Denver Seminary

123 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. TH 647 Liberation Theologies A survey of a variety of liberation theologies in light of their historical and cultural contexts, including 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 hours. TH 650 Traditions of Protestant Theology This course introduces a number of classical traditions of Protestant theology, including Anabaptist, Anglican, Baptist, Calvinist/Reformed, Dispensational, Lutheran, Pentecostal and Wesleyan/Arminian. The course considers the unity and diversity within Christianity and focuses upon the nature and function of Christian tradition and traditions, including denominations. The historical origins and development, the theological method and biblical hermeneutic, and the theology and doctrinal distinctives of each tradition are studied. Prerequisites: CH 500 History of the Christian Movement; TH 501 Survey of Christian Doctrine I. Two hours. TH 651 Calvin and Reformed Theology An examination of Calvin's theology through study of his Institutes of the Christian Religion and the tracing of subsequent theology of the Reformed tradition, including its leading confessional statements. Prerequisite: TH 501 Survey of Christian Doctrine I. Pre- or corequisite: CH 500 History of the Christian Movement. Two hours. TH 652 Theology in Global Perspectives An examination of how the gospel is being interpreted by emerging theologians in diverse contexts in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, and Latin America. The course further explores specific ways in which the gospel is applied practically to spiritual, social, and political issues worldwide. Prerequisite: TH 501 Survey of Christian Doctrine I. Recommended prerequisite: TH 502 Survey of Christian Doctrine II. Offered spring semesters, even years. Three hours. TH 655 Theology in the Early Church A study of Christian thought from the close of the New Testament through the end of the eighth- century. The course considers the most influential church fathers in both East and West and the articulation of Christian doctrine at the major church councils, in the context of the institutional and social developments of the church at that time. Prerequisites: CH 500 History of the Christian Movement; TH 501 Survey of Christian Doctrine I. Two or three hours. TH 657 Sixteenth Century Christian Thought A study of Christian thought during the era of the Reformation. Topics include the major theological streams of the Protestant Reformation (Lutheran, Anabaptist, Reformed, and

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