Course Syllabus SPRING SUMMER 2019 THE SALVATION ARMY AND THE BIBLE SALV 0504 This course is being held in WINNIPEG MB MONDAY, AUGUST 12 TO FRIDAY, AUGUST 16 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM (Central Daylight time) INSTRUCTOR: ROGER J. GREEN, Ph.D. (617) 816-4980 Email:
[email protected] Office Hours: Before or after class, or by appointment To access your course materials at the start of the course, please go to https://myboothonline.boothuc.ca The mission of Tyndale Seminary is to provide Christ-centred graduate theological education for leaders in the church and society whose lives are marked by intellectual maturity, spiritual vigour and moral integrity, and whose witness will faithfully engage culture with the Gospel. I. COURSE DESCRIPTION This course will examine the use of Scripture in the history of The Salvation Army, concentrating primarily on the life and ministry of William and Catherine Booth and the formation of that ministry through the founding of The Christian Mission in 1865 and The Salvation Army in 1878. The course will focus on several Scriptural interpretations of the Booths and others through to the time of William Booth’s death in 1912. Where appropriate the use of the Bible in The Salvation Army after 1912 and up to 2019 will also be studied. 1 Revised: March 28, 2019 II. LEARNING OUTCOMES At the end of the course, students will able to: Demonstrate familiarity with the life and ministry of William and Catherine Booth and the major shaping forces at work in their lives, ministry and thought. Discuss the biblical foundations for Army theology, with a respectful, but critical, appraisal of how the Bible was used to arrive at that theology.