Fall 2017 Interdisciplinary Class- Journey Intensive Format
Instructors: Dr. Katherine Turpin and Rev. Dr. Rubén Arjona
Course Description:
This first-year interdisciplinary course explores different approaches to being the church in the New Testament, throughout history, and in the contemporary context. By looking critically and appreciatively at these historically embedded understandings of church, the course encourages students to articulate their own theologies and visions of church responsive to their vocational identity, cultural context, and communal commitments.
Required Text for the Course: Bryan P. Stone. A Reader in Ecclesiology (Routledge Contemporary Ecclesiology Series). Routledge, 2016 (original Ashgate 2012).
Other readings are found in the readings assignments.
While you can most easily navigate the requirements for this course by using the listing below, if you would like to see the major assignments and such in one document, you can find it here .
| Date | Day | Details | |
| Sep 12, 2017 | Tue | Syllabus Q & A | due by 05:59AM |
| Sep 12, 2017 | Tue | Introducing Ourselves | due by 05:59AM |
| Sep 14, 2017 | Thu | Why the Church? Our Perspectives | due by 05:59AM |
| Sep 19, 2017 | Tue | Visions of the Church in the New Testament Discussion | due by 05:59AM |
| Oct 07, 2017 | Sat | Observation and Analysis Paper | due by 05:59AM |
| Oct 22, 2017 | Sun | Latin American Liberation Theology (Discussion) | due by 05:59AM |
| Oct 28, 2017 | Sat | Annotated Bibliography, Thesis, Outline for Research Paper | due by 05:59AM |
| Nov 06, 2017 | Mon | Historical Expressions of Church Research Paper | due by 06:59AM |
| Nov 07, 2017 | Tue | Sharing of Research Insights | due by 06:59AM |
| Nov 16, 2017 | Thu | Closing of Our Class Community | due by 06:59AM |