Denver Seminary

134 TH 624 Anthropology and Soteriology Investigates the biblical doctrines of humanity and salvation. Anthropological considerations include the image of God and other questions relating to the nature of personhood. Soteriological topics considered include the nature and significance of Christ's atonement for sin, election, calling, conversion, regeneration, justification, adoption, sanctification, perseverance, and glorification. Special attention is given to the relationship between anthropology and soteriology. Prerequisite: TH 501 Survey of Christian Doctrine I. Pre or corequisite: TH 502 Survey of Christian Doctrine II. Two or three hours. TH 626 Ecclesiology and Eschatology Examines ecclesiology, including the church's nature, function, mission, polity, and ordinances; and general and personal eschatology. Eschatological topics include the signs of the Lord's coming; rapture; the millennium; resurrection; last judgment; new heaven and earth; and death, intermediate period, heaven, and hell. Prerequisite: TH 501 Survey of Christian Doctrine I. Pre or corequisite: TH 502 Survey of Christian Doctrine II. Two or three hours. TH 640 Evangelicalism and Its Theologies A study of the development of evangelicalism, with particular attention to theology, from the early 18 th century to the present. The questions addressed include: What is evangelicalism? What does it mean to be "evangelical"? What is the role and shape of theology within evangelicalism? What do evangelicals believe? What is the relationship of evangelical Christianity to other traditions of Christianity? Prerequisite: TH 501 Survey of Christian Doctrine I. Recommended prerequisite: TH 502 Survey of Christian Doctrine II. Two or three hours. TH 641 Eastern Orthodoxy and Roman Catholicism In the spirit of charitable orthodoxy, a study of Eastern Orthodox Christianity and Roman Catholic Christianity, with a special focus on theology. Topics include the sources and method of theology, selected theological loci of particular significance to these traditions, and their relationship to Protestant Christianity. Prerequisites: CH 500 History of the Christian Movement; TH 501 Survey of Christian Doctrine I. Two or three hours. TH 643 Contemporary Theologies Examines major theological movements of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, focusing on their historical background, representative theologians, central arguments, and pastoral and ministerial implications. Included are neo-orthodoxy, neo-liberalism, radical orthodoxy, and post-liberal, evangelical, Pentecostal, Roman Catholic, postmodern, and feminist theologies. Prerequisite: TH 501 Survey of Christian Doctrine I. Recommended prerequisite: TH 502 Survey of Christian Doctrine II. Two or three hours. TH 647 Liberation Theologies A survey of a variety of liberation theologies in light of their historical and cultural contexts. Contexts include Central and Latin America, Africa, Asia, and North America. Topics include major figures and movements, as well as specific theological topics. Prerequisite: TH 501 Survey of Christian Doctrine I. Recommended prerequisite: TH 502 Survey of Christian Doctrine II. Two or three hours. TH 650 Traditions of Protestant Theology Explores unity and diversity within Christianity in general and among major traditions of Protestantism (for example, Anabaptist, Anglican, Baptist, Dispensational, Lutheran, Pentecostal, Reformed, and Wesleyan). The historical origins and development, the theological method and biblical hermeneutic, and the theology and doctrinal distinctives of specific traditions are studied, and the implications of these for

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