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Upcoming Online Courses

Note: Courses for 2013-14 and 2014-15 are subject to change.

Full CTS Course Offerings (includes both online and residential courses)

Course Textbooks - Spring 2012

Fall 2012

RH 301 - Interpreting the Hebrew Bible
Ken Stone
An introduction for beginning students to the problems of the historical and theological interpretation of the Hebrew Scriptures. Special attention given to Pentateuch and narrative history (Joshua-2 Kings).

RH 472 - Sex, Race and Class in the Song of Songs
Alice Hunt
This course explores the book of Song of Songs, particularly through interdisciplinary lenses of gender, race, class, and sexuality.

CM 444 - Theology, Ministry and Developmental Disability
Craig Modahl
This course will explore the multiple issues facing people with developmental disabilities. Central to the course will be the implications for ministry on the part of religious leaders and their communities.

CM 481 - Marriage: Rites and Wrongs
Scott Haldeman
In this course, participants try to get below and behind the marriage debates that rage in both the churches and the wider society to explore what marriage is--in theological, moral and legal perspective--and what it might be; and what the wedding is and what it might be.

TEC 595 - Master’s Writing Seminar
Timothy Sandoval
Thesis seminar for M.A. and S.T.M. students. (Course extends over Fall and Spring terms.)

Spring 2013

RH 302 - Interpreting the Hebrew Bible II
Timothy Sandoval
An introduction to the historical, literary and theological interpretation of the prophetic, poetic, and wisdom texts of the Hebrew scriptures.

RH 325 - Interpreting the Epistles
Theodore Jennings
Offers an introduction to both the Pauline and non-Pauline corpus. In addition to reading selected letters in light of ancient epistolography and rhetorical practices, we will also pay attention to the historical situations of these letters.

RH 344 - History of Christian Thought
Theodore Jennings
This course will survey the significant theologians and movements from the early Christian Church through the Reformation, focusing primarily on the Western Church.

RH 485 - Religion in North America
Julia Speller
This course will explore the historical development of religion in America from the 17th to 21st centuries, highlighting the ways that its diversity has shaped American culture and identity.

RH 367 - History and Polity of the United Church of Christ
John Thomas
A study of the history, structure, theology and practices of the United Church of Christ, including its antecedents: the Congregational Christian Churches and the Evangelical and Reformed Church. This course satisfies current UCC requirements for ordination.

TEC 307 - Systematic Theology
Laurel Schneider of Staff
The nature of theological thinking and theological method.

TEC 321 - Christian Ethics
JoAnne Terrell or Staff

Course examines moral codes, divine commandments and legal proscriptions that influence the development of Christianity, and how the historical expressions of these systems in various communions have led to competing moral theories in Christian thought.

TEC 595 - Master’s Writing Seminar
Timothy Sandoval
Thesis seminar for M.A. and S.T.M. students. (Course extends over Fall and Spring terms.)

Fall 2013

RH 321 - Interpreting the Gospels
Seung Ai Yang
An introduction to contemporary research and perspectives on the four canonical Gospels. Greco-Roman milieu of the Gospels, the methodological development of Gospel scholarship, and the question of the Gospels’ genre[s] will be addressed.

RH 350 - Biblical Interpretation in Contemporary Contexts
Alice Hunt
This course seeks to explore a variety of interpretive approaches to the Hebrew Bible, especially in relation to contemporary cultural contexts.

TEC 395 - Judaism, Christianity, and Islam: Introduction to Interfaith Engagement
Susan Thistlethwaite and Rachel Mikva
Skill building for interfaith partnerships. Personal and social transformation emphasized. Covers beliefs, practices and communities of Judaism, Christianity and Islam; foundations for multifaith contexts; leadership strategies for interfaith engagement.

TEC 595 - Master’s Writing Seminar
Bo Myung Seo
Thesis seminar for M.A. and S.T.M. students. (Course extends over Fall and Spring terms.)

TEC 609 - Jacques Derrida: Deconstruction, Theology and Ethics
Theodore Jennings
A seminar devoted to reading texts by Derrida in the light of questions for and from Theology, Ethics and Biblical Interpretation.

CM 331 - Introduction to Pastoral Care
Lee Butler or Staff
Course seeks to facilitate pastoral formation and introduce ministries of pastoral care. Emphasis placed upon the minister’s healing role with people in crisis and the biblical and theological foundations of pastoral care.

CM 365 - Global Sensitivity in Ministry
Bo Myung Seo or Staff
The learning objectives of this course are to improve understanding of and responsiveness to social movements, cultural variety, and global issues.

CM 400 - The Practice of Christian Ministry
Scott Haldeman and Deborah Derylak
A course to assist the student in experiencing and initiating a style of pastoral and theological reflection and to provide perspective on the nature, history, and practice of ministry in Christian vocation. This course is a year-long course meeting every other week and including online components.

Spring 2014

RH 302 - Interpreting the Hebrew Bible II
Rachel Mikva
An introduction to the historical, literary and theological interpretation of the prophetic, poetic, and wisdom texts of the Hebrew scriptures.

RH 498/TEC 498 - Bible and Homosexuality
Ken Stone
A reconsideration of the Bible and biblical interpretation from the standpoint of gay and lesbian experience.

RH 485 - Religion in North America
Susan Thistlethwaite
This course will explore the historical development of religion in America from the 17th to 21st centuries, highlighting the ways that its diversity has shaped American culture and identity.

TEC 307 - Systematic Theology
JoAnne Terrell or Staff
The nature of theological thinking and theological method.

TEC 321 - Christian Ethics
JoAnne Terrell or Staff
Course examines moral codes, divine commandments and legal proscriptions that influence the development of Christianity, and how the historical expressions of these systems in various communions have led to competing moral theories in Christian thought.

TEC 406/CM 411 - Eating and Drinking with Jesus: Theology of the Eucharist
Theodore Jennings

Biblical, historical and anthropological perspectives on eating and drinking provide the foundation for re-thinking the doctrine and the practice of the Eucharist.

TEC 595 - Master’s Writing Seminar
Timothy Sandoval
Thesis seminar for M.A. and S.T.M. students. (Course extends over Fall and Spring terms.)

TEC 351- Theories of Change in Personal and Social Transformation
Staff
A comparative study of theories of change in transformative process and leadership.

CM 400 - The Practice of Christian Ministry
Scott Haldeman and Deborah Derylak

A course to assist the student in experiencing and initiating a style of pastoral and theological reflection and to provide perspective on the nature, history, and practice of ministry in Christian vocation. This course is a year-long course meeting every other week and including online components.

CM 595 - M.A.R.L. Project Seminar
Scott Haldeman
Required seminar for M.A.R.L. students.

Fall 2014

RH 416/TEC 419 - Dangerous Religious Ideas
Rachel Mikva
Using primary and secondary sources in Scripture and its interpretation, the class will explore religious ideas that are or have been considered “dangerous” in Judaism, Christianity and Islam (e.g., martyrdom, Sabbath, chosenness, free will and divine providence, reward and punishment, homeland, abomination, religious law, Jubilee, etc.). Our goal is to understand the potentially constructive and destructive aspects of each concept, and to consider how we might try to shape their meaning.

TEC 400 - Constructive Theology
Susan Thistlethwaite or Staff
The systematic formulation of the student’s own theological position is the major task of this course.

TEC 526 -New Horizons in Queer Sexual Ethics
Theodore Jennings
Course will explore questions of sexual ethics raised by pornography, pederasty, prostitution and other boundary situations using the resources of gay and queer theory.

TEC 595 - Master’s Writing Seminar
Timothy Sandoval
Thesis seminar for M.A. and S.T.M. students. (Course extends over Fall and Spring terms.)

Spring 2014

RH 498/TEC 498 - Bible and Homosexuality
Ken Stone
A reconsideration of the Bible and biblical interpretation from the standpoint of gay and lesbian experience.

RH 485 - Religion in North America
Julia Speller or Staff
This course will explore the historical development of religion in America from the 17th to 21st centuries, highlighting the ways that its diversity has shaped American culture and identity.

TEC 307 - Systematic Theology
Laurel Schneider or Staff
The nature of theological thinking and theological method.

TEC 406/CM 411 - Eating and Drinking with Jesus: Theology of the Eucharist
Theodore Jennings

Biblical, historical and anthropological perspectives on eating and drinking provide the foundation for re-thinking the doctrine and the practice of the Eucharist.

TEC 595 - Master’s Writing Seminar
Timothy Sandoval
Thesis seminar for M.A. and S.T.M. students. (Course extends over Fall and Spring terms.)

TEC 351- Theories of Change in Personal and Social Transformation
Staff
A comparative study of theories of change in transformative process and leadership.

CM 595 - M.A.R.L. Project Seminar
Scott Haldeman
Required seminar for M.A.R.L. students.

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