Schedule [update 4/9: added remaining exercises]
Date |
Subject/Assignment |
Readingrequired/recommended {presenter} |
| 1/7 |
The Course |
Syllabus McIntosh preface Review readings for presentation assignments |
Fundamentals of Theology |
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| 1/9 |
Beginnings Presentation assignments |
McIntosh ch 1 |
| 1/11 | Exploring Complete entrance examinations (hold on to these until the end of the course) |
McIntosh ch 2 |
| 1/14 | Belief | McIntosh ch 3 {_________________} |
| 1/16 | Foundation add/drop deadline |
McIntosh ch 4 {_________________} |
| 1/18 | Salvation | McIntosh ch 5 |
| 1/21 | MLK holiday | |
| 1/22 (N.B.!) | Divine Life | McIntosh ch 6 {_________________} |
| 1/23 | Creaturely Life | McIntosh ch 7 {_________________} |
Evangelical Context |
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| 1/25 | Augustinianism | Witherington overture and chs 1-3 |
| 1/28 |
Calvinism |
Witherington ch 4 {_________________} |
| 1/30 | Dispensationalism | Witherington chs 5-6 {_________________} |
| 2/1 | "Israel" Exercise on divine teaching due (revision due 2/8) |
Witherington ch 7 |
| 2/4 | Wesleyanism |
Witherington chs 8-10 {_________________} |
| 2/6 | The Present | Witherington chs 11-12 and coda {_________________} |
Ecumenical Context |
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| 2/8 | John Paul II's Legacy | Perry forewords and introduction and ch 1 |
| 2/11 | Redemptor Hominis | Perry ch 2 {_________________} |
| 2/13 | Perry ch 3-4 {_________________} |
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| 2/15 | Redemptoris Mater; Ecclesia de Eucharistia (postponed for Mel Robeck's discussion; moved to 2/29 below) | Perry chs 5-6 |
| 2/18 | Presidents' Day holiday | |
| 2/20 | Ut Unum Sint; Veritatis Splendor | Perry chs 7-8 {_________________} |
| 2/22 | Evangelium Vitae; Dives in Misericordia and Sollicitudo Rei Socialis Exercise on evangelical theology due (revision due 2/29) |
Perry chs 9-10 |
| 2/25 | Laborem Exercens and Centesimus Annus; Redemptoris Missio | Perry chs 11-12 {_________________} |
| 2/27 | Slavorum Apostoli; Ex Corde Ecclesiae | Perry chs 13-14 and epilogue {_________________} |
Philosophical Contexts (juxtaposed with non-western church contexts) |
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| 2/29 | Discussion of Redemptoris Mater; Ecclesia de Eucharistia Theology in Postmodernity |
Perry chs 5-6 Vanhoozer ch 1 Jenkins preface and ch 1 |
| 3/3 |
Anglo-American Postmodernity |
Vanhoozer ch 2 Jenkins ch 2 |
| 3/5 | Postliberal Theology |
Vanhoozer ch 3 Jenkins ch 3 |
| 3/7 | Postmetaphysical Theology | Vanhoozer ch 4 Jenkins ch 4 |
| 3/10 | Deconstructive Theology | Vanhoozer ch 5 Jenkins ch 5 |
| 3/12 | Reconstructive Theology Exercise on Catholic and evangelical theology due (revision due 3/31) |
Vanhoozer ch 6 Jenkins ch 6 |
| 3/13 | Deadline to withdraw | |
| 3/14-24 | Spring Break | |
| 3/26 | Feminist Theology | Vanhoozer ch 7 Jenkins ch 7 |
| 3/28 | Radical Orthodoxy |
Vanhoozer ch 8 Jenkins ch 8 |
Biblical Context |
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| 3/31 | Crisis | Bockmuehl intro and ch 1 {_________________} |
| 4/2 | Implications | Bockmuehl chs 2-3 {_________________} |
| 4/4 | Authorities |
Bockmuehl chs 4-5 |
| 4/7 | Memory |
Bockmuehl chs 6-7 and epilogue {_________________} |
Global Context |
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| 4/9 | Cosmology | Yong intro and ch 1 |
| 4/11 | Soteriology | Yong ch 2 |
| 4/14 | Ecclesiology | Yong ch 3 {_________________} |
| 4/16 |
Ecumenism |
Yong ch 4 {_________________} |
| 4/18 | Identity and Plurality Exercise on postmodern theology due (revision due 4/23) |
Yong ch 5 |
| 4/21 | Powers |
Yong ch 6 {_________________} |
| 4/23 | Creation | Yong ch 7 {_________________} |
| 4/25 | Study day | |
| 4/29, 8-10 a.m. | Final assignment on world theology due | |
