Introduction to Biblical Interpretation

Dr. Garwood Anderson
Dean and Professor of New Testament

Course Dates: January 2-February 2
On-Campus Dates: January 8-12
Tuition: $1,725 (Credit) / $575 (Audit)
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BI 501

An introduction to the interpretation of Holy Scripture that lays the foundation for future biblical study and ministries of teaching and preaching in the church. The course has four interlocking topics: the doctrine of Scripture, the theory of hermeneutics, the unity of the Bible, and the practice of exegesis. Students learn to evaluate the biblical interpretations of others and to perform faithful exegesis for themselves and those whom they serve.

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Anglican and Episcopal Church History

The Rev. Dr. Thomas Buchan
Associate Professor of Church History

Course Dates: January 2-February 2
On-Campus Dates: January 8-12
Tuition: $1,725 (Credit) / $575 (Audit)
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CH 601

An intermediate course in Anglican church history covering important events, figures, movements, and religious, social, and intellectual developments from the time of the English Reformation through the development of the global Anglican Communion to the present day. It is normally the third course in church history taken by students in residential and hybrid-distance degree programs. It presupposes prerequisite Masters-level work in church history or basic competence in the subject area.

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Moral Theology

The Rev. Dr. Stewart Clem
Director of the Ashley-O’Rourke Center for Health Ministry Leadership and Assistant Professor of Moral Theology at the Aquinas Institute of Theology

Course Dates: January 2-February 2
On-Campus Dates: January 8-12
Tuition: $1,725 (Credit) / $575 (Audit)
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An introduction to the foundations of a contemporary Anglican approach to Moral Theology, or “Christian Ethics.” Primary attention is given to an exploration of basic Christian moral principles, and the course includes reflection upon the scope and purpose of moral theology, the importance for moral theology of the basic structure of Christian Doctrine, and the consequences for moral theology of various alternatives in theoretical or philosophical ethics. The course concludes with two short units, one on the use of Scripture in ethics and the other on moral principles and public policy.

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Baptism, Narrative, and Identity in the Gospel of Mark

The Rev. Dr. Paul Wheatley
Assistant Professor of New Testament and Greek

Course Dates: January 2-February 2
On-Campus Dates: January 15-19
Tuition: $1,725 (Credit) / $575 (Audit)
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This advanced elective focuses on the study of how Mark’s use of baptismal imagery serves pedagogical purposes for its intended earliest readers. The primary focus will be on analyzing the text, structure, and narrative style of Mark, situated in the context of other early Christian writings, especially Paul’s letters, later gospels, and related Second Temple and Greco-Roman narratives of the era. The narrative analysis of the Gospel of Mark will focus on the narrator’s use of the ritual practices and scriptural writings plausibly known to the author and audience. By attending to immersive styles in Mark’s narrative and comparing these to other similar forms of narration in Greco-Roman and Second Temple narratives, this course identifies a mode of communication in Mark that we will use to analyze narrative modes of other early Christian narratives, such as later gospels, Acts and other non-canonical stories about Jesus and the apostles, and the Shepherd of Hermas. 

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Heavenly Participation in Maximus the Confessor

The Rev. Dr. Hans Boersma
Chair, Order of St. Benedict Servants of Christ Endowed Professorship in Ascetical Theology, Nashotah House

*Those interested may register to be on the waitlist. 

Course Dates: January 2-February 2
On-Campus Dates: January 15-19
Tuition: $1,725 (Credit) / $575 (Audit)
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Few theologians have thought as deeply about the creator-creature relationship as the seventh-century monk and theologian Maximus the Confessor. This course traces some of his key writings on the relationship between earthly and heavenly things. Maximus’s writings evince a deep interest in divine embodiment: “The Logos of God (who is God) wills always and in all things to accomplish the mystery of His embodiment.” In other words, Saint Maximus maintained that not only the Incarnation itself but also creation (as well as Scripture) are divine embodiments. The Incarnation tells us how God typically manifests himself in created form. We will discuss in what sense Incarnation, creation, and Scripture are theophanies or embodiments of God in Maximus’s view, and what this means for the Confessor’s understanding of how creaturely things participate in God.

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