DESCRIPTION:

This course is primarily designed for the Latino student with limited research and writing skills. Its objective is to help students to attain proficiency in logical thinking and reading. It also seeks to facilitate their theological conceptualization and to develop their graduate research and writing skills.

The increased level of proficiency in language skills, research, reading and critical thinking will enormously benefit the students' personal development and preaching and teaching ministry.

The course will meet weekly for a three-hour session of lectures, writing exercises, discussion and evaluation.

Covey, Stephen; A. Roger Merrill; and Rebecca Merrill. Primero, Lo Primero. Trans. Alejandra Bolanca and Adolfo Negretto. Mexico: Paidos, 1999.

McGuirre, Mary; Linda Stilborne; Melinda McAdams; and Laurel Hyatt. The Internet Handbook for Writers, Researchers, and Journalists. The Guilford Press, 1997.

Rodriquez, Jose D. and Loida Martell-Otero, eds. Teología en Conjunto: A Collaborative Hispanic Protestant Theology. Westminster Press, 1997.

Turabian, Kate. A Manual for Writers. University of Chicago Press, 1996.

Handouts.

Any good Spanish and English grammar.

Adler, Mortimer J. and Van Doren, Charles. How to Read a Book. Simon & Schuster, 1972.

Bradley, James E. and Richard A. Muller. Church History: An Introduction to Research, Reference Works, and Methods. Eerdmans, 1995.

Ladd, George Eldon. The New Testament and Criticism. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1968.

Murphy, Nancey. Reasoning and Rhetoric in Religion. Trinity Press International, 1999.

Ramm, Bernard. Diccionario de Teología Contemporánea. Casa Bautista, 1984.

Ureta, Floreal. Introducción a la Teología Contemporánea. Editorial Mundo Hispano, TX, 1992.

• Complete brief and original writing projects on assigned theological topics per week (2-3 pages).

• A short research paper (10-12 pages).

Spanish.

Elective.

None.