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Western Theological Seminary Catalog: 2007-2009, Western Theological Seminary

Western Theological Seminary Catalogs

Western Theological Seminary catalogs 1869-[ongoing] (incomplete). Also published as Calendar and Bulletin.

Cd 560 The Ministry Of Teaching, Beverly C. Johnson-Miller

Syllabi

REQUIRED TEXTS Barbara Bruce, Our Spiritual Brain. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2002. ISBN: 0-687- 09266-3 Joseph Lowman, Mastering The Techniques of Teaching. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, Inc. 1995. ISBN 0-7879-0127-X. Marlene D. LeFever, Learning Styles: Reaching Everyone God Gave You to Teach. Colorado Springs: Cook Communications Ministries, 1995. ISBN: 0-7814-5117-5 Mary Elizabeth Moore, Teaching as a Sacramental Act. Cleveland: The Pilgrim Press, 2004. ISBN: 0-8298-1647-X Parker Palmer, The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher’s Life. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1998. ISBN: 0-7879-1058-9 Robert Pazmino, Basics of Teaching for Christians. Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 1998. ISBN: 0-8010-2173-1 Susan Shaw, …

Sacrament Of Deification: The Eucharistic Vision Of Alexander Schmemann In Light Of The Doctrine Of Theosis, Janet Puppo

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This study posits that the Eastern Christian doctrine of theosis, or deification, informs, enhances and illuminates Eucharistic understanding. It argues that the Eucharistic vision of Orthodox priest and theologian, Father Alexander Schmemann, offers the most cogent evidence in support of the intrinsic link between the Eucharist and the doctrine of theosis. Based on Schmemann's observations that a Eucharistic crisis exists in the Church as a result of liturgical indifference and secularism, this study seeks to retrieve the patristic vision of the Eucharist that synthesized the world, the Church and the Kingdom of God in an interdependent and harmonic balance. The …

Cd 656 Discipling Children In The Large Church, Catherine Stonehouse

Syllabi

Examines ministry with children in large churches to discover potentials, challenges, and approaches that provide effective Christian discipling for children and their families. This course involves traveling to visit large churches and learn from their children’s ministry staff members followed by research and reflective processing of the experiential learning. Prerequisite: CD655 or additional background reading to be completed before the course begins. Cost in addition to tuition may apply.

Ch 500 Turning Points In Church History, Meesaeng Lee Choi

Syllabi

REQUIRED TEXTS: Noll, Mark A. Turning Points: Decisive Moments in the History of Christianity, 2nd ed. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic Books, 2000. Olson, Roger E. The Story of Christian Theology: Twenty Centuries of Tradition & Reform. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1999. St. Athanasius. On the Incarnation. St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 2000. St. Benedict. The Rule of St. Benedict in English, ed. Timothy Fry. Liturgical Press, Hattaway, Paul and als. Back to Jerusalem: Three Chinese House Church Leaders Share Their Vision to Complete the Great Commission. Gabriel Publishing, 2003. CH500 Course Packet (ATS bookstore) Selected primary source and additional readings …

Mm 602 Mentored Ministry Local Church, Barbara C. Holsinger, Sandra Richter

Syllabi

MM 602 is designed to take place outside the walls. This mentored ministry experience is intended to foster the intentional integration of your “book” studies in biblical theology and practical ministry with a “real live” ministry experience. Our seminar is intended to provide the opportunity for you to evaluate your “real live” experiences with your peers in a confidential, positive, but evaluative environment.

Evangelical Catholics And Catholic Biblical Scholarship: An Examination Of Scott Hahn's Canonical, Liturgical, And Covenantal Biblical Exegesis, Jeffrey Lawrence Morrow

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Bt 825 Biblical Theology And Theological Hermenuetics, Joel B. Green

Syllabi

Course Description An exploration of the development of modern “biblical theology,” current models of engaging in the task of “biblical theology,” obstacles to a “biblical theology,” and the contemporary recovery of a theological hermeneutics in relation to the biblical theology movement.

Ch 501 Church History I, Zaida Maldonado Perez

Syllabi

Required Texts: González, Justo L. The Story of Christianity: The Early Church to the Dawn of the Reformation. Vol. 1 San Francisco, CA: Harper & Row, 1984. Placher, William C. Readings in the History of Christian Thought: From Its Beginnings to the Eve of the Reformation. Vol. 1. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 1988.

Otterbein Towers Winter 2007, Otterbein Towers

Towers Magazine

Dedicated Faculty Plus Innovative Technology Times A New Science Building Equal an Exceptional Science Program. Features: It’s Time for Science; Gazing to the Skies; Centennial for Communication; Getting the Story; Regulars: College News: Board of Trustees Inducts New Members; Otterbein Welcomes Two New VPs; White House Recognizes Community Service; Art Professor Flying High; Bollywood Hit for English Professor; Letters; Classnotes; Milestones; Investing in Otterbein; Alumni Notes, etc.

On Guessing Points And Naming Stars: Epistemological Origins Of John’S Christological Tensions (Chapter In The Gospel Of St. John And Christian Theology), Paul N. Anderson

Faculty Publications - George Fox School of Theology

Theological and biblical studies have historically developed hand in hand, and John’s distinctive Christology has long been at the center of that relationship. Within John the humanity and divinity of Jesus converge, as do the Son’s equality with — and subordination to — the Father. Likewise, embellished and existentialized appraisals of Jesus’ signs, present and futuristic eschatology, universalistic and particularistic soteriology, pro- and anti-Jewish sentiments, and apparent free-will and deterministic motifs pervade the Johannine text among other tensions as well. From the patristic era to the modern age, John’s christological tensions have intrigued and challenged theologians and exegetes alike. Indeed, …

Ye Really Are Gods': A Response To Michael Heiser Concerning The Lds Use Of Psalm 82 And The Gospel Of John, David E. Bokovoy

Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1989–2011

Review of Michael S. Helser. “You've Seen One Elohim, You've Seen Them All? A Critique of Mormonism's Apologetic Use of Psalm 82.”

Queenship Of Mary -- Queen-Mother, George F. Kirwin

Marian Library Studies

No abstract provided.

Bt 660 New Testament Theology, Ben Witherington

Syllabi

ce, Laura and B. Witherington, The Shadow of the Almighty, (Grand Rapids:Eerdmans,2000). Thistextinitiatesthediscussionoftheuseof Father language for God in the NT. Witherington, Ben The Many Faces of the Christ (N.Y. Crossroad, 1998). This is the basic textbook on the Christological portion of the course. Witherington, Ben. Jesus, Paul, and the End of the World, (Downers Grove: InterVarsity P, 1992). This book should also be read first in order to gain an understanding of the eschatological framework out of which several NT figures operate. Witherington, Ben Paul=s Narrative Thought World, (Louisville: Westminster/J. Knox, 1994), pb. This book gives an overview of Pauline …

Cd 656 Discipling Children In The Large Church, Catherine Stonehouse

Syllabi

Reading (20 points) Barna, George. Transforming Children into Spiritual Champions: Why Children Should be Your Church’s # 1 Priority, Ventura CA: Regal, 2003. Beckwith, Ivy. Postmodern Children’s Ministry: Ministry to Children in the 21st Century. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2004. Miller, Sue, David Stall. Making Your Children’s Ministry the Best Hour of Every Kid’s Week, Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2004. Westerhoff III, John H. Will Our Children Have Faith? Revised Edition, Toronto: Morehouse, 2000.

"Our Families For God": A Family Worship Seminar For The Hamilton Mountain Seventh-Day Adventist Church, Wesley Rocha Torres

Doctor of Ministry Projects

Problem

Family worship is highly esteemed by the members of the Hamilton Mountain Seventh-day Adventist Church, yet the quality and practice of this spiritual activity could still be improved among the church families. It was the researcher’s presupposition that the design of a practical, creative, and attractive family worship seminar, incorporating new ideas and suggestions, could motivate and assist the church members to enhance their spiritual experience and fellowship with God, as well as within their family circles.

Method

The topic of family worship was brought to the church through a series of sermons and also the children’s story segment …

Situating The Word: The Significance Of Christian Space For Evangelism, Laceye Warner

The Asbury Journal

With Protestant denominational membership declining steadily, and at times dramatically, since the 1960s, numerous local churches eagerly search for ways to attract new members. In efforts to reverse this trend, or at least slow it down, many have turned to techniques more informed by market logic and capitalist ideologies than the triune God revealed in biblical texts. One such technique insists upon creating "gathering spaces" with little if any evidence of Christian identity. Not even the nomenclature (e.g. "gathering space" instead of "worship space" or "sanctuary") indicates the nature of the purposes intended for these spaces. Many conclude the more …

The Torah As The Rhetoric Of Priesthood, James W. Watts

Religion - All Scholarship

In the Second Temple period, the Torah gained scriptural authority through its association with the priesthoods of the Jerusalem and Samaritan temples. The Torah, in tum, legitimized these priests' control over both the temples and, for much of the period, over the territory of Judah as well. An original function of the Pentateuch then was to legitimize the religious and, by extension, the political claims of priestly dynasties. This point has rarely been discussed and never been emphasized by biblical scholars, however, which makes the subject of the Torah's relationship to the Second Temple Aaronide priesthood as much about the …

The Revelation And Inspiration Of Scripture In Adventist Theology. Part 1, Fernando L. Canale

Andrews University Seminary Studies (AUSS)

No abstract provided.

Dominion! Kingdom Action Can Change The World, C. Peter Wagner

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

If social transformation is what the Spirit seems to be saying to the churches today, we would expect that the Bible would support such an idea. Many will be asking the inevitable question: Is there a biblical theology to substantiate this?

Journal In Entirety

The Asbury Journal

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Editor's Note

Salvation Means Creation Healed: Creation, Cross, Kingdom, and Mission
Howard A. Snyder

Anticipating the New Creation: Wesleyan Foundations for Holistic Mission
Randy L. Maddox

A Biblical Theology of Creation Care
Sandra Richter

Situating the Word: The Significance of Christian Space for Evangelism
Laceye Warner

FEATURES

Believers and Engagement in Society
A Review Essay
James R. Thobaben

Dramatic Enactment of Christian Faith
A Review Essay
Sarah Heaner Lancaster

Paved with Good Intention...Sometimes
A Review Essay
Randy Woodlry

Book Notes
Kenneth J Collins

Grace Notes
Terry C. Muck

The Scriptural Foundations Of The Theology Of The Body, William Kurz

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.

The God-Given Marital Mandate, Ron Du Preez

Perspective Digest

No abstract provided.

Resistance And Accommodation: Protestant Responses To Nazism, Mike Radcliffe

All Volumes (2001-2008)

Among Germany’s Christians in the early twentieth century, Protestants were the most prevalent. Protestantism was bound to Germany’s history and society in the man of Martin Luther and the sixteenth-century Protestant Reformation, and the Protestant church had since been a key force in constructing a moral universe for the German nation into the twentieth century. However, Hitler’s conscious construction of a new moral order directly challenged that universe by virtue of nationalism, allegiance to the Führer, racism, and eventually a war of conquest and genocide. His aim was total control, but “Nazi claims of success in converting the nation to …

Preacher-As-Witness : The Homiletical Approach Of E. Stanley Jones, Luke Molberg Pederson

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

We Are Preaching With You Pastor : Congregational Input For The Accurate And Relevant Application Of The Word Of God, Keith Patrick Michael Missel

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Power To Become Witnesses : The Impact Of An Acts 1:8 Initiative On Three Participating Congregations Of The Zeeland Classis, Reformed Church In America, Steven A. Smallegan

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Physicians' Perceptions Of The Chaplain's Role In Critical Care, Daniel Winiger

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

From Committees And Choirs To Communities , J. David Trawick

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Implementing A Biblical Model Of Leadership Through The 3l Vision Leader Of Leaders Of Leaders, Eduardo Drachenberg

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.