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This graduate seminar will afford students the chance to read and engage deeply with Friedrich Schleiermacher’s greatest dogmatic work, The Christian Faith systematically Presented according to the Principles of the Evangelical Church (1830/1). Recognized as a foundational work of German liberal Protestantism, The Christian Faith – also known as the Glaubenslehre – emerges from the principle that all Christian doctrine is traceable to the feeling of having been redeemed by Jesus of Nazareth. By the end of the seminar, students will have read the entirety of the Glaubenslehre, as well as understood its shape, systematic infrastructure, and influence in the development of modern Protestant dogmatics. The aim of the course is for students to grow in critical appreciation for Schleiermacher not only as a formative voice in the history of Christian theology, but also as an example of how fundamental decisions in method affect one’s conceptions of Christian theology, preaching, and mission.

Participants in the seminar will discuss classical psychological theories of religion and contemporary research based on these theories. Based on the works of Freud, Jung and James we shall study the contemporary contributions of authors such as Kristeva, Girard, Capps, and Taylor to these discussions.

Participants in the seminar will discuss classical psychological theories of religion and contemporary research based on these theories. Based on the works of Freud, Jung and James we shall study the contemporary contributions of authors such as Kristeva, Girard, Capps, and Taylor to these discussions.

Participants in the seminar will discuss classical psychological theories of religion and contemporary research based on these theories. Based on the works of Freud, Jung and James we shall study the contemporary contributions of authors such as Kristeva, Girard, Capps, and Taylor to these discussions:

Participants in the seminar will discuss classical psychological theories of religion and contemporary research based on these theories. Based on the works of Freud, Jung and James we shall study the contemporary contributions of authors such as Kristeva, Girard, Capps, and Taylor to these discussions.

Participants in the seminar will discuss classical psychological theories of religion and contemporary research based on these theories. Based on the works of Freud, Jung and James we shall study the contemporary contributions of authors such as Kristeva, Girard, Capps, and Taylor to these discussions: Weekly written contributions to the seminar and final essay.

Participants in the seminar will discuss classical psychological theories of religion and contemporary research based on these theories. Based on the works of Freud, Jung and James we shall study the contemporary contributions of authors such as Kristeva, Girard, Capps, and Taylor to these discussions:

This course examines Thomas Aquinas' theology of the Christian life as it is presented in the 'secunda secundae' of the 'Summa Theologiae': faith, hope and love are the foundational principles that ground the concrete living out the 'imitatio Christi' in a life of prayer, service, preaching and leadership in the Church. The course teaches a method of closed textual reading, and proposes an interpretation of Aquinas' own method that distinguishes and holds together doctrinal judgements and systematic understanding.

A study of the life and writings of F.D. Maurice in relation to the church and society of his time. Topics will include doctrine of sacrifice, place of the Bible in church life, Christian ethics, Christian socialism, and Anglican self-understanding. After six classes of lectures and class discussions, students will present a seminar on a selected book by Maurice. Term paper.

A study of the life and writings of F.D. Maurice in relation to the church and society of his time. Topics will include doctrine of sacrifice, place of the Bible in church life, Christian ethics, Christian socialism, and Anglican self-understanding.

This course will explore the extent and nature of the theology of the Church Fathers in that of the Reformation theologians, Lutheran, Reformed (including Anglican) and Catholic, up to the early 17th century. There will be eight topics covered: 1. Method issues: Renaissance, language and scholarship of the Fathers and the bible, including the question of 'sola scriptura ; 2 Key figures: lrenaeus, Chrysostom, Augustine, Ratramnus; 3. Issue 1: Atonement, Justification and Sanctification; 4. Issue 2: Eucharistllord's Supper; 5. Issue 3: Predestination. :6. Issue 4: Trinity and Christology 7; Issue 5: the Church; 8. Conclusions and Presentations. The course will aim to instruct in patristic theology in context and in the context of its appropriation by Early Modern writers. Thus, there will be a consideration of a 'triangular' relationship between Reformation theology, the Church Fathers and the biblical texts. This will proffer a truer picture of how the Church Fathers have worked on Western theology in Modernity and what has been missed in this translation.

This course will explore the extent and nature of the theology of the Church Fathers in that of the Reformation theologians, Lutheran, Reformed (including Anglican) and Catholic, up to the early 17th century. There will be eight topics covered: 1. Method issues: Renaissance, language and scholarship of the Fathers and the bible, including the question of 'sola scriptura ; 2 Key figures: lrenaeus, Chrysostom, Augustine, Ratramnus; 3. Issue 1: Atonement, Justification and Sanctification; 4. Issue 2: Eucharistllord's Supper; 5. Issue 3: Predestination. :6. Issue 4: Trinity and Christology 7; Issue 5: the Church; 8. Conclusions and Presentations. The course will aim to instruct in patristic theology in context and in the context of its appropriation by Early Modern writers. Thus, there will be a consideration of a 'triangular' relationship between Reformation theology, the Church Fathers and the biblical texts. This will proffer a truer picture of how the Church Fathers have worked on Western theology in Modernity and what has been missed in this translation.