advanced systematic theology
SYTH 500
Summary
Explore the Advanced Systematic Theology course and what you can expect to learn through the semester.
Course Overview
An investigation of the themes that comprise Christian systematic theology. Our study will focus on theology as a coherent discipline, with immediate application to life and service.
Topics include: Revelation, God, Man, Sin, Christ, Salvation, Holy Spirit, Church, Last Things, and Angelology.
The ultimate goal of this course is to enhance worship, personal conviction, and ministry.
Textbooks
- See the current booklist.
Professor: Dr. Mark Bird
Assignment Overview
Textbook and other assigned reading. Fifteen 1-hour Google+ live synchronous video hangouts
Weekly writing assignments and quizzes. Writing a personal statement of faith.
Beginning and maintaining a theological blog on which students post writing assignments.
Intended Outcomes
Students will develop facility in using the theological method for research and writing on a graduate level.
You will appreciate
- The importance of a firm theological foundation.
- The value of theological education to the act of worship.
- Our essential unity with all true Christians.
- The unique witness of the Wesleyan/Holiness tradition.
- The responsibility to be entrusted as a guardian of the faith “once delivered to the saints.”
You will be able to
- Explain the relevance and the practical implications of theology.
- Articulate the meaning of key theological terms and concepts.
- Communicate sound theology in a variety of mediums, such as sermons, teaching lessons, Facebook, and blogs.
- Critically evaluate past and present theological systems/beliefs.
- Know and love God with greater intelligence.
- Analyze one’s own spiritual life in light of biblical doctrine and determine areas in which one needs to grow.
- Apply the doctrines learned to life and ministry.
- Recognize and refute false doctrine.
- Help others to see the relevance of theology to the needs of today.
You will understand
- The meaning of key theological terms and concepts.
- The nature and necessity of Systematic Theology.
- The theological method (sources and tools) of systematic theology in the Wesleyan tradition.
- The doctrines of Revelation, God, Man, Sin, Christ, Salvation, the Holy Spirit, the Church and Last Things.
- The historical development of key doctrines.