DESCRIPTION:

This course examines what Christians believe about the identity of Jesus Christ, his redemptive death, and the fundamental questions of justification, sanctification, election, grace, and the life of faith.

The course provides opportunity to think through fundamental issues of faith as a basis for Christian living and ministry. The assignments enable students to develop their own theology in a form which may serve as a basis for their future teaching.

Lectures and discussion. The class will meet twice weekly for two-hour sessions. The syllabus and additional teaching material are available to registered students on the Fuller Pipeline.

Students are encouraged to draw on a wide variety of material, including the following:

Brown, C. That You May Believe: Miracles and Faith--Then and Now. Eerdmans, 1985; reprint, Archive Bookstore, 1996.

________. Jesus in European Protestant Thought, 1778-1860. Labyrinth Press, 1985.

________. "Person of Christ," in G. W. Bromiley, ed. The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia 3 (1986): 781-801.

________. "Trinity and Incarnation: In Search of Contemporary Orthodoxy," Ex Auditu 7 (1991): 83-100.

________. "Historical Jesus, Quest of," in Joel B. Green, Scott McKnight, I. Howard Marshall, eds. Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels. InterVarsity Press, 1992, pp. 326-341.

________, ed. The New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology. 4 vols. Revised edition. Zondervan, 1986.

________. "Christology and the Quest of the Historical Jesus." in D. Lewis and A. McGrath, eds., Doing Theology for the People of God. InterVarsity Press, 1996, 67-86.

Carroll, J. T. and J. B. Green et al. The Death of Jesus in Early Christianity. Hendrickson, 1995.

Charlesworth, J. H., ed. Jesus and the Dead Sea Scrolls. Doubleday, 1993.

Charlesworth, J. H. and W. P. Weaver, eds. Images of Jesus Today. Trinity Press International, 1994.

Chilton, B. and C. A. Evans, eds. Studying the Historical Jesus. E. J. Brill, 1994.

Cowdell, S. Is Jesus Unique? Paulist Press, 1996.

Dunn, J. D. G. Christology in the Making. 2nd ed. Eerdmans, 1996.

Ferguson, S. B and Wright, D. F., eds. New Dictionary of Theology. InterVarsity Press, 1988.

Martin, R. P. and B. J. Dodd, eds. Where Christology Began: Essays on Philippians 2. Westminster John Knox, 1998.

Meier, J. P. A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus. 2 vols. Doubleday, 1991, '94.

Meyer, Marvin and Charles Hughes, eds. Jesus Then & Now: Images of Jesus in History and Christology. Trinity Press International, 2001.

Montague, G. T. The Holy Spirit: Growth of a Biblical Tradition. Paulist Press, 1976.

Newman, Carey C., ed. Jesus and the Restoration of Israel: A Critical Assessment of N.T. Wright's Jesus and the Victory of God. InterVarsity Press, 1999.

Schaff, P. The Creeds of Christendom, 3 vols., 1877. Reprint. Baker Book House, 1983.

Theissen, Gerd and Annette Merz. The Historical Jesus: A Comprehensive Guide. Fortress Press, 1998.

A written paper and the submission of course notes with critical responses. Students completing their Systematic Theology courses may choose to write a Credo in lieu of these assignments.