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Date	Subject planned possible presenters assigned extra credit significant dates	Reading required recommended special
		regular only	honors only
8/28	The Shape of the Course	Syllabus, course, vision, tasks, reading Skim Rules of the Game and A Few (Strong) Suggestions on Essay Writing Know about Pointers for Presentations, Peer Review Guidelines (Peer Review FAQs are optional), and Chatting to Learn and to Teach
	The Otherness of God	Exodus 3
		Allison intro	Mencken preface
8/30	Discussion: The Challenge of Theology in Modernity Leader: Telford Work	Newbigin preface and chs 1-2

	The Paradigm: Life from the Father, Death in the Son, Resurrection by the Spirit	Barron prelude, Shermer ch 1, Donovan chs 2-3, Kallenberg preface and ch 1, Augustine intro	Barth forewords, Wilken intro and ch 1
	Creation as Trust	Allison ch 1, Augustine bk 13
	Complete entrance examinations (hold on to these until the end of the course)
9/4	Creation as Trust (continued)	Genesis 1:1-2:25, Psalm 104
		Allison ch 2	Wilken ch 6, Barth chs 1-4
	Add/drop deadline
9/6	Discussion: Tradition Leader: _____________________	Newbigin chs 3-5
		Kallenberg ch 2, Augustine bk 1
	What Is the Image of God?	Genesis 2, Augustine bk 2, Myers ch 1
		Ellul preface, forward, Shermer ch 3	Mencken ch 1
	Discussion in the DC
9/11	Sin as Mistrust (and a lot ~~more~~ less)	Genesis 3:1-6:5, Romans 1:18-2:16, 5:12-14, Dalrymple "The Frivolity of Evil"
		Barron chs 1-3, Augustine bk 3	Barth chs 5-9
	Memorize the Ten Commandments by today
9/13	Depravity: What Can We Do About Sin?	Forde preface and intro
		Ellul intro, Barron ch 4, ch 5, Myers ch 2	Work intro, Mencken ch 2
	Reading notes on making sense with Newbigin due (revision due 9/20)	Harvey ch 1
9/18	Discussion: Exposing the Paradigm: The Story of God Leader: _____________________	Newbigin chs 6-8
		Donovan ch 4, Myers ch 3	Work "Witness to the Signs"
	Children of Pelagius: Election	Romans 8-11 (cf. Isaiah 19:9-14), Ephesians 1:1-14
		Barron ch 6, Augustine bk 4	Work "Annunciation as Election"
	God, With, Us: Incarnation	Luke 1, Work "Just You Wait", Work "Jesus Was (Un)Expected"
		Allison ch 4
9/20	Loving Jesus the Wrong Way: How Christological Heresies Hurt	Luke 2:1-20, John 1:1-18, Romans 5:12-21, 1 Corinthians 15, Hebrews 2:5-18, 4:14-16, Work "One of Us" pp 2-17, 37-44, Work "Taking Jesus Personally" pp 45-54, 61-68, Forde I (Theses 1-12)
		Allison chs 6-7, Barron ch 7, Augustine bk 5, Myers ch 4	Barth ch 10-14, Wilken chs 5, 10
	Discussion in the DC
9/25	God's Anointed: Jesus' New Relationship with the Holy Spirit, and Ours	Matthew 3, Mark 1:1-11, Luke 3:1-22, John 1:19-51, Work "Jesus' New Relationship"
		Allison ch 5, Barron ch 8, Shermer ch 4, Donovan ch 5, Augustine bk 6, Parry ch 1	Work ch 1
	Reading notes on the identity of God due (revision due 10/2)	Harvey ch 2
9/27	The Threeness of God	Luke 3:1-22, John 14-17
		Allison ch 3, Barron ch 9, Ellul ch 1 , Seamands ch 1, Parry ch 2	Wilken ch 4, Work ch 2
	Memorize the Lord's Prayer by today
10/2	The Threeness of God (continued)
		Allison ch 8, Barron ch 10, Shermer ch 5, Augustine bk 7, Seamands ch 2, Parry ch 3	Work ch 3, Mencken ch 3
10/4	Signs and Wonders: Christ's Prophetic Office (alternatively, The Threefold Office)	Work "God's Anointed" 28-39, 39-47, Jeremiah 1:4-10, Deuteronomy 18:15-19, Acts 3:18-26, Forde II (Theses 13-18)
		Allison ch 9, Barron ch 11, Shermer ch 6, Augustine bk 8, Myers ch 5, Seamands ch 3, Parry ch 4	Wilken epilogue, Work ch 4
	Chat log on the Lord's Prayer due	Harvey ch 3
	Discussion in the DC
10/9	Celebrate colonialism, postcolonialism, or both
10/11	Signs and Wonders: Christ's Priestly Office (alternatively, The Threefold Office)	Numbers 8:5-22, Hebrews 9:1-10:25, Forde III (Theses 19-24)
		Allison ch 10, Ellul ch 2, Donovan ch 6	Work interlude
	Signs and Wonders: Christ's Royal Office (alternatively, The Threefold Office)	1 Samuel 8:1-22, Matthew 27:11-44, Work "King of the World"
		Barron ch 12, Donovan ch 7, Seamands ch 4	Work ch 5
	Exercise on theologies and idolatries due (revision due 10/23)	Harvey ch 4
10/16	Midterm (review guide)
10/18	Jesus Saves, But How? A Few Visions of Atonement	Work "Why the Cross?", Work "The Nonviolent Atonement", Forde IV (Theses 25-28)
		Ellul ch 3, Shermer ch 7, Kallenberg ch 3, Augustine bk 8, Myers ch 6, Parry ch 5	Barth chs 15-17, Work ch 6
	Can God Really Suffer? The Powerful Weakness of the Cross	Mark 14:1-15:47, 1 Corinthians 1:8-2:16
	Extra credit exercise on theology in the liberal arts due (revision due 10/25)
10/23	Discussion: Mission as Atonement Leader: _____________________	Newbigin chs 9-11
		Barron ch 13, Kallenberg ch 4, Seamands ch 5
	"Christology from Behind": The Myth of Objectivity and the Privilege of Discipleship	Matthew 4:1-11, John 3:14-21, Mark 8:31-38, Luke 9:28-36, Work "Crunch Time"
	Disclosing the Paradigm: Easter Changes Everything	Matthew 28:1-15, Mark 16:1-8, Luke 24:1-49, John 20:1-21:23
		Shermer ch 8, Augustine bk 9, Parry ch 6	Barth chs 18-19, Wilken ch 7
10/25	Discussion: Culture Leader: _____________________	Newbigin chs 12-14
		Donovan ch 7, Seamands ch 6
	Judgment as a Form of Salvation	Work "Advent's Answer to the Problem of Evil", Matthew 24:1-25:46, 1 Peter 3:8-5:11, 2 Peter 3
		Barron conclusion	Barth ch 20
	Signs of the End: Apocalyptic Eschatology	Work "Once Upon a Tribulation", Revelation 20:1-22:5, 2 Thessalonians 2
		Shermer ch 9	Work ch 7
	Extra credit exercise on a hymn due (revision due 11/1)
	Deadline to withdraw or change to pass/fail
	Discussion in the DC
10/30	Discussion: World Leader: _____________________	Newbigin chs 15-17
		Augustine bk 10	Mencken ch 4
	Until I Come: Eschatology between Ascension and Return	Work "Pop Goes the Bubble", Acts 10:44-48, 1 Corinthians 14
	Exercise on your culture due (revision due 11/6)	Harvey ch 5
11/1	Discussion: Church Leader: _____________________	Newbigin chs 18-20
		Donovan ch 8, Kallenberg ch 5, Seamands ch 7	Mencken ch 5
	A Pentecost-al Introduction to the Holy Spirit	Work, "The Churches' Life, Separation, and Hope in the Spirit"
			Barth ch 21
	Ecclesiology: Who Cares?	Work "Get Real", Jeremiah 3:1-4:4, Romans 11, Hebrews 3:7-4:13
		Shermer ch 10, Augustine bk 11, Myers ch 7, Parry ch 7	Barth chs 22-24, Wilken ch 8
	Extra credit exercise on the resurrection due (revision due 11/8)
11/6	What Makes a Church? Dead Ends and Live Options	Psalm 24, Acts 8:14-17, 1 Thessalonians 1, Revelation 2-3
		Ellul ch 5 and afterword, Shermer afterword, Donovan ch 9, Augustine bk 12, Seamands ch 8, Parry ch 8	Wilken ch 9, Work epilogue, Mencken bibliographical note
11/8	Discussion: Ellul / Leader: _____________________
	Discussion: Work / Leader: _____________________
	Discussion in the DC
11/13	Discussion: Barron and Allison / Leader: _____________________
	Discussion: Barth and Forde / Leader: _____________________
	Chat log on secularity due	Harvey ch 6
11/15	Discussion: Shermer / Leader: _____________________
	Discussion: Mencken / Leader: _____________________
11/20	Midterm on secondary readings
11/22	Give thanks
11/27	Word and Sacraments: Practicing Salvation Memorize the Apostles' Creed by today	Mark 4:10-20, Acts 8:26-40, Romans 10:8-17, 2 Timothy 3, Titus 1:1-9
		Myers ch 8	Wilken ch 12
	Exercise on a worship service due (revision due 12/4)	Harvey ch 7
11/29	Baptism: Here Comes the Bride	Luke 3:21-22, Mark 10:33-45, Romans 6:1-4, Galatians 3:27-29, 1 Peter 3:18-22
		Parry ch 9	Wilken ch 2
	Communion: Sharing Salvation	1 Corinthians 11, Work "What's the Connection?"
	Extra credit exercise on service due (revision due at final)	Harvey ch 8
	Discussion in the DC
12/4	Holiness: Signs of the Order of Salvation	Work "Reordering Salvation", Psalm 15, Isaiah 57:14-21, Matthew 18
		Donovan ch 10, Kallenberg ch 6	Wilken ch 11
	Exercise on entrance examination due (no revision)
12/6	From Jesus to Scripture: How Christ Instituted the Bible	Psalm 19, Matthew 5:17-48, Luke 4:14-22
			Wilken ch 3
	Scripture (and?) Tradition
	One True Church?	Work "I Belong to the One True Church", John 17:20-23, 1 Corinthians 1:1-17

	Worship as the Shape of the Christian Life	Psalm 66, 84, 149, 150, Work "Is Required Worship Unspiritual?"
	Uses and Abuses of Spiritual Gifts	Acts 10:44-48, 1 Corinthians 14
	The Wholeness of the Church	Romans 12, Luke 6:17-38, Acts 4:32-37, Work "Rock of Aged"
	Apostolicity: Structures of the Missionary Church	Acts 6:1-7, Acts 15, Acts 20:25-32, 1 Timothy, Work "My Enemy, Myself"
	Chat log on the shape of theology due
12/11 or 12/12	Final exam 1:15 section: 12/12, noon-1:30 p.m. 3:15 section: 12/11, 3-4:30 p.m.

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