Interdisciplinary Courses for the Fall and Winter Sessions of 2011-2012

Beginning with a quick review of English grammar, the course will introduce the grammar and syntax of the Latin language and provide practice in their use in order to lead students to a reading knowledge of Ecclesiastical Latin: the Vulgate, Canon Law, Ambrose, Augustine, Jerome, Aquinas, hymns and other documents. Evaluation will be based on course assignments, weekly class participation, periodic tests and a final exam. Please note: the second hour of each class is a mandatory tutorial.

Introductory study of the Anglican communion as a worldwide form of Christianity; its history, key theological issues, worship, schools of thought, approaches to spirituality. 3 short papers. Interdisciplinary History and Theology.

This course will serve to integrate all that has preceded in the MDiv program. A diagnostic examination of the whole required curriculum will identify an area needing attention in the last term of study, and in this area the student will work in a weekly one-on-one tutorial with a professor. In addition the whole class will meet in five colloquia which will address issues in ministry calling for the marshalling of biblical, theological, and pastoral insights. A tutorial and a colloquium paper will be required. The issues dealt with in the latter will focus on deploying within the pastorate the major areas of theological formation: Scripture, Theology, History, Worship, Mission. The construction of working bibliographies of/for the active ministry, with respect to these areas, will be a part of this process. Evaluation will be based on engaged participation, the competion of assignments, and the colloquium paper. Restricted to Wycliffe M.Div. students.

This course will serve to integrate all that has preceded in the MDiv program. A diagnostic examination of the whole required curriculum will identify an area needing attention in the last term of study, and in this area the student will work in a weekly one-on-one tutorial with a professor. In addition the whole class will meet in five colloquia which will address issues in ministry calling for the marshalling of biblical, theological, and pastoral insights. A tutorial and a colloquium paper will be required. The issues dealt with in the latter will focus on deploying within the pastorate the major areas of theological formation: Scripture, Theology, History, Worship, Mission. The construction of working bibliographies of/for the active ministry, with respect to these areas, will be a part of this process. Evaluation will be based on engaged participation, the competion of assignments, and the colloquium paper. Restricted to Wycliffe M.Div. students.

The vast expansion of theological dialogue around the world in the last fifty years has inspired a new era of scholarship concerning the bible, theology, and the church, helping us to see again how each expression of faith in the past was shaped by and helped to shape its time and place in history. And these expanded horizons on the past are central in processes of theological renewal today as people wrestle with the challenges, fears, and hope for the “globalized” world of the 21st century. This course addresses: information explosions and knowledge revolutions; shifting scholarly landscapes; and their epistemological and methodological expressions in biblical studies, church history, pastoral and systematic theology and ethics. Also attention to scholarly research software and bibliographic tools, and on-line resources.  Lectures and seminars.  Required of all MA students.

The vast expansion of theological dialogue around the world in the last fifty years has inspired a new era of scholarship concerning the bible, theology, and the church, helping us to see again how each expression of faith in the past was shaped by and helped to shape its time and place in history. And these expanded horizons on the past are central in processes of theological renewal today as people wrestle with the challenges, fears, and hope for the “globalized” world of the 21st century. This course addresses: information explosions and knowledge revolutions; shifting scholarly landscapes; and their epistemological and methodological expressions in biblical studies, church history, pastoral and systematic theology and ethics. Also attention to scholarly research software and bibliographic tools, and on-line resources.  Lectures and seminars.  Required of all MA students.