Tyndale Seminary Course Syllabus SPRING/SUMMER 2020 PENTECOSTAL SPIRITUALITY PENT 0504 / SPIR 0504 W1 JULY 20 – AUGUST 28 ONLINE INTENSIVE INSTRUCTOR: DR. VAN JOHNSON Dean, Master's Pentecostal Seminary Adjunct NT, Tyndale Seminary Office: C308 Tyndale phone: 416-226-6620, ext. 2137 Church phone: 416-291-9575, ext. 256 Church Address: 2885 Kennedy Rd, Toronto, ON, M1V 1S8 Email: [email protected] [email protected] TA: Samantha Jagan, MTS Phone: (416) 291-9575 ext. 248 Email: [email protected] Access course material at http://classes.tyndale.ca/ Course emails will be sent to your @MyTyndale.ca e-mail account only. Learn how to access and forward emails to your personal account. 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 offers a fresh, constructive and perhaps even controversial interpretation and re- envisioning of the Pentecostal tradition. A study is made of the early years of the Pentecostal movement and the influence of Wesleyan, Holiness and its revivalist-restorationist roots in an attempt to interpret the heart of the movement, as well as the way Pentecostal spirituality Date of Revision: May 8, 2020 1 has developed over the decades that followed. An attempt is made to be both analytical and descriptive, historical and creative, theoretical and practical. Format: The course is a hybrid, combining video content from the live-stream version of this course (July 20-24) with features of an online course, such as weekly interaction with other students in discussion forums. It is also an intensive: we cover in six weeks what is usually covered in twelve weeks. It is highly recommended, then, that the student finish the primary readings before the course begins. II. LEARNING OUTCOMES At the end of the course, students will be able to: 1. Demonstrate conversance with the primary aspects of Pentecostal spirituality by the completion of short answer questions. 2. Articulate the biblical and theological roots of Pentecostal spirituality through writing book reports. 3. Demonstrate through participation in discussion forums the ability to think constructively about Pentecostal Spirituality as a corporate phenomena with relevance for the church and mission. 4. Apply concepts of Pentecostal spirituality to ministry contexts by describing how such might be done in a term paper. III. COURSE REQUIREMENTS A. REQUIRED READING 1. Land, Steven. Pentecostal Spirituality. A Passion for the Kingdom. Journal of Pentecostal Theology Supplement Series, 1. Edited by J.C. Thomas, R.D. Moore, S.J. Land. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1993. 2. Robeck, Cecil. The Azusa Street Mission and Revival: The Birth of the Global Pentecostal Movement. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2006. [choose this one if your interest is in the historical roots of pentecostal spirituality] OR Thomas, J.C. Toward a Pentecostal Ecclesiology. The Church and the Fivefold Gospel. Cleveland, TN: CPT Press, 2010. [choose this one if you are interested in theological discussion about the ecclesiological implications of the Fivefold Gospel] 3. Gee, Donald. Concerning Spiritual Gifts, rev. ed. Springfield, MO: Gospel Publishing House, 1972. (available as an e-book through Kindle; or paper copy through online book sellers) Date of Revision: May 8, 2020 2 4. Albrecht, D. and E. Howard. “Pentecostal Spirituality.” In Robeck, C. and Yong, A., eds, The Cambridge Companion to Pentecostalism. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2014, pages 235-253. B. SUPPLEMENTARY / RECOMMENDED READING AND TOOLS Blumhofer, Edith. Pentecost in My Soul. Explorations in the Meaning of Pentecostal Experience in the Early Assemblies of God. Springfield, MO: Gospel Publishing House, 1989. Horner, R.C. From the Altar to the Upper Room. Toronto, 1891. In “The Higher Christian Life.” Sources for the Study of the Holiness, Pentecostal, and Keswick Movements. Edited by D. Dayton. Vol. 22. New York and London: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1985. Macchia, Frank. Baptized in the Spirit: A Global Pentecostal Theology. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2006. Neumann, P. Pentecostal Experience. An Ecumenical Encounter. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2012. Price, Charles. The Story of My Life. Pasadena: 1935. Warrington, Keith. Pentecostal Theology: A Theology of Encounter. New York: T & T Clark, 2008. (Especially Ch. 6, “Spirituality and Ethics”) Wigglesworth, Smith. The Anointing of this Spirit. Edited by Wayne Warner. Ann Arbor, MI: Servant Publications, 1994. Tyndale recommends www.stepbible.org – a free and reputable online resource developed by Tyndale House (Cambridge, England) – for word searches of original-language texts, as well as for topical searches, interlinear texts, dictionaries, etc. Refer to the library for other online resources for Biblical Studies. Master’s Seminary recommends these two digitized archives for primary sources: The Consortium of Pentecostal Archives: https://pentecostalarchives.org/ The Flower Pentecostal Heritage Center: https://ifphc.org/. C. ASSIGNMENTS AND GRADING 1. Forums 1.1. Overview: To enable the student to benefit from the online experience as well as the classroom dynamic, this course incorporates lecture (and some discussion) from the live- stream classroom into the online curriculum. In the forums, students interact with both what they heard in the lecture and what they are reading. Consequently, there are two types of forum discussions: Forum A, interaction with readings; Forum B, interaction with lectures. Typically, Forum A runs 0n Tuesdays, and Forum B, Fridays. Participation in class forums is a central element of the course, and the 35% awarded for effective participation in the forums is indicative of its importance. Unlike traditional assignments in a classroom oriented course, where the student has anywhere from a few weeks to a few months to complete an assignment, the forums demand concentrated effort in a short span of time. Date of Revision: May 8, 2020 3 1.2 Participation in forums: Rules of engagement: 1. Forums are collegial rather than competitive – together we are learning and growing together. 2. A critique of your opinions is what you are paying for, since you already know what you think; you are paying for interaction to expand your thinking. 3. The due date for all initial forum postings in Forum A is Tuesday at midnight. Please respond to other members in your group by Thursday at midnight. 4. The due date for postings in Forum B is Friday at midnight. Please respond to others in your group by the following Monday at midnight. 1.3 Length of postings Initial posting: when I ask for a paragraph, I mean 100-150 words. A lot can be said in a paragraph of that length. Responses: the response to another’s initial posting, or a response to someone else’s response, should be in the 50-100 word range, but no more than a 100 words please. Only the first Forum, described below (A1) may be up to 300 words in total. 2. FORUM A: Description 2.1 Forum A: Interaction with readings (20%) The topics/questions for the individual forums will be assigned the week before they are to be discussed. Note: the best 5/6 forums will count toward the student’s grade (5 x 5 points) = 25%. 2.2. Forum A1: First Impressions of Pentecostal Spirituality Write about your preliminary impressions of Pentecostal spirituality In three paragraphs, describe your impression of three aspects of Pentecostal spirituality. There is no research required for this; your responses represent your impressions before the course begins. You will share this information in the first Forum A discussion. At the beginning of the post, please classify yourself with one of the following: #1 grew up in Pentecostal church; or #2 pastoring Pentecostal church; or #3 only know about Pentecostals through friends or spouse’s experience; or #4 was not raised in a Pentecostal church, but have attended one; or #5 involved in a charismatic church; or #6 do not know much about Pentecostals but I am wanting to learn. [Or, some other way?] Paragraph 1: general impressions of Pentecostal spirituality (What do Pentecostals consider spiritual activity? Who do Pentecostals consider to be spiritual people? And, if you have attended Pentecostal worship services, how do Pentecostal services reflect these perceptions of spiritual activity and spiritual people?) Paragraph 2: general impressions of the role and value of tongues for Pentecostals (What role does tongues play in their spiritual lives? How much value is attached to speaking in tongues? How do Pentecostal services reflect these ideas?) Date of Revision: May 8, 2020 4 Paragraph 3: general impressions of Pentecostal view of the gifts of the Spirit (Which ones are important to them? How are they practiced in their worship services?) Please note that this initial post is longer than the others. Length: 100 words maximum per paragraph. Post by July 21, before midnight. 2.3 Forum A2-A6 Discussion questions will be given for each week on the course page–– A2: Question about Ch 1, Steven Land’s Pentecostal Spirituality The discussions of Land will revolve around one of the questions that are assigned for each chapter, which you will find listed in Appendix A. A3: Question about Ch 2, Land A4: Discussion of Albrecht and Howard, “Pentecostal Spirituality” Pay particular attention to corporate rites of worship and the sensibilities & values of Pentecostals A5: Question about Ch 3, Land A6: Question about Ch 4, Land 3. Forum B: DESCRIPTION 3.1 Interaction with video lectures (5 forums x 3 = 15%) The live-stream course met the week of July 20-24. The video of those sessions will be available on the course page. The classroom videos are approxametly 2.5 - 3 hours in length. The student will be expected to watch the video, and then respond with a two-part post in Forum B by Friday night.