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120 TH 552 Christology and Pneumatology Explores the person and work of Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit, especially in relation to creation and redemption. The development of Christological and pneumatological thought is traced from the early church and the councils to the present. Special attention will be given to significant Christological and pneumatological controversies throughout history. Prerequisites: TH 501 Survey of Christian Doctrine I; Pre- or corequisite: TH 502 Survey of Christian Doctrine II. Offered fall semesters, even years. Two or three hours. TH 553 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 glori- fication. Special attention is given to the relationship between anthropology and soteriology. Prerequisites: TH 501 Survey of Christian Doctrine I; Pre- or corequisite: TH 502 Survey of Christian Doctrine II. Offered spring semesters, even years. Two or three hours. TH 554 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. Prerequisites: TH 501 Survey of Christian Doctrine I; Pre- or corequisite: TH 502 Survey of Christian Doctrine II. Offered fall semesters, even years. Two or three hours. TH 640 Evangelicalism and Its Theologies A study of the development of evangelicalism, with special attention to theology, from the early eighteenth century to the present. Topics include the identity and definition of Evangelicalism, the role and character of theology within Evangelicalism, and selected theological issues of par- ticular significance to the expression of Christianity. Prerequisite: TH 501 Survey of Christian Doctrine I. Recommended prerequisite: TH 502 Survey of Christian Doctrine II. Two hours. TH 641 Eastern Orthodoxy and Roman Catholicism 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 502 Engaging Early and Medieval Church History; TH 501 Survey of Christian Doctrine I. Two 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. Offered fall semesters, odd years. Three hours.

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