THEO 5473: Cultural Understanding and Theological Engagement
Research Essay. Students will choose a research topic at the intersection of Christianity and cultural engagement, in agreement with the professor, and construct a 2500-to-3000-word research essay. In terms of its agenda and content, this paper should appropriate itself to the student’s degree program and vocational endeavors. It should include a) an introduction that sets […]
Grad Systematic Theology 1
People in your congregation have read Jonathan R. Wilson’s God’s Good World. It has proven to be controversial with some people loving it and others hating it. Specifically, some people are not happy with his methodology. Others see his understanding of creation itself as being a problem. Still others are unhappy regarding the eschatology presented. […]
Write a 3000 word research paper on a passage from the Gospels
As a final project the student is to write a 3000 word research paper on a passage from the Gospels. The paper is due December 13 and is worth 20% of the course grade. You will follow the same method as outlined for the brief exegetical/interpretive reports, but present a more comprehensive analysis of the […]
Trauma and Time
When Jamal, 16, broke up with his first girlfriend when in high school, he confessed to his father that he was devastated. His father counseled him to give it some time; that it will hurt for a while, but that it will get better. When Helen lost her husband of forty years, the grief felt […]
Deficits or Strengths
Many human services organizations claim they provide a strengths-based focus when delivering services to service users. The dilemma is that services are often accessed because of needs—service users must demonstrate, prove, or be qualified as needing services. The service user must testify to—or be forced to—acknowledge their deficits or struggles in order to receive help […]