| THEO 6001: Christian Formation in Discipleship:Acts of Piety (2) Offerings |
| This is the first course students take for the M.A. in Theology and the M.Div. degree programs. It is a one-week intensive study that introduces students to the spiritual practices associated with what John Wesley called "works of piety" or the "means of grace". The acts of piety include prayer, worship, celebration of the Lord's supper, the reading and hearing of Scripture, fasting, and mutual accountability and support in small groups. During this week, students live in community together and engage in both the academic study and the practice of these acts of piety. The course is structured vertically to deepen daily personal piety and horizontally to broaden life in community. The practices introduced in this course are then woven into the series of courses that comprise the M.A. and M.Div, degrees. Thus, this initial course provides students with insights and opportunities that are vital to the "Abbey" emphasis of the graduate program, and recognizes the essential role that acts of piety play in the ongoing life and ministry of the Church. |
| Restrictions:Graduate, Non-Matriculated only. |
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| THEO 6002: Christian Formation in Mission: Acts of Mercy and Justice (2) Offerings |
| This is the second course students will take for the M.A. in Theology and the M.Div. degree programs. It is a one-week intensive study that introduces students to the practices of support and advocacy associated with what John Wesley called "works of mercy": feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, welcoming the stranger, caring for the sick, visiting prisoners, sheltering the homeless, and peacemaking toward the goal of changing social structures for the sake of the Gospel. Students live in the urban context of Seattle and engage in both the academic study and the practice of these acts of mercy. Personal works of mercy are connected to the necessity of the ongoing communal work of social justice. Focusing on such practices helps define the "Apostolate" emphasis in the M.A. and M.Div degrees, and deepens students' understanding of and engagement in practices vital to the graduate program and to the ongoing life and ministry of the church. This course is structured vertically to deepen daily personal piety, and horizontally to broaden life in community. |
| Restrictions:Graduate, Non-Matriculated only. |
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| THEO 6010: Bible I: Intrepreting and Teaching Christian Scripture (3) Offerings |
| Equips students to interpret and teach Christian Scripture in relation to scholarship, ministry, and spiritual formation. Students will learn and carefully evaluate a variety of historical, literary, theological, and practical strategies for the interpretation and application of Scripture. Foundational in this course is a conception of Scripture that is indispensable for teaching diverse biblical texts to a global audience. Typically offered: Autumn. |
| Restrictions:Graduate, Non-Matriculated only. |
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| THEO 6020: Global Christian Heritage I: 1st - 15th Centuries (3) Offerings |
| Explores the history of Christianity from its beginnings through the fifteenth century. With particular attention to primary sources, the course introduces students to the thought, institutions, missionary endeavors, and modes if piety that marked Christianity, in its various contexts, during that period. |
| Restrictions:Graduate, Non-Matriculated only. |
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| THEO 6030: Theology/Ethics I: Doctrine of God and Environmental Stewardship (3) Offerings |
| Explores the basic beliefs and practices of the historic Christian faith in active engagement with the contemporary world. The course introduces students to the doctrines of the Triune God, creation, and human nature with particular attention to their ethical, missional, and devotional embodiments. |
| Restrictions:Graduate, Non-Matriculated only. |
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| THEO 6040: Bible II: Introduction to the Old Testament (3) Offerings |
| Prerequisite: THEO 6010. Equips students to interpret and teach the Old Testament as Christian Scripture. Students will survey Old Testament literature, learning to use a variety of approaches in adapting Scripture's witness to God for today's church and world. |
| Restrictions:Graduate, Non-Matriculated only. |
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| THEO 6050: Global Christian Heritage II: 16th-19th Century (3) Offerings |
| Explores the history of Christianity from the late medieval roots of the Reformation through the 19th century. With particular attention to primary sources, the course introduces students to the thought, institutions, missionary endeavors, and modes of piety that marked Christianity, in its various contexts, during that period. |
| Restrictions:Graduate, Non-Matriculated only. |
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| THEO 6060: Theology/Ethics II: Doctrine of Christ and Holistic Discipleship (3) Offerings |
| Explores the basic beliefs and practices of the historic Christian faith in active engagement with the contemporary world. The course introduces students to the doctrines of the person of Jesus Christ, the work of Jesus Christ, and salvation with particular attention to their ethical, missional, and devotional embodiments. |
| Restrictions:Graduate, Non-Matriculated only. |
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| THEO 6070: Bible III: Introduction to the New Testament (3) Offerings |
| Prerequisite: THEO 6040. Equips students to interpret the New Testament as Christian Scripture. Students will survey New Testament literature, learning to use a variety of approaches in adapting Scripture's witness to God for today's church and world. |
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| THEO 6080: Global Christian Heritage III: 20th Century-Present (3) Offerings |
| Explores the history of Christianity from the beginning of the 20th century to the present. With particular attention to primary sources, the course introduces students to the thought, institutions, missionary endeavors, and modes of piety that marked Christianity, in its various contexts, during that period. |
| Restrictions:Graduate, Non-Matriculated only. |
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| THEO 6090: Theology/Ethics III: Doctrine of the Holy Spirit and the Global Church (3) Offerings |
| Explores the basic beliefs and practices of the historic Christian faith in active engagement with the contemporary world. The course introduces students to the doctrines of the Holy Spirit, the church, and Christian hope with particular attention to their ethical, missional, and devotional embodiments. |
| Restrictions:Graduate, Non-Matriculated only. |
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| THEO 6101: Elementary Koine Greek I (3) Offerings |
| Emphasizes the essentials of Koine Greek vocabulary, grammar, and syntax, enabling the student to begin reading the New Testament and with the potential to study other kinds of Greek literature, including the Septuagint. Requirements include class participation, regular homework assignments, including translation from and into Greek, an event journal, and both midterm and final exams. |
| Equivalent Courses:GRK 6101
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| THEO 6102: Elementary Koine Greek II (3) Offerings |
| Prerequisite: THEO 6101. Emphasizes the essentials of Koine Greek vocabulary, grammar, and syntax, enabling the student to continue reading the New Testament without looking up every word and with the potential to study other kinds of Greek literature, including the Septuagint. Requirements include class participation, regular homework assignments, including translation from and into Greek, an event journal, and both midterm and final exams. |
| Equivalent Courses:GRK 6102
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| THEO 6103: Elementary Koine Greek III (3) Offerings |
| Prerequisites: THEO 6101 and 6102. Emphasizes the essentials of Koine Greek vocabulary, grammar, and syntax, enabling the student to read the New Testament for exegetical and homiletical purposes while knowing most of the grammar and with the potential to study other kinds of Greek literature, including the Septuagint. Requirements include class participation, regular homework assignments, including translation from and into Greek, an event journal, and both midterm and final exams. |
| Equivalent Courses:GRK 6103
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| THEO 6201: Hebrew I (3) Offerings |
| Surveys the essentials of biblical Hebrew, including grammar, morphology, syntax and vocabulary, through the translation of selected Old Testament texts. |
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| THEO 6202: Hebrew II (3) Offerings |
| Prerequisite: THEO 6201. Continues to survey the essentials of bibilical Hebrew, including grammar, morphology, syntax and vocabulary, through the translation of selected Old Testament texts. It seeks to provide a beginning knowledge of the exegetical task and the tools to achieve it. This course is meant to be taken in a sequence with Hebrew I. If the sequence is interrupted, a placement exam must be passed before the second quarter begins. |
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| THEO 6203: Hebrew III (3) Offerings |
| Prerequisites: THEO 6201 and 6202. Continues to survey the essentials of biblical Hebrew, including grammar, morphology, syntax and vocabulary. It seeks to provide a beginning knowledge of the exegetical task and the tools to achieve it. This course is meant to be taken in a sequence with Hebrew I and II. If the sequence is interrupted, a placement exam must be passed before the third quarter begins. Includes a translation of the book of Jonah. |
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| THEO 6210: Scripture in the Original Language - Greek (3) Offerings |
| Prerequisites: THEO 6101, 6102, and 6103 or GRK 6201, 6202, and 6203. Studies a selected text or texts from the Greek Old Testamant (Septuagint) and/or the Greek New Testament. This course will include an in-depth exegetical treatment of the text, focusing on linguistic analysis of the Greek text. Attention will be given to historical, literary, and theological questions, as well as selected issues in the history of interpretation. May be repeated for credit up to 9 credits. |
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| THEO 6220: Scripture with the Inductive Method (3) Offerings |
| Introduces students to the systematic and orderly study of the English text of a selected biblical book or books, where they will learn the basic techniques for relating large and small units (text and their various contexts, the parts to the whole). Furthermore, analysis will be conducted according the genre: narrative, letter, poetry, apocalypse, etc. By paying such attention to the form and content of Scripture, one will be better able to ascertain the text's witness to the living Lord. |
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| THEO 6230: Scripture for Church's Calendar (3) Offerings |
| Introduces students to a theological reading of the English texts, ordered by the church's liturgical calendar. Students will hone their exegetical skills on selected "lections" or reading of related passages from the Old Testament, Psalter, New Testament, and the Gospels. They will practice relating biblical exegesis to the core theological beliefs illumined by every season of the sacred year (e.g. Advent, Lent, Easter). In doing so, students will become familiar with a compelling strategy for interpreting and proclaiming Scripture so that its every part targets God's Incarnate Son and the global community of his disciples. May be repeated for credit up to 9 credits. |
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| THEO 6402: Theology of John Wesley (3-4) Offerings |
| Examines the theological vision of John Wesley. The course will explore Wesley's historical context, his theological methodology, and his doctrinal commitments and emphases. Attention will be given to the ongoing relevance of Wesley's theology for ministry in the contemporary church. |
| Equivalent Courses:CEU 3298
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| THEO 6403: Theology of Christian Worship (3) Offerings |
| Examines the doctrinal content, aesthetic form and intended ethical outcomes of Christian worship. Representative liturgies and theologies of word and sacrament from the Eastern Orthodox, Roman Catholic and Portestant traditions will be studied in detail. The class may make several Sunday morning site visits to churches in the Seattle area which use these liturgies. |
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| THEO 6610: Encounter of Christian Faith with Other Faiths (3) Offerings |
| Examines the relationship between the ministry of the church and the complicated realities of race and culture in the modern world. The course will trace the development and varying interpretations of racial and cultural identity through theological and non-theological materials as well as cultivate a theological framework to negotiate these realities in the church and the world. |
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| THEO 6710: Introduction to Practical Theology (3) Offerings |
| Introduces students to practical theology as disciplined reflection on the church's life and ministry in response to God's revelation. Students will be encouraged to reflect critically on congregational practices in worship, education, pastoral care, and mission. Grounded in both theology and the social sciences, students will be equipped to design more faithful and effective ministries in multicultural, local, and global church contexts. |
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| THEO 6740: Preaching (3) Offerings |
| Introduces the student to the theological context and practical dynamics of preaching. This course centers on preparation methods, presentation skills and critical review experienced in actual preaching by the students in the class sessions. Competencies include public speaking/proclamation, coherent organization and convincing presentation, theological understanding and solid biblical interpretation and vocational readiness. |
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| THEO 6741: Evangelism and Mission (3) Offerings |
| Focuses on different paradigms and practices in evangelism and mission throughout the history of the Christian church, as well as different theological and literary approaches to understanding and communicating the good news of the kingdom of God. Attention will be given to sociological and cultural influences of postmodernism on popular culture. Equips students to generate new strategies for engaging the emerging generation with the gospel. |
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| THEO 6743: Pastoral Care and Counseling (3) Offerings |
| Investigates a broad array of methods and skills for providing effective spiritual care and moral guidance to individuals, couples, and families within a Christian congregation. The resources of Christian Scripture and practical theology, as well as contemporary psychology and social theory (e.g., family systems theory, personality theory, and basic psychotherapy) will be used to train students to help their future parishioners meet their personal and social needs, conduct their interpersonal relationships, and handle life's problems, conflicts, crises and transitions in healthy, responsible and constructive ways. |
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| THEO 6810: Contemporary Topics (3) Offerings |
| Provides a detailed examination of a topic in Christian Scripture, theology, or ministry chosen by the instructor. The course may be taught in an intensive format by a visiting faculty member. Students receive credit for the course as a Scripture, Theology or Ministry Elective, depending on topic. May be repeated for credit up to 9 credits. |
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| THEO 6895: Theology and Business Integration Seminar (3) Offerings |
| Serves as the capstone seminar for those in the Business and Applied Theology M.A. track. Provides an opportunity for students to correlate the learning they have received in graduate theology core classes and the Social and Sustainable Enterprise classes from the School of Business and Economics. |
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| THEO 6930: Theology Practicum (1-3) Offerings |
| Associated with each of the 3-credit courses in the Graduate Core Curriculum is a supplementary 1-credit Practicum. The Practicum is intended to help students make connections between the ¿academic¿ work they are doing in their Core courses and the ¿abbey¿ and ¿apostolate¿ dimensions of their theological formation. Students will register for the same number of Practicum credits as they are taking Graduate Core courses. (For example, students taking the full complement of three 3-credit Core courses in the autumn quarter of their first year study would enroll in THEO 6010, THEO 6020 and THEO 6030¿plus 3 credits of THEO 6930¿for a total load of 12 credits. Students taking only or two Core courses would take only 1 or 2 Practicum credits, respectively.) Each student will work out an individualized learning contract with the designated Practicum Coordinator that will address vital areas of character, spiritual formation and missional competence. Ordinarily, this contract will require the student to do the following: (1) meet regularly with a mentor approved by the School of Theology; (2) participate in a weekly campus-based spiritual formation group with other students and a designated faculty member; and (3) design and execute a project that will integrate what he or she is learning in the Bible, Christian Heritage and/or Theology/Ethics courses with his or her personal and professional development as a minister of the gospel. May be repeated for credit up to 9 credits. |
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| THEO 6940: Contextual Education (2) Offerings |
| This course fulfills the field education requirements of an internship in a congregational or other ministry setting. May be repeated for credit up to 12 credits. |
| Restrictions:Graduate only. |
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| THEO 6941: Contextual Education Internship (6-12) Offerings |
| Offers an intensive on-site learning experience through supervised ministry that provides students with an opportunity to reflect on the practice of ministry in light of prior course learning. The six credits will be completed in one quarter or summer (30 hours/week for ten weeks). May not be taken in conjunction with any more than three additional quarter credits. Selection and approval of internship must be done in consultation with the Dean or Associate Dean of the School of Theology or the student's academic advisor prior to registration. May be repeated for credit up to 12 credits. |
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| THEO 6942: Internship in Biblical and Theological Instruction (3) Offerings |
| Provides experience in teaching biblical and theological curricula in a concrete ministry setting. This course is a faculty-supervised praxis component of the Christian Scripture and Christian Studies tracks of the M.A. in Theology. Students will work with faculty members in the preparation and delivery of teaching materials for the Center for Biblical and Theological Education and/or other on-campus or church-based programs and in the assessment of actual teaching experiences. |
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| THEO 6943: Cross Cultural Immersion Experience (3) Offerings |
| Explores issues and questions pertaining to ministry across cultural boundaries. Students will have the opportunity to experience and reflect on specific historical and theological issues of culture and ministry as they pertain to a specific locale. This will include engagement with local ministries, developing paradigms of holistic ministry, biblical foundations of missions, theology of religions and community exegesis and development. |
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| THEO 6995: Master's Thesis (6) Offerings |
| Provides the opportunity for students to utilize competencies developed in their coursework by engaging in a sustained research project on a carefully framed topic. This course is a faculty-supervised research component of the Christian Scripture and Christian studies tracks of the M.A. in Theology. The topic and research methodology must be approved in advance by the faculty supervisor. |
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