DESCRIPTION:

This course is designed to introduce a systematic understanding of Christian beliefs in Jesus Christ and salvation, with doctrinal discussions on the person and work of Christ, atonement, the Holy Spirit, and various aspects of salvation including the divine call, regeneration, conversion, repentance, faith, justification and sanctification. This doctrinal study will be applied to the contemporary and global context.

This course will equip students to teach and preach to the church in the contemporary world with a systematic understanding of the Christian beliefs, as well as respond to the contemporary issues responsibly with a comprehensive and doctrinal perspective.

The course will meet once a week for three hours of lecture and discussion.

(1) One of the following volumes:

Barth, Karl. Church Dogmatics. IV/1, tr. G. W. Bromiley. T. & T. Clark, 1956, [[section]]59. "The Obedience of the Son of God," 157-357; and [[section]]61. "The Justification of Man," 514-642.

________. Church Dogmatics. IV/2, tr. G. W. Bromiley, T. & T. Clark, 1958, [[section]]64. "The Exaltation of the Son of Man," 3-377; and [[section]]66. "The Sanctification of Man," 499-613.

(2) One of the following books:

Evans, J. We Have Been Believers: African American Systematic Theology. Fortress, 1992.

Kärkkäinen, Veli-Matti. Pneumatology: The Holy Spirit in Ecumenical, International, and Contextual Perspective. Baker, 2002.

Moltmann, Jürgen. The Crucified God: The Cross of Christ as the Foundation and Criticism of Christian Theology. Trans. R. A. Wilson and John Bowden. Harper & Row, 1974.

________. The Way of Jesus Christ: Christology in Messianic Dimensions. Trans. Margaret Kohl. HarperCollins, 1990.

Rhee, J. S. Secularization and Sanctification: A Study of Karl Barth's Doctrine of Sanctification and Its Contextual Application to the Korean Church. Free University Press, 1995.

Sobrino, Jon. Christology at the Crossroads: A Latin American Approach. Trans. John Drury. Orbis, 1978.

Berkouwer, G. C. The Person of Christ. (Studies in Dogmatics.) Tr. John Vriend. Eerdmans, 1954.

_________. The Work of Christ. (Studies in Dogmatics.) Trans. C. Lambregtse. Eerdmans, 1965.

Bloesch, Donald G. Jesus Christ: Savior and Lord. (Christian Foundations.) InterVarsity, 1997.

Hoekema, Anthony A. Saved by Grace. Eerdmans, 1989.

Smedes, Lewis B. Union with Christ: A Biblical View of the New Life in Jesus Christ. Eerdmans, 1983.

1. 1000 pages of reading freely selected from the list of recommended reading and a written response of 5 or more pages.

2. A 10-page research paper in the areas of Christology and soteriology.

3. Final examination.