Course List

DMin 800: Doctoral Seminar

Course description available soon.

NT 732/AT 832: Called to be Saints - a Pauline vision of Salvation

Explore the contested space between the good work of salvation begun and its completion "until the day of Christ Jesus" (Philippians 1 :6), particularly as described in the letters of St. Paul. We will consider whether this space is best described under the term of convenience, "sanctification," while interrogating that and other Pauline metaphors for their depiction of the "present tense" of salvation. This is then a course in Pauline anthropology, soteriology, and "ethics," attending, among other things, to the disputed definitions of "justification" and "salvation," participation in Christ, the meaning and work of "grace," the place of "works" in salvation, the function of "law," and the ministry of the Holy Spirit in Christian transformation. 

Auditors and Non-Degree students (Continuing Education) welcome.

PM 703/PM 803: Pastoral Leadership & Systems Theory

This course examines ecclesial organizations and how pastoral leaders function in them, while introducing students to Bowen Family Systems Theory. Students will engage in critical self-reflection while analyzing personal experience and pastoral leadership in light of systems theory, with particular attention given to conflict and anxiety in congregational systems, with a view to forming proactive - rather than reactive - clergy and pastoral leaders. 

This core DMin course is available to non-degree students. It's a great place to start discerning if advanced study is the next step God has for you. 

BI 501: Introduction to Biblical Interpretation

This class is 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. It 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.

CH 601: Anglican and Episcopal Church History

This is 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 work (CH 501-CH 502 or CH 501H-CH 502D) or basic competence in the subject area.