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THEO 0623 | Theology of Church Renewal: Movements of the Spirit Course Syllabus WINTER 2017 THEOLOGY OF CHURCH RENEWAL: MOVEMENTS OF THE SPIRIT THEO 0623 / MISS 0623 JANUARY 9 – APRIL 3, 2017 MONDAYS, 8:15 AM-11:05 AM INSTRUCTOR: JAMES E. PEDLAR, PhD 416 226 6620 ext. 2215 Email: [email protected] Office Hours (C408): Mondays, 11:15-12:15 PM Wednesdays, 10:15-11:15 AM Other times as arranged To access your course material, please go to http://classes.tyndale.ca. Course emails will be sent to your @MyTyndale.ca e-mail account. For information how to access and forward emails to your personal account, see http://www.tyndale.ca/it/live-at-edu. I. COURSE DESCRIPTION This course focuses on the recurring phenomenon of renewal in the Church as a key aspect of a biblical and contemporary ecclesiology. Church renewal will be explored through an examination of a variety of renewal movements and an engagement with the theological and missional questions raised by the persistent presence of such movements in Church history. Implications will be drawn for Church life and mission today. II. LEARNING OUTCOMES At the end of the course, students should be able to: 1. Discuss a variety of renewal movements from various contexts in the history of the church. 2. Interpret contemporary movements of renewal in light of their historical precedents. Tyndale Seminary |1 3. Reflect theologically on the significance of the recurring phenomenon of renewal in the life of the church. 4. Apply insights about the renewal of the church to the contemporary context. 5. Critically discuss one particular renewal movement, leader, practice, or theologian in significant detail. III. COURSE REQUIREMENTS A. REQUIRED TEXTS Snyder, Howard A. The Radical Wesley: The Patterns and Practices of a Movement Maker. Franklin, TN: Seedbed Press, 2014. ISBN: 9781628240870 Bonhoeffer, Dietrich. Life Together. San Francisco: Harper, 1978. ISBN: 9780060608521 Other readings, as per the course schedule, will be made available on the course resource page. B. ASSIGNMENTS AND GRADING 1. Participation (10%). Students are expected to attend class sessions and participate actively in discussions, demonstrating knowledge of and engagement with the reading material. A marking rubric for participation will be provided in class. 2. Discussion questions (2 x 10% = 20% total). Each student will sign up to assist the instructor in facilitating discussion for two weeks of the course. This will entail the creation of five discussion-starter questions for each of the two assigned weeks. The questions will be submitted to the instructor by 11:59 PM on the day prior to the class in question. 3. Mid-term Reflection Paper (30%; 4-5 pages, double spaced; due 11:59 PM on February 27). Students will write a reflection on what they have learned in the first half of the course, identifying three or four significant insights regarding church renewal. The reflection should interact critically with the assigned readings, and should also include some application to the contemporary context. 4. Research Project (40%; 8-10 pages, double-spaced; due 11:59 PM on April 7). Students will write a research paper on a topic relevant to the theology and practice of church renewal. All papers should include both a theological and a practical component, though some students may wish to focus more on theology and others may wish to focus more on practice. Papers should focus on a particular movement, leader, practice or theologian. A list of potential topics will be provided in class. Tyndale Seminary |2 C. GENERAL GUIDELINES FOR THE SUBMISSION OF WRITTEN WORK Assignments are to be uploaded to the assignment submission section of the course page in pdf or Microsoft Word format by 11:59 PM (Eastern Time) on the assigned due date. Papers submitted after 11:59 PM on the due date will receive a 1/3 grade deduction (i.e., B+ to B) for each day (or part thereof) following the due date. This late policy will apply to all assignments for which no extension has been granted. Extensions will be granted only for serious personal, family, or health situations. Assignments should be double-spaced, in 12 pt Times New Roman font, with 1” or 1.25” margins. The standard citation method for theological papers is footnotes with a complete bibliography in the Chicago style, as explained in the popular guidebook written by Kate L. Turabian. For proper citation format, consult check the "Turabian Citation Quick Guide" (follow style for notes (“N”) and bibliography (“B”)), or see the complete Chicago Manual of Style online (Tyndale e-resource), especially ch. 14. The bibliographic software Zotero is recommended as a helpful citation tool which will save time and help to ensure that proper formatting is followed (available free at www.zotero.org). Academic Integrity Integrity in academic work is required of all our students. Academic dishonesty is any breach of this integrity, and includes such practices as cheating (the use of unauthorized material on tests and examinations), submitting the same work for different classes without permission of the instructors; using false information (including false references to secondary sources) in an assignment; improper or unacknowledged collaboration with other students, and plagiarism. Tyndale University College and Seminary takes seriously its responsibility to uphold academic integrity, and to penalize academic dishonesty. Students should consult the current Academic Calendar for academic polices on Academic Honesty, Gender Inclusive Language in Written Assignments, Late Papers and Extensions, Return of Assignments, and Grading System. The Academic Calendar is posted at http://tyndale.ca/registrar. D. SUMMARY OF ASSIGNMENTS AND GRADING Evaluation is based upon the completion of the following assignments: Participation 10 % Discussion Questions 20 % Reflection Paper 30 % Research Paper 40 % Total Grade 100 % Tyndale Seminary |3 F. COURSE EVALUATION Tyndale Seminary values quality in the courses it offers its students. End-of-course evaluations provide valuable student feedback and are one of the ways that Tyndale Seminary works towards maintaining and improving the quality of courses and the student’s learning experience. Student involvement in this process is critical to enhance the general quality of teaching and learning. Before the end of the course, students will receive a MyTyndale email with a link to the online course evaluation. The evaluation period is 2 weeks; after the evaluation period has ended, it cannot be reopened. Course Evaluation results will not be disclosed to the instructor before final grades in the course have been submitted and processed. IV. COURSE SCHEDULE, CONTENT AND REQUIRED READINGS A. BIBLICAL AND THEOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS Week 1 (January 9): Introduction; Scriptural Foundations Lovelace, “Biblical Models of Cyclical and Continuous Renewal” (on course page). Week 2 (January 16): Theological Frameworks Snyder, “The Study of Renewal Movements” (on course page). Edwards, The Distinguishing Marks of a Work of the Spirit of God (excerpt, on course page). B. HISTORICAL EXAMPLES Week 3 (January 23): Radical Discipleship in early Christendom: Monasticism Rule of St. Benedict (selections, on course page). Ladner, “Monasticism as the Exemplary Christian Way of Life” (link on course page). Week 4 (January 30): Radical Poverty in the Medieval Church: Francis of Assisi Francis, The Earlier Rule, The Later Rule, and The Testament (on course page). Rausch, “Medieval Europe: Evangelical Communities in the Cities and Towns” (on course page). Heath, “Redeeming the Earth” (on course page). Week 5 (February 6): Renewal through Contemplation: John of the Cross John of the Cross, The Dark Night (selections). Turner, “John of the Cross: the dark nights and depression” (on course page). Tyndale Seminary |4 Week 6 (February 13): Renewal Through Small Groups: Methodism Snyder, chapters 1-5 [Recommended: Wesley, General Rules and Rules of the Band Societies (on course page)] SEMINARY READING WEEK: FEBRUARY 20-24 Week 7 (February 27): Methodism continued Snyder, chapters 6-9. Week 8 (March 6): Renewal and Social Reform: Nineteenth-Century Revivalism Finney, “What a Revival of Religion Is” (link on course page). Booth, “Salvation for Both Worlds” (on course page). Smith, “The Evangelical Origins of Social Christianity” (on course page). Dayton, “Anointed to Preach the Gospel to the Poor” (on course page). Week 9 (March 13): Radical Openness to the Spirit: Pentecostalism and Charismatic Renewal Bartleman, Azusa Street (selection; on course page). Sullivan, “The Ecclesiological Context of the Charismatic Renewal” (on course page). Dayton, “Theological Roots of Pentecostalism” (link on course page) Week 10 (March 20): Christian Community in a totalitarian context: Bonhoeffer and the Confessing Church Bonhoeffer, Life Together (entire). C. CONTEMPORARY PERSPECTIVES Week 11 (March 27): Ancient-Future Renewal: The New Monasticism Wilson-Hartgrove, “Seeing Signs of Something New” (on course page). Peters, “Donald Bloesch and the Evangelical Tradition” (on course page). Week 12 (April 3): Renewing the Church Today Snyder, Chapters 10-12 V. SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY CONTEMPORARY PERSPECTIVES Abraham, William J. The Logic of Renewal. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 2003. Balthasar, Hans Urs von. Explorations in Theology II: Spouse of the Word. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1991. Tyndale Seminary |5 ———. Explorations in Theology IV: Spirit and Institution. Translated by Edward T. Oakes. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1995. Benedict XVI, Pope. “The Theological
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