Muck
Ms 674 Mw 708 Introduction To World Religions, Terry C. Muck
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COURSE DESCRIPTION In this course, students study the origin, history, and basic tenets of each of the major religious traditions of the world--Buddhism, Confucianism, Daoism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Sikhism, and Zoroastrianism. Students learn basic religious study skills, and engage in research projects in one or more of these religions.
Me 770 Ms 635 Renewing The Church For Mission, Howard A. Snyder
Me 770 Ms 635 Renewing The Church For Mission, Howard A. Snyder
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Complete the assigned readings as listed on the schedule. The following are required texts: The Community of the King, rev. ed. (2004), by Howard Snyder Emerging Churches: Creating Christian Community in Postmodern Cultures, by Eddie Gibbs and Ryan K. Bolger The Other Six Days, by R. Paul Stevens Churches That Make a Difference, by Ronald Sider, Philip Olson, and Heidi Rolland Unruh The following books are recommended: God’s Transforming Spirit: Black Church Renewal, by Preston Washington Signs of the Spirit: How God Reshapes the Church, by Howard Snyder Natural Church Development, by Christian Schwarz
Me 770 Renewing The Church For Mission, Howard A. Snyder
Me 770 Renewing The Church For Mission, Howard A. Snyder
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The following are required texts: The Community of the King, rev. ed. (2004), by Howard Snyder Emerging Churches: Creating Christian Community in Postmodern Cultures, by Eddie Gibbs and Ryan K. Bolger The Other Six Days, by R. Paul Stevens Churches That Make a Difference, by Ronald Sider, Philip Olson, and Heidi Rolland Unruh The following books are recommended: God’s Transforming Spirit: Black Church Renewal, by Preston Washington Signs of the Spirit: How God Reshapes the Church, by Howard Snyder Natural Church Development, by Christian Schwarz
Mw 725 Primal And Folk Religions, Eunice Irwin
Mw 725 Primal And Folk Religions, Eunice Irwin
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Required Texts and Readings 1. Burnett, David 2000 World of the Spirits: A Christian Perspective on Traditional and Folk Religions. London: Monarch Books. 2. Hiebert, Paul G., Daniel Shaw and Tite Tienou 1999 Understanding Folk Religion: A Christian Response to Popular Beliefs and Practices. Grand Rapids: Baker Books. 3. Oleksa, Father Michael 2005 Another Culture/ Another World. Juneau, AK: Association of Alaska School Boards. 4. Select a fourth book from the list below, or propose another to the professor for approval. Choose to read a book that is compatible with your research paper. Kirwin, Michael 1994 The Missionary and the …
Mw 775 Christian Witness And Other Faiths, Terry C. Muck
Mw 775 Christian Witness And Other Faiths, Terry C. Muck
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Required Texts: David Bosch. A Spirituality of the Road. Eugene, Oregon: Wipf and Stock, 2000 (1979). Paul Hiebert. Missiological Implications of Epistemological Shifts. Harrisburg, PA: Trinity Press International, 1999. Richard Plantinga, ed. Christianity and Plurality: Classic and Contemporary Readings. Oxford: Blackwell, 1999. Readings as assigned by instructor, including Wesleyan approach to pluralism.
Mw 770 Contemporary Cults/ New Religious Movements, Steven Tsoukalas
Mw 770 Contemporary Cults/ New Religious Movements, Steven Tsoukalas
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Required Texts: Hexham, Irving, Stephen Rost, and John W. Morehead II, eds. Encountering New Religious Movements: A Holistic Evangelical Approach. Grand Rapids: Kregel, 2004. Sire, James. Scripture Twisting: Twenty Ways the Cults Misread the Bible. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1980. Stark, Rodney, and William Sims Bainbridge. The Future of Religion: Secularization, Revival, and Cult Formation. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1985. Tsoukalas, Steven. Masonic Rites and Wrongs: An Examination of Freemasonry. Phillipsburg, N.J.: Presbyterian and Reformed, 1995. Tucker, Ruth. Another Gospel: Alternative Religions and the New Age Movement. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1989.
Mw 780 Comparative Missiology, Terry C. Muck
Mw 780 Comparative Missiology, Terry C. Muck
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Required Texts: Hitchcock, Susan. Geography of Religion. Washington: National Geographic, 2004. Montgomery, Robert. The Diffusion of Religions: A Sociological Perspective. NY: University Press of America, 1996. Park, Chris C. Sacred Worlds: An Introduction to Geography and Religion. London: Routledge, 1994. Smart, Ninian, ed. Atlas of the World’s Religions. Oxford, 1999. Readings as assigned by instructor
Mw 775 Christian Witness And Other Faiths, Terry C. Muck
Mw 775 Christian Witness And Other Faiths, Terry C. Muck
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Richard Plantinga, ed. Christianity and Plurality: Classic and Contemporary Readings. Oxford: Blackwell, 1999. 379 pages. ISBN: 0-631-20915-8 (paperback) Wesley Pluralism Packet David Bosch. A Spirituality of the Road. Eugene, Oregon: Wipf and Stock, 2000 (1979). 92 pages. ISBN: 1-57910-795-8 (paperback) Paul Hiebert. Missiological Implications of Epistemological Shifts. Harrisburg, PA: Trinity Press, International, 1999. 135 pages. ISBN: 1-56338-259-8 (paperback)
Mw 725 Primal And Folk Religions, Eunice L. Irwin
Mw 725 Primal And Folk Religions, Eunice L. Irwin
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Hefner, Robert, ed. 1993 Conversion to Christianity: Historical and Anthropological Perspectives on A Great Transformation. Berkeley, University of California Press. Hiebert, Paul G., Daniel Shaw & Tite Tienou 1999 Understanding Folk Religion: A Christian Response to Popular Beliefs and Practices. Grand Rapids: Baker Books. Kraft, Marguerite G. 1995 Understanding Spiritual Power: A Forgotten Dimension of Cross-Cultural Mission and Ministry. Maryknoll, N.Y.: Orbis Books. Stewart, Charles and Rosalind Shaw, eds. 1994 Syncretism/ Anti-Syncretism: The politics of religious synthesis. London and New York: Routledge. 5th Required Reading (Select ONE below or propose one to instructor) Ching, Julia 1993Chinese Religions. Maryknoll, N.Y.: Orbis …
Mw 770 Contemporary Cults, Steven Tsoukalas
Mw 770 Contemporary Cults, Steven Tsoukalas
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Hexham, Irving, and Karla Poewe. Understanding Cults and New Religions. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1986. Sire, James. Scripture Twisting: Twenty Ways the Cults Misread the Bible. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1980. Stark, Rodney, and William Sims Bainbridge. The Future of Religion: Secularization, Revival, and Cult Formation. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1985. Tsoukalas, Steven. Masonic Rites and Wrongs: An Examination of Freemasonry. Phillipsburg, N.J.: Presbyterian and Reformed, 1995. Tucker, Ruth. Another Gospel: Alternative Religions and the New Age Movement. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1989.
Me 770 Renewing The Church For Mission, Howard A. Snyder
Me 770 Renewing The Church For Mission, Howard A. Snyder
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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
Me 770 Renewing The Church For Mission, Howard A. Snyder
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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
Ch 502 Church History Ii, William Kostlevy
Ch 502 Church History Ii, William Kostlevy
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Justo Gonzalez, The Story of Christianity, Vol. 2. (1985). Roland H. Bainton and Jaroslav Pelikan, The Reformation of the Sixteenth Century (1985). Hugh T. Kerr, editor. Readings in Christian Thought (1990). Stanley Grenz and Roger Olson, 20th CenturyTheology: God and the World in Transtition (1992).
Mw 725 Primal And Folk Religions, Eunice L. Irwin
Mw 725 Primal And Folk Religions, Eunice L. Irwin
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Burnett, David 2000 World of the Spirits: A Christian Perspective on Traditional and Folk Religions. London: Monarch Books. Hiebert, Paul a., Daniel Shaw & TiteTienou 1999 Understanding Folk Religion: A Christian Response to Popular Beliefs and Practices. Grand Rapids: Baker Books. Kraft, Marguerite G. 1995 Understanding Spiritual Power: A Forgotten Dimension of Cross-Cultural Mission and Ministry. Maryknoll, N. Y .: Orbis Books. 4d1 ReQuired Reading (Select ONE below or propose one to instructor) Bediako, Kwame 1994 Christianity in Africa: The Renewal of a Non- Western Religion. Maryknoll, N.Y.: Orbis Books. Ching, Julia 1993 Chinese Religions. Marykno11, N. Y.: Orbis Books. …
Mw 775 830 Christian Witness And Other Faiths, Terry C. Muck
Mw 775 830 Christian Witness And Other Faiths, Terry C. Muck
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Readings Richard Plantinga, ed. Christianity and Plurality: Classic and Contemporary Readings. Oxford: Blackwell, 1999. 379 pages. ISBN: 0-631-20915-8 (paperback) Wesley Pluralism Packet David Bosch. A Spirituality of the Road. Eugene, Oregon: Wipf and Stock, 2000 (1979). 92 pages. ISBN: 1-57910-795-8 (paperback) Paul Hiebert. Missiological Implications of Epistemological Shifts. Harrisburg, PA: Trinity Press, International, 1999. 135 pages. ISBN: 1-56338-259-8 (paperback)
Me 770 Ms 635 Renewing The Church For Mission, Howard A. Snyder
Me 770 Ms 635 Renewing The Church For Mission, Howard A. Snyder
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Decoding the Church: Mapping the DNA of Christ’s Body, 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 725 Survey Of Renewal Movements, Howard A. Snyder
Mi 725 Survey Of Renewal Movements, Howard A. Snyder
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Required Texts Orr, J. Edwin. Campus Aflame: A History of Evangelical Awakenings in Collegiate Communities. Wheaton, IL: International Awakenings Press, 1994. 286 pp. Rausch, Thomas P. Radical Christian Communities. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2002. 216 pp. Riss, Richard M. A Survey of Twentieth-Century Revival Movements in North America. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 1997. 202 pp. Snyder, Howard A. Signs of the Spirit: How God Reshapes the Church. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1989; Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 1997. 336 pp.
Ch 502 Church History Ii, William Kostlevy
Ch 502 Church History Ii, William Kostlevy
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Justo Gonzalez, The Story of Christianity, Vol. 2. (1985). Roland H. Bainton and Jaroslav Pelikan, The Reformation of the Sixteenth Century (1985). Hugh T. Kerr, editor. Readings in Christian Thought (1990). Nathan O. Hatch, The Democratization of American Christianity (1988).
Me 770 Renewing The Church For Mission, Howard A. Snyder
Me 770 Renewing The Church For Mission, Howard A. Snyder
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(1) Radical Renewal: The Problem of Wineskins Today, by Howard Snyder (2) The New Reformation, by Greg Ogden (3) Natural Church Development, by Christian Schwarz (4) Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire, by Jim Cymbala
Ch 502 Church History Ii, William Kostlevy
Ch 502 Church History Ii, William Kostlevy
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Justo Gonzalez, The Story of Christianity, Vol. 2. (1985). Roland H. Bainton and Jaroslav Pelikan, The Reformation of the Sixteenth Century (1985). Henry Bettenson, Documents of the Christian Church (1963). Anthony Dunnavant, ed. Poverty and Ecclesiology: #ineteenth-Century Evangelicals in the Light of Liberation Theology (1992). (Available from the instructor)
Mw 775 830 Christian Witness And Other Faiths, Terry C. Muck
Mw 775 830 Christian Witness And Other Faiths, Terry C. Muck
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Wesley Pluralism Packet (on reserve in library—students may copy) Richard Plantinga, ed. Christianity and Plurality: Classic and Contemporary Readings. Oxford: Blackwell, 1999. 379 pages. Christianity and the Religions: A Biblical Theology of World Religions. Edward Rommen and Harold Netland, editors. Pasadena: Wm Carey Library, 1995. 274 pages. S. Wesley Ariarajah. The Bible and People of Other Faiths. Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 1985.