Department: Christian Theology

Code Name Description
CTH4495 ACADEMIC DEAN TRANSFER CREDIT This course code is used to allocate transfer credit to the Christian Theology elective category on the academic evaluation.
CTH5510 FUNDAMENTALS OF CHR THEOLOGY This course is a survey of Christian theology for students in professional counseling. Building upon key themes in biblical theology, the course gives students an overview of Christian doctrines, with special attention to issues important in counseli...
CTH5511 BLACK THEOLOGY This course examines the development of the discipline of black theology in America since 1960. Focus will highlight the works of the founder of Black Theology, James Cone, the early voices such as J. Deotis Roberts and Gayraud Wilmore, as well as ot...
CTH5520 CHR THEOL FOR KINGDOM OF GOD This course addresses the traditional topics of systematic theology as a narrative of salvation history. It is designed to equip students with a comprehensive and coherent theological framework for engaging in life and ministry in light of the presen...
CTH5531 History and Theological of Pastoral Care Effective and vital pastoral ministry depend upon a competent theological foundation that is woven into the daily practices of the clergy. This course is a historical survey of theological reflection on pastoral care through the centuries. The c...
CTH6600 OLD TESTAMENT THEOLOGY A chronological analysis of the theological content of progressive revelation in the Old Testament. After a synchronic description of the theological content of each biblical covenant and epoch, the diachronic progression and unity will be noted in p...
CTH6601 NEW TESTAMENT THEOLOGY This course is a survey of the content of the New Testament revelation historically understood together with an orientation to the major schools of New Testament theology in current scholarship.
CTH6605 PAULINE THEOLOGY This course is a detailed exegetical survey of the major topics of Pauline theology set in the context of his eschatological world view. The implications of his theological thought for ethics will also be addressed without focusing primarily on the e...
CTH6607 APOCRYPHYA & CHRISTIAN CHURCH Cross-listed with CHS 6607 and CTH 6607 The Apocrypha contains Jewish texts from the Hellenistic and Roman period but exists as a collection because of the reading practices of the early Christian Church. This course will introduce students both to...
CTH6611 HISTORICAL THEOLOGY I The course examines the thought of the church from the Apostolic Fathers to the Reformation. The emphasis of the study will be upon major figures, literature and controversies as they affected Christian thought.
CTH6612 HISTORICAL THEOLOGY II This course is a continuation of Historical Theology 1 and takes up the development of Christian thought with the Reformation and continues to the modern era. Special consideration is given to major figures, literature and controversies that have inf...
CTH6619 HIST OF CHR ETHICAL THGT This course is designed to provide students with an overview of the history and development of Christian ethical thought and practices from the early church to today.
CTH6620 VAR OF EARLY CHRISTIAN THGHT This course is a survey of extant literature produced by the church in the patristic period (ca. AD 95-750). Its goal is a working knowledge of early Christian thought in its unity and diversity, continuity and development. Students will be encourage...
CTH6621 HIST/THGT OF EASTERN CHURCH A study of Orthodox Christianity from the first century to the present, with a particular emphasis upon the Byzantine influence.
CTH6622 HIST/THGT OF MEDIEVAL CHURCH This course examines historical and theological developments within the church from the end of the patristic period to the eve of the Reformation. It will highlight important individuals, groups, and ideas that have influenced the development of Chri...
CTH6630 HIST/THGHT OF THE REFORMATION This course focuses upon the historical and theological developments of the Reformation period. It will explore important people, ideas, and events in the major Protestant streams - Lutheran, Reformed, Anglican, and Anabaptist - as well as in the Cat...
CTH6633 ANABAPTIST THEOLOGY This course explores the theology of the Anabaptist tradition from its beginnings in the 16th century until today. It will examine the distinctive beliefs of Anabaptism as well as the relationship between Anabaptism and other Christian traditions. St...
CTH6635 HIST/THGT OF PIETISM This course considers the history and thought of Pietism, identifying its origins and focusing on the major people and institutions that are connected with the varied expressions of Pietism in the latter 17th and early 18th centuries. The course also...
CTH6640 CONT THEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES This course is a chronological survey of major theologians and theological movements of the 20th and 21st centuries. Through engagement with both primary and secondary sources, students will gain an understanding of the diversity of voices within con...
CTH6642 THE HOLY SPIRIT The course deals with the doctrine of the person and work of the Holy Spirit, biblically, historically and experientially. The work of the Holy Spirit is traced through the Bible and related to the church and Christian faith today.
CTH6645 PERSON AND MESSAGE OF JESUS This course focuses on the identity, life, and teachings of Jesus as understood in biblical, historical, and contemporary contexts. Students will be challenged to engage with Christ as the center of Christian faith and practice.
CTH6646 CHRIST AND SALVATION This course focuses on the cross and salvation in Scripture, Christian history, and the church today. It examines both the provision of salvation (atonement) and the reception of salvation (conversion, justification, sanctification, etc.). Students w...
CTH6650 KINGDOM, CHURCH & WORLD This course examines the church in Scripture, Christian history, and contemporary contexts. It explores the identity, mission, and practices of the church within the narrative of God's coming kingdom and in the context of the world God loves.
CTH6655 PAULINE THEOLOGY This course is a detailed exegetical survey of the major topics of Pauline theology set in the context of his eschatological world view. The implications of his theological thought for ethics will also be addressed without focusing primarily on the e...
CTH6665 WOMEN THEOLOGIANS OF CHURCH This seminar is a collaborative examination of selected women in the history of Christianity who have contributed to the life of the church as theologians. This exploration of women theologians includes a study of women's faith development, the uniqu...
CTH6670 CHRISTIAN APOLOGETICS An introduction to issues surrounding the defense of the faith, with an emphasis up on practical methodology.
CTH6690 Life/Thght of M.L. King Jr. This course examines in detail the enormous contribution of one of the greatest religious leaders of the 20th century. King's life and contribution to the black church and the Civil Rights Movement will be addressed. His work as a theologian and an e...
CTH7701 DOCTRINE OF BRETHREN CHURCH This course considers the background and development of Brethren doctrine in the Brethren movement generally and The Brethren Church specifically. Attention is given to the beginnings in Anabaptism and Pietism and to how Brethren doctrine has develop...
CTH7702 POLITY OF THE BRETHREN CHURCH This course examines the doctrine of the church from a Brethren and a Believers' Church perspective. It provides an overview of the organizational structure of the Brethren Church at the local, district and national levels. Consideration is given to...
CTH7704 DOCTRINE OF THE UMC This course surveys doctrine within the United Methodist heritage, beginning with the Wesleys to the present, with attention to the major doctrinal concerns that have characterized Methodism historically. Approximately half of the course is devoted t...
CTH7705 POLITY OF THE UMC CHURCH This course explores United Methodist polity as a connectional system which frames the mission, ministry and structure of the denomination. (Fulfills the United Methodist Doctrine requirement stated in the UM Discipline [2012], Par. 324.4).
CTH7707 DOCTRINE OF THE (___) CHURCH This is a course to satisfy various denominational standards in history, doctrine, and polity and can be arranged through the Academic Dean's office.
CTH7720 THEOLOGY OF SELECTED WRITER The person, works and topics to be studied will be announced. This course will focus on the life, thought, perspective and contribution of the particular thinker chosen.
CTH7725 SELECTED PIETIST THINKERS This course uses a seminar format to investigate the writings of some of the most influential Pietist leaders Johann Arndt, Phillip Jakob Spener, August Herman Francke, Gottfried Arnold, Johann Albrecht Bengel, Nicholas Ludwig von Zinzendorf, Theodor...
CTH7730 LIFE/THOUGHT OF THE WESLEYS This course focuses upon the distinctive theological contributions of the Wesleys to the larger Christian tradition, exploring the dynamic of living faith that characterized early Methodism and made the movement a potent source for spiritual and soci...
CTH7740 STD LIBERALISM/FUNDAMENTALISM The course provides an overview of the liberal-fundamentalist controversy in America that raged during the first third of the twentieth century. American Christianity during the nineteenth century will be studied as a background for the controversy....
CTH7745 ESCHATOLOGY IN AMERICA A survey of the significant eschatological views in America from the seventeenth century to the present. Consideration will be given to the historical roots of the views, the impulses which fostered their appearance, growth, decline and their impact...
CTH7750 HIST/THGT OF CHR PEACE POSIT This course focuses on those individuals and groups, especially Anabaptist, who have contributed to the peace position in the Christian church. Consideration will be given both to the history of and a biblical and theological rationale for the Christ...
CTH7753 BEAUTY IN THEOLOGY/WORSHIP This class explores the various dimensions of what has been called theological aesthetics or the "glory of God." It will include the examination of historical and contemporary expressions of this theme and will assess its appropriateness for a theol...
CTH7757 CONT RDGS IN THEOLOGY/ETHICS This course will explore contemporary issues in theology and ethics through critical and intensive readings of select authors. The goal is to attain greater awareness of the way in which contemporary realities present ethical questions to theological...
CTH7765 RACE/GENDER/CLASS/SEX & BIB A graduate seminar that focuses specifically on the intersection surrounding race, gender, sexuality and the Bible. It is part of a substitution theory of post-colonial biblical interpretation that takes seriously the hermeneutical shift from centeri...
CTH7775 THEOLOGY OF SUFF/RECONC/FORG A study of the theology of suffering and pain together with the Christian response of grace and hope. Examination of biblical and theological sources such as the book of Job, Karl Barth, C.S. Lewis and Jurgen Moltmann.
CTH7790 Christian Mysticism This course introduces the student to the history, theology, and practice of Christian mysticism. Its goal is to develop a working knowledge of the history of mysticism and an understanding of and appreciation for the writing and practice of numerous...
CTH7792 CONFERENCE/SEMINAR IN Credit is available for those who attend approved conferences and seminars. Students should check with the department chairperson for reading and writing requirements associated with attendance at approved conferences and seminars.
CTH7794 INDEPENDENT STUDY IN Independent Studies are designed to cover specialized material not usually in-cluded in a course offering listed in the catalog.
CTH7798 SENIOR SEMINAR IN CHR THEOLOG This course provides the capstone experience for students enrolled in the Master of Arts (Historical and Theological Studies) program. Students will write a seminar paper presenting the results of their investigation of a particular historical or the...
CTH7799 THESIS IN CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY This course represents the credit awarded for the successful completion of a master's thesis. Students will consult regularly with their thesis advisors through the drafting and revising process until the thesis advisor determines that the thesis is...