# THEO 575 - Contemporary Theology

<table class="table table-bordered" id="bkmrk-teacher-dr.-s.%C2%A0jenki"><tbody><tr><td style="background-color: #d3d3d3;">Teacher</td><td colspan="3">Dr. T. Cross</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: #d3d3d3;">Semester</td><td>Spring</td><td style="background-color: #d3d3d3;">Duration</td><td>8 Weeks</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: #d3d3d3;">Frequency</td><td colspan="3">Every three years</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: #d3d3d3;">Credits</td><td>5 ECTS</td><td style="background-color: #d3d3d3;">Workload</td><td>150 Hours</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: #d3d3d3;">Module format</td><td colspan="3">Intensive</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: #d3d3d3;">Applicability</td><td colspan="3">This Module seeks to place Pentecostal-Charismatic Theology in the general theological milieu in particular evangelical theology and to investigate the contribution of more recent scholarly academic work. It is essential for all theological modules.  
</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: #d3d3d3;">Course structure</td><td colspan="3">See [module and courses](https://kms.ets-kniebis.de/knowledge/3-modules-courses-mamhmc-86)</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: #d3d3d3;">Contact time</td><td>40 Hours</td><td style="background-color: #d3d3d3;">Self-Study</td><td>110 Hours</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: #d3d3d3;">Participation requirement</td><td colspan="3">See [access to the program](https://kms.ets-kniebis.de/knowledge/2-access-to-the-program-mamhap-85)</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: #d3d3d3;">Evaluation</td><td colspan="3"><table width="100%"><tbody><tr><td>**Evaluation**</td><td>**Hours**</td><td>**Weight**</td></tr><tr style="background-color: #d3d3d3;"><td>Phase 1</td><td>50</td><td>20%</td></tr><tr><td>Readings &amp; Journals  
</td><td>50</td><td>20%</td></tr><tr style="background-color: #d3d3d3;"><td>Phase 2</td><td>40</td><td>30%</td></tr><tr><td>Participation  
</td><td>30</td><td>10%</td></tr><tr><td>Presentations  
</td><td>10</td><td>20%</td></tr><tr style="background-color: #d3d3d3;"><td>Phase 3</td><td>60</td><td>50%</td></tr><tr><td>Research Paper  
</td><td>60</td><td>50%</td></tr><tr><td>**Total**</td><td>**150**</td><td>**100%**</td></tr></tbody></table>

</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: #d3d3d3;">Content of the Module</td><td colspan="3">This course is intended to provide an overview of the significant people and trends of the theological landscape in the past two centuries. Such an overview will expose students to a variety of theological approaches throughout the world and will thereby more adequately equip students for an understanding of the current theological scene.  
</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: #d3d3d3;">Learning Objectives</td><td colspan="3">A. General Learning Objectives  
This course seeks to:

- Provide an overview of significant theologians and trends of thought in contemporary theology.
- Explain the connections between various theologians’ expressions of doctrine throughout the modern era.
- Demonstrate the cultural and historical setting of each theologian’s doctrinal expression.
- Relate the historical development of these doctrines to the formulation and meaning of theology in the contemporary church and academy.

B. Specific Behavioral Objectives  
As a result of the activities and study in this course, the student should be able to:

- Explain the cultural and historical background of each theologian’s thought.
- Identify the philosophical and theological bases for each theological trend.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the theological connections between major Christian thinkers from 1800 to the present.
- Compare and contrast various theologians’ understandings of the doctrines studied.

</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: #d3d3d3;">Outline</td><td colspan="3">- The Historical and Philosophical Background of the Nineteenth Century: 1799-1914
- The Theology of the Word of God: A Theology of Crisis?
- Christian Existentialism
- Christian Realism: A Post-Liberal American Theology
- Roman Catholic Theology after Vatican II (1962-1965)
- Contextual Theologies: Political Theology &amp; Liberation Theology
- Process Theology
- Theologies of Fundamentalism, Evangelicalism, and Pentecostalism(s)
- The Types of Modern Theology According to Hans Frei
- Where in the 21st Century?

</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: #d3d3d3;">Examination</td><td colspan="3">See Evaluation</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: #d3d3d3;">Core Literature</td><td colspan="3">**Textbooks**:  
Livingston, James C. and Francis Schüssler Fiorenza. Modern Christian Thought: The Enlightenment and the Nineteenth Century. Volume 1.2nd edition. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2006.  
Livingston, James C. and Francis Schüssler Fiorenza. Modern Christian Thought: The Twentieth Century. Volume 2.2nd edition. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2006.

**Reading List:**  
Barth Karl. Die protestantische Theologie im 19. Jahrhundert. Zürich: Theologischer Verlag, 1946.  
Ebertshäuser, Rudolf. Die charismatische Bewegung im Licht der Bibel. Bielefeld: CLV Verlag, 1995.  
Fleming, Ken. Biblische Prinzipien des Gemeindewachstums. Bielefeld: Bethanien Verlag, 2001.  
Ellingsen, Mark. The Evangelical Movement: Growth, Impact, Controversy, Dialog. Minneapolis: Augsburg Press, 1988.  
Gunton, Colin E. Theology through the Theologians: Selected Essays, 1972 - 1995. London: T &amp; T Clark, 1996.  
Grenz, Stanley J. and Roger E. Olson.20th-Century Theology: God and the World in a Transitional Age. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1992.  
Gundry, Stanley and Alan F. Johnson. Tensions in Contemporary Theology. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1983.  
Lindbeck, George A. The Nature of Doctrine: Religion and Theology in a Postliberal Age. Philadelphia: The Westminister Press, 1984.  
MacQuarrie, John. Twentieth-Century Religious Thought. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1981.  
McGrath, Alister.(Editor) The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Modern Christian Thought. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1993.  
Packer, J. I.“Fundamentalism” and the Word of God. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1958, reprint 1990.  
Pinnock, Clark H. Tracking the Maze. San Francisco: Harper &amp; Row, 1990.  
Smith, David L. A Handbook of Contemporary Theology. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1998.  
The Modern Theologians: An Introduction to Christian Theology in the Twentieth Century. Edited by David F. Ford. Second Edition. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, Ltd., 1997.

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