Instructor: David Worley, PhD - E-mail: dworley@iliff.edu - Phone: 303-765-3107 - Office Hours: by appointment or via phone
This course offers an introduction to the critical questions, disciplinary perspectives, and skills needed for outstanding engagement with the Iliff curriculum/faculty (specifically) and graduate theological education (generally). It serves not only as an introduction to Iliff, but also to broader issues of theories, approaches, and disciplinary boundaries within the field. This course is designed to be particularly useful for students in their first two terms at Iliff and will primarily use brief audio interviews related to each of the six curricular areas along with archived long form interviews of individual faculty.
There are no required texts for this course. All readings will be posted to the Canvas site as needed.
This course is offered for letter grade. The following is the general rubric that will be used:
I will discuss what is meant by 'substantial discussion' in the introductory audio piece during the first week of the course. I will also provide a detailed set of instructions for the Relevancy Paper (4-8 pgs) due at the end of week nine.
Good student-instructor communication is important in any learning endeavor. Since this course is fully online, I expect you to post questions to the discussion board on Canvas or email me directly. The deadlines posted on the schedule are rigid and few exceptions will be granted. Incompletes are strongly discouraged but may be granted for extreme circumstances. Please submit your request for an incomplete to me via email as early as possible. Some examples of possible reasons for incompletes include: deaths in the family and hospitalization.
Iliff engages in a collaborative effort with students who have disabilities to reasonably accommodate their needs in order to support effective learning. Students are encouraged to contact their assigned advisor to initiate the process of requesting accommodations. The Advising Center may be contacted as advising@iliff.edu , or by phone at 303.765.1146.
Date | Day | Details | |
Sep 10, 2014 | Wed | Introduction to the course and participants | due by 05:59AM |
Sep 17, 2014 | Wed | Comparative Religious Traditions | due by 05:59AM |
Sep 24, 2014 | Wed | Sacred Texts | due by 05:59AM |
Oct 01, 2014 | Wed | Social & Contextual Analysis | due by 05:59AM |
Oct 08, 2014 | Wed | Historical Development & Exploration of Religious Traditions | due by 05:59AM |
Oct 15, 2014 | Wed | Constructive Theology | due by 05:59AM |
Oct 22, 2014 | Wed | Theology & Religious Practices | due by 05:59AM |
Oct 29, 2014 | Wed | Full Length Interview Review | due by 05:59AM |
Nov 05, 2014 | Wed | Declare your Relevancy Paper readings/interviews | due by 06:59AM |
Nov 14, 2014 | Fri | Final discussion and review | due by 06:59AM |