Denver Seminary

125 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. 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 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. 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 particular 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 500 History of the Christian Movement; 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. 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 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.

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