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Hartford Seminary, CTTH505- Fall Semester. 2017Thur, 4:00-6:45 pmProf. Dr. Najib George Awadnawad@hartsem.eduIntroduction to Christian Theology:The Basic Components of ChristianFaith and Life(Thursday, 4:00-6:45 pm)Instructor: Prof. Dr. Najib George AwadAssociate Professor of Christian TheologyTele: (860) 987-8048Email: nawad@hartsem.edu- Course’s Description:This course aims at guiding the students through a comprehensive survey of allthe major dogmatic elements in the Christian confessions and theological discourses: thedoctrine of revelation, the doctrine of God/Trinity, Christology, Sotereology, Christiananthropology, Pneumatology, Ecclesiology, Eschatology, etc. It endeavors to providingthe students with basic, coherent and accessible, knowledge about every basic element offaith that underpin the Christian community’s life in the world. The survey would bepursued in reliance on the book of Daniel Migliore, Faith Seeking Understanding andalso other readings whenever this is necessary.- Course’s Objectives:At the end of the course the students would:1- acquire an introductory knowledge of the basic components of every Christiandoctrinal claim2- analyze and perceive the core argument of one contemporary issue related to eachChristian doctrinal teaching and its impact on the Christian life today3- recognizing the relation between the intellectual and the practical dimensions ofChristian faith and construct an initial understanding of the mutual impact ofthese two dimensions of faith on each other1
Hartford Seminary, CTTH505- Fall Semester. 2017Thur, 4:00-6:45 pmProf. Dr. Najib George Awadnawad@hartsem.edu- Course’s Object in Relation to the Study Program:At the end of the course the students would have the chance to1- To acquire foundational and critical knowledge of Christian religion.2- To accumulate knowledge of the practices of Christian religious tradition3- To acquire knowledge and skills for dialogical and constructive engagement withdiversity.- Text Book:Migliore, Daniel L. Faith Seeking Understanding: An Introduction to Christian Theology, 2nd ed.,Grand Rapids, USA/ Cambridge, UK: W.B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2004.This text is going to be used during the whole course. So, the students are expected to purchase their owncopy of the book. The book would be studied chapter-by-chapter during the semester.- Course’s Outlines and Sessions’ Reading AssignmentsI- Week One (Thur- Sept. 7. 2017):- 4:00- 5:15 pm: Introducing the Course- 5:30- 6:45 pm: Why Studying Christian Theology?Theology: Concept & TaskII- Week Two (Thur- Sept. 14. 2017):- 4:00- 5:15 pm: Theology as a Notion[R.R: Edward Farley, Theologia: The Fragmentation and Unity of Theological Education, pp.29-48]- 5:30- 6:45 pm: Theology as a Task[R.R: D. Migliore, Faith Seeking Understanding, pp. 1-19]Theology: History of DevelopmentIII- Week Three (Thur- Sept. 21. 2017):- 4:00- 5:15 pm: Theology in Early Patristic Christianity (1)[R.R: Plantinga; Thompson & Lundberg, An Introduction to Christian Theology, pp. 419434]- 5:30- 6:45 pm: Theology in Early Patristic Christianity (2)[R.R: Plantinga; Thompson & Lundberg, An Introduction to Christian Theology, pp. 435450]2
Hartford Seminary, CTTH505- Fall Semester. 2017Thur, 4:00-6:45 pmProf. Dr. Najib George Awadnawad@hartsem.eduIV- Week Four (Thur- Sept. 28. 2017):- 4:00- 5:15 pm: Theology in Middle Ages (1)[R.R: Plantinga; Thompson & Lundberg, An Introduction to Christian Theology, pp. 451466]- 5:30- 6:45 pm: Theology in Middle Ages (1)[R.R: Plantinga; Thompson & Lundberg, An Introduction to Christian Theology, pp. 466478]V- Week Five (Thur- Oct. 5. 2017):- 4:00- 5:25 pm: Theology in Renaissance & Reformation (1)[R.R: Plantinga; Thompson & Lundberg, An Introduction to Christian Theology, pp. 480496]- 5:30- 6:45 pm: Theology in Renaissance & Reformation (2)[R.R: Plantinga; Thompson & Lundberg, An Introduction to Christian Theology, pp. 496506]VI- Week Six (Thur- Oct. 12. 2017):- 4:00- 5:15 pm: Theology in the Modern Era (1)[R.R: Plantinga; Thompson & Lundberg, An Introduction to Christian Theology, pp. 507527]- 5:35- 6:45 pm: Theology in the Modern Era (2)[R.R: Plantinga; Thompson & Lundberg, An Introduction to Christian Theology, pp. 527542]VII- Week Seven (Thur- Oct. 19. 2017):- 4:00- 5:15 pm: Theology in Today’s Context (1)[R.R: Plantinga; Thompson & Lundberg, An Introduction to Christian Theology, pp. 543560]- 5:30- 6:45 pm: Theology in Today’s Context (2)[R.R: Plantinga; Thompson & Lundberg, An Introduction to Christian Theology, pp. 560574]Theology: Components & TeachingVIII- Week Eight (Thur- Oct. 26. 2017):- 4:00- 5:15 pm: The Meaning of Revelation[R.R: D. Migliore, Faith Seeking Understanding, pp. 20-43]3
Hartford Seminary, CTTH505- Fall Semester. 2017Thur, 4:00-6:45 pmProf. Dr. Najib George Awadnawad@hartsem.edu- 5:30- 6:45 pm: The Nature & Role of Scripture[R.R: D. Migliore, Faith Seeking Understanding, pp. 44-63]IX- Week Nine (Thur- Nov. 2. 2017):- 4:00- 5:15 pm: The Understanding of God: The Trinity[R.R: D. Migliore, Faith Seeking Understanding, pp. 64-91]- 5:30- 6:45 pm: The Divine Providence[R.R: D. Migliore, Faith Seeking Understanding, pp. 117-138]X- Week Ten (Thur- Nov. 9. 2017):- 4:00- 5:15 pm: The Good Creation[R.R: D. Migliore, Faith Seeking Understanding, pp. 92-116]- 5:35- 6:45 pm: The Problem of Evil & Theodicy[R.R: Plantinga; Thompson & Lundberg, An Introduction to Christian Theology, pp. 204226]XI- Week Eleven (Thur- Nov. 16. 2017):- 4:00- 5:15 pm: The Theology of Humanity: Theological Anthropology[R.R: D. Migliore, Faith Seeking Understanding, pp. 139-162- 5:30- 6:45 pm: Original Sin and Human Sinfulness: Hamartiology[R.R: Hans Schwarz, The Christian Faith: a Creedal Account, pp. 73- 88]Reading Days Reading Days Reading Days Reading Days Reading DayXII- Week Twelve (Thur- Nov. 30. 2017):- 4:00- 5:15 pm: The Identity and Person of Jesus Christ: Christology[R.R: D. Migliore, Faith Seeking Understanding, pp. 163-196]- 5:30- 6:45 pm: The Salvific Work of Christ: Soteriology[R.R: Plantinga; Thompson & Lundberg, An Introduction to Christian Theology, pp. 257283]4
Hartford Seminary, CTTH505- Fall Semester. 2017Thur, 4:00-6:45 pmProf. Dr. Najib George Awadnawad@hartsem.eduXIII- Week Thirteen (Thur- Dec. 7. 2017):- 4:00- 5:15 pm: The Identity and Work of the Holy Spirit: Pneumatology[R.R: Plantinga; Thompson & Lundberg, An Introduction to Christian Theology, pp. 284312]- 5:30- 6:45 pm: The Identity and Nature of the Church: Ecclesiology[R.R: D. Migliore, Faith Seeking Understanding, pp. 248-273]XIV- Week Fourteen (Thur – Dec. 14. 2017):- 4:00- 5:15 pm: Christian Hope and View of Future: Eschatology[R.R: D. Migliore, Faith Seeking Understanding, pp. 330-353]- 5:30- 6:45 pm: Conclusion: Whereto Christian Theology?- Course Requirements and Assessment Expectations1) Assigned readings’ preparation and active class participation: Students arerequired to read these texts as thoroughly and perceptively as they can and then todemonstrate an active class participation by coming to the sessions with questions orcomments on them and the taught materials therein.2) Book Review: Students are required to write 3-4 pages-long book appraisals. Theappraisal must 1) present a sufficient and accurate exposition of the book’s mainargument and claims, 2) offer a perceptive critical assessment of these argument andclaims and 3) end with a proposal on how such a book is valuable for today’s readers onchristology. Students must submit this book appraisal to the instructor no later than theweek Fourteen (the last week) of the course’s schedule. The book the students mustreview should be one of the following texts:- Ford, David, Theology: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford: Oxford UniversityPress, 2000.-Bevans, Stephen, An Introduction to Theology in Global Perspective, Maryknoll:Orbis Books, 2011.- Pannenberg, Wolfhart, An Introduction to Systematic Theology, grand Rapids:Eerdmans, 1992.- Bultmann, Rudolf, What is Theology? Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1997.- Frei, Hans, Types of Christian Theology, New Haven: Yale University Press,1992.- Justo L. Gonzalez & Zaida M. Perez, An Introduction to Christian Theology,Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2002.5
Hartford Seminary, CTTH505- Fall Semester. 2017Thur, 4:00-6:45 pmProf. Dr. Najib George Awadnawad@hartsem.edu3) Term Paper: students are expected to write 12-15 pages-long (5000-7000 wordslong) papers (foot/endnotes, bibliography, outlines, are excluded). They must submitthem to the instructor strictly on December 21st. 2017; no later than 10:00 pm. Thestudents are required to pick up one of the subjects we talked about in the class and writea paper on it. Students are also welcome to come up with a subject of their own, providedthey discuss it and get approval for writing on it from the instructor.- Grading Division:1- reading’s preparation and classparticipation2- Book Review:3-Term Paper:(20%)(40%)(40%)- Grading CriterionStudents are graded using the A, B, C, or F system, with “ ” and “–” markings allowed.For purposes of this course, these grades mean:A (95-100)Demonstrates excellent mastery of the subject matter, a superior ability toarticulate this, and provides helpful connections to daily life orcontemporary issues. Exceeds expectations of the course.A- (90-94)Demonstrates mastery of the subject matter, ability to articulate this well,and makes connections to daily life or contemporary issues. Exceedsexpectations of the course.B (87-89)Demonstrates a very good understanding of the subject matter, able toarticulate lessons learned in the assignment well. Meets expectations ofthe course.B (83-86)Demonstrates an understanding of the subject matter and the ability toarticulate lessons learned. Meets expectations of the course.B-(80-82)Demonstrates an understanding of the material at hand, has somedifficulty articulating this, and basic connection of the material to dailylife or contemporary issues/life. Meets basic expectations for the course.C (77-79)Demonstrates a basic comprehension of the subject matter, weakarticulation and connections. Does not meet expectations for the course.C (70-76)Demonstrates a minimal comprehension of the subject matter and hasdifficulty making connections. Does not meet expectations of the course.F (below 70) Unable to meet the basic requirements of the course.Auditors are welcome to participate in discussion and assignments to the degree theywish and should clarify their intent with the instructor, but their work will not be graded.The students can find their course’s grade posted in SONISWEB starting from January10th, 2018.6
Hartford Seminary, CTTH505- Fall Semester. 2017Thur, 4:00-6:45 pmProf. Dr. Najib George Awadnawad@hartsem.edu- Additional Policies:1) Attendance: : Active attendance in class is required. If you know you will be unable toattend a class session please inform the professor in advance. Missing two sessions willresult in an automatic lowering of your final grade by 10%. Missing three or moresessions will result in automatic failure of the course. 3 - 4 or more absences --- without aserious reason should be an automatic failure.2) Plagiarism: Academic honesty and integrity are expected of all students.Plagiarism exists when: a) the work submitted was done, in whole or in part, by anyoneother than the one submitting the work, b) parts of the work, whether direct quotations,ideas, or data, are taken from another source without acknowledgement, c) the wholework is copied from another source [especially a web based source], or d) significantportions of one’s own previous work used in another course. See “Plagiarism” /3) Appropriate Classroom Etiquette and Use of Technology: In order to respect thecommunity within the classroom: 1) Mute all cell phones during class; 2) Utilize laptops forthe sole purpose of taking class notes. Please do not surf the web, email, or other programsduring class time. Such use of the computer during class is disrespectful of the class andprofessor, and may result in lowering your participation grade.4) Inclusive Language: Hartford Seminary is committed to a policy of inclusion in its academic lifeand mission. All members of the community are expected to communicate in language that reflectsthe equality of genders, openness to diverse cultural and theological perspectives, and sensitivity toone another’s images of God.5) Extensions: Extensions for papers will be given for illnesses or family emergencies only inconsultation with the instructor.-Selected BibliographyThe books enlisted here are by no means exhaustive of all the literature on thevarious elements of Christian faith. I do not enlist here the classical literature of basictheological authorities, like Augustine, Aquinas, Calvin, Schleiermacher, Barth, Tillich,Rahner, Bultmann, Brunner. While I strongly encouraged the students to go through theworks of these aforementioned classic theological minds, I present here concise,relatively more contemporary, bibliographical suggestions on every studied subject. I alsoinvite the students to expand their reading spectrum beyond them in their term-papers’writing and further studies.- Theology & Theologians in GeneralBerkhof, Hendrikus. Two Hundred Years of Theology: Report of a Personal Journey, John Vriend (trans.),Grand Rapids: W.B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1989.Bevans, Stephen B. An Introduction to Theology in Global Perspective, Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 2011.Bouteneff, Peter. Sweeter than Honey: Orthodox Thinking on Dogma and Truth, Crestwood, NY: St.Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 2006.7
Hartford Seminary, CTTH505- Fall Semester. 2017Thur, 4:00-6:45 pmProf. Dr. Najib George Awadnawad@hartsem.eduFiorenza, Francis Schüssler and John P. Galvin (eds.), Systematic Theology: Roman Catholic Perspectives,Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2011.Ford, David F (ed.). The Modern Theologians: An Introduction to Christian Theology in the TwentiethCentury, Oxford, UK/ Malden, USA: Blackwell Publishers, 1997.Gill, Robin (ed.). Readings in Modern Theology, Britain and America, London: SPCK, 1995.Grenz, Stanley J & Roger E. Olson. 20th Century Theology: God & the World in a Transitional Age,Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1992.Gunton, Colin E; Stephen R. Holms and Murray Rae (eds.). The Practice of Theology: A Reader, London:SCM Press, 2001.Hodgson, Peter C and Robert H. King (eds). Readings in Christian Theology, London: SPCK, 1995.McGrath, Alister E. The Genesis of Doctrine: A Study in the Foundations of Doctrinal Criticism, GrandRapids, USA/Cambridge, UK: W.B. Eerdmans Publishing Company/ Vancouver: Regent CollegePublishing, 1990.Meyendorff, John, “Doing Theology in an eastern Orthodox Perspective,” in Eastern Orthodox Theology:A Contemporary Reader, Daniel B. Clendenin (ed.), Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 1995, pp. 79-96.Miller, Ed L and Stanley J. Grenz. Fortress Introduction to Contemporary Theologies, Minneapolis:Fortress Press, 1998.Torrance, Thomas F. God and Rationality, Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 1997. Theological Science, Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 1996.Wilson, John E. Introduction to Modern Theology, Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2007.- The Meaning of RevelationAllen, Diogenes. Christian Belief in a Postmodern World: the Full Wealth of Conviction, Louisville:Westminster John Knox Press, 1989, pp. 149-164.Dulles, Avery S.J. Models of Revelation, Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 2001.Fackre, Gabriel. The Doctrine of Revelation: A Narrative Interpretation, Grand Rapids: W.B. EerdmansPublishing Company, 1997.Gunton, Colin E. A Brief Theology of Revelation, Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 1995.Jüngel, Eberhard, “The Revelation of the Hiddenness of God. A Contribution to the ProtestantUnderstanding of the Hiddenness of Divine Action,” in Theological Essays II, E. Jüngel (ed.), J.B.Webster (ted.), A. Neufeldt-Fast and J.B. Webster (trans.), Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 1995, Vol. 2,pp. 120-144.Metzger, Paul Louis, “The Relational Dynamic of Revelation: A Trinitarian Perspective,” in TrinitarianSoundings in Systematic Theology, P.L Metzger (ed.), New York: T&T Clark/Continuum Imprint,2005, pp. 21-34.Niebuhr, H. Richard. The Meaning of Revelation, Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2006.Swinburne, Richard. Revelation, from Metaphor to Analogy, 2nd ed., Oxford and New York: OxfordUniversity Press, 2007.- The Authority of ScriptureAllen, Diogenes. Christian Belief in a Postmodern World: the Full Wealth of Conviction, Louisville:Westminster John Knox Press, 1989, pp. 99-127.Awad, Najeeb G., “Should We Dispense with ‘Sola Scriptura’? Scripture, Tradition and PostmodernTheology,” in Dialog: Journal of Theology, 47: 1, pp. 64-79.Dunn, James D.G., “The Bible in the Church,” in Essentials of Christian Community, David F. Ford andDennis L. Stamps (eds.), Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 1996.Florovsky, George, “The Authority of the Ancient Councils and the Tradition of the Fathers,” in EasternOrthodox Theology: A Contemporary Reader, Daniel B. Clendenin (ed.), Grand Rapids: BakerBooks, 1995, 115-124.Grogan, Geoffrey, “Is the Bible Hermeneutically Self-Sufficient?” in Interpreting the Bible: Historical andTheological Studies in Honor of David F. Wright, A.N.S. Lane (ed.), Leicester:Apollos/InterVarsity Press Imprint, 1997, pp. 205-222.Kelsey, David H. Proving Doctrine: the Uses of Scripture in Modern Theology, Harrisburg: Trinity PressInternational, 1999.Lossky, Vladimir, “Tradition and Traditions,” in Eastern Orthodox Theology: A Contemporary Reader,8
Hartford Seminary, CTTH505- Fall Semester. 2017Thur, 4:00-6:45 pmProf. Dr. Najib George Awadnawad@hartsem.eduDaniel B. Clendenin (ed.), Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 1995, pp. 125- 146.Marshall, I. Howard. Beyond the Bible: Moving from Scripture to Theology, Grand Rapids: BakerAcademic, 2004.Sauter, Gerhard. Protestant Theology at the Croassroads, Grand Rapids, USA/ Cambridge, UK: W.B.Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2007, pp. 33-54.Vanhoozer, Kevin J., “Scripture and Tradition,” in Cambridge Companion to Postmodern Theology, K.J.Vanhoozer (ed.), Cambridge, UK/ New York, USA: Cambridge University Press, 2003, pp. 149169.Watson, Francis. Text, Church and World: Biblical Interpretation in Theological Perspective, Edinburgh:T&T Clark, 1994.- The Triune GodAllen, Diogenes. Christian Belief in a Postmodern World: the Full Wealth of Conviction, Louisville:Westminster John Knox Press, 1989, pp. 50-89.Boff, Leonardo. Holy Trinity, Perfect Community, Phillip Berryman (trans.), Maryknoll: Orbis Books,2000.Brümmer, Vincent. Speaking of A Personal God: An Essay in Philosophical Theology, Cambridge andNew York: Cambridge University Press, 1992.Cathey, Robert Andrew. God in a Postliberal Perspective: between Realism and Non-Realism, Surrey, UK/Burlington, USA: Ashgate, 2009.Cunningham, David S., “The Trinity,” in Cambridge Companion to Postmodern Theology, K.J. Vanhoozer(ed.), Cambridge, UK/ New York, USA: Cambridge University Press, 2003, pp. 186-202.Del Colle, Ralph, “The Triune God,” in The Cambridge Companion to Christian Doctrine, C.E. Gutnon(ed.), Cambridge & New York: Cambridge University Press, 2003, pp. 121-140.Grenz, Stanley J. Rediscovering the Triune God: the Trinity in Contemporary Theology, Minneapolis:Fortress Press, 2004.Gunton, Colin E. The Promise of Trinitarian Theology, 2nd ed., Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 1999.Hanson, R.P.C. The Search for the Christian Doctrine of God, the Arian Controversy 318-381, New York:T&T Clark/ Continuum Imprint, 2005.Johnson, Elizabeth A. Who She Is: the Mystery of God in Feminist Theological Discourse, New York: TheCrossroad Publishing Company, 2002.Jüngel, Eberhard. God As the Mystery of the World, Darrell L. Guder (trans.), Grand Rapids: W.B.Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1983.Kӓrkkӓinen, Veli-Matti. The Trinity: Global Perspectives, Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2007.Kasper, Walter. The God of Jesus Christ, London: SCM Press, 1983.McCall, Thomas H. Which Trinity? Whose Monotheism: Philoso
Introduction to Christian Theology: The Basic Components of Christian Faith and Life (Thursday, 4:00-6:45 pm) Instructor: Prof. Dr. Najib George Awad Associate Professor of Christian Theology Tele: (860) 987-8048 Email: nawad@hartsem.edu - Course’s Description: This course aims at g
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