Science and Religion Syllabi - Science for Seminaries

Philosophy of Religion

Course Description This course, taught by Frederick L. Ware at Howard University School of Divinity, is an introduction to the discipline and method of philosophy and the relationship of philosophy to the study of religion. Through a reading of classical and contemporary sources, the course examines definitions of religion and issues such as God’s existence, […]

  • Course Categories: General Theology

  • Science Topics: History & Philosophy of Science, Life Sciences, Neuroscience, Brain, & Mind, Physics and Cosmos

  • Seminaries: Howard University School of Divinity

  • Syllabus:
    Philosophy of Religion
  • Tags:
    history and philosophy of science, neuroscience, cosmology, Doctrine of Creation, Philosophy of Religion, genetic editing, epistemology, mainline protestant

Power and Privilege: A Theology and the Science of Change

This course, taught by Beth Tanner at New Brunswick Theological Seminary, explores the biblical, theological, social, psychological, spiritual, and physical impact of racism, xenophobia, sexism, classism, and homophobia on American society, with an earnest focus on pastoral and ministerial leadership and intervention around these critical matters. It surveys biblical responses to racism, sexism, classism, homophobia, […]

  • Course Categories: General Theology, Pastoral Theology

  • Science Topics: Health & Wellness, Social Sciences, Neuroscience, Brain, & Mind

  • Seminaries: New Brunswick Theological Seminary

  • Syllabus:
    Power and Privilege: A Theology and the Science of Change
  • Tags:
    health, psychology, spirituality, wellbeing, racism, xenophobia, sexism, classism, homophobia

Problems in Preaching

Course Description This course, taught by Robert W. Weise at Concordia Seminary, is a discussion of some key problems in preaching: relating to the Gospel meaningful to life, transposing the text to the present [cultural] situation, defining and confining the central idea, making abstractions concrete. Class criticism of videotaped sermons. Course Categories: Pastoral Theology Science […]

  • Course Categories: Pastoral Theology

  • Science Topics: History & Philosophy of Science, Life Sciences

  • Seminaries: Concordia Seminary

  • Syllabus:
    Problems in Preaching
  • Tags:
    pastoral theology, biotechnology, pastoral care and counseling, life sciences, evangelical, conservative protestant, history and philosophy of science, problems in preaching

Prophetic Ministry

Course Description The biblical model of the prophet is both frequently invoked and poorly interpret-ed. While the church continues to declare that the prophet “speaks for God,” it often limits such speech to pronouncements circumscribed by tradition. At the level of social justice, an emphasis on deconstruction and critique with a failure to offer a […]

  • Course Categories: Pastoral Theology

  • Science Topics: Life Sciences

  • Seminaries: Howard University School of Divinity

  • Syllabus:
    Prophetic Ministry
  • Tags:
    pastoral theology, health, genetics, genomics, science and religion, mainline protestant, life sciences, prophetic ministry

Protestant Theologians

This course, taught by Steven M. Studebaker at McMaster Divinity College, explores the theology and influence of key figures that have shaped the Protestant and evangelical tradition from Luther, Calvin, and the early Anabaptists to Karl Barth, Lesslie Newbigin, Stanley Grenz, and Miroslav Volf. It also looks at the key theological issues that animate the […]

  • Course Categories: Church History

  • Science Topics: History & Philosophy of Science

  • Syllabus:
    Protestant Theologians
  • Tags:
    evangelical, conservative protestant, protestant theologians, christian ministry, history of science, Church History, Philosophy of Science

Psalms & Writings

Course Description This course, taught by Timothy jE. Saleska at Concordia Seminary, will consist of three weeks when we discuss how to interpret and use in our ministries the last third of the Hebrew Bible known as The Writings, and seven weeks when we read the poetry of David, the µy[in: rM;z” of Israel. µymiT; […]

  • Course Categories: Biblical Studies, General Theology

  • Science Topics: History & Philosophy of Science, Physics and Cosmos

  • Seminaries: Concordia Seminary

  • Syllabus:
    Psalms & Writings
  • Tags:
    psalms of david, king david, theology, Philosophy of Science, science and religion, evangelical, conservative protestant, history and philosophy of science, psalms and writings

Reading and Leading in Context: Methods, Media, and Entrepreneurial Practices

This course is taught by David Hahn at Wartburg Theological Seminary. The congregation is a generative locus of theology. An essential focus of the course is helping students cultivate the capacity and develop the skills needed to generate a “thick description” of congregation and communal contexts for the sake of faithful, truthful, and effective evangelical […]

Religion and Cultural Analysis

Course Description The purpose of this course, taught by Jerome Baggett at the Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University, is to introduce students to the much-discussed (but less often understood) concept of culture and its implications for the study of contemporary religion. After attending to more theoretical concerns, we will investigate the manner […]

  • Course Categories: General Theology

  • Science Topics: History & Philosophy of Science, Life Sciences

  • Seminaries: Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University

  • Syllabus:
    Religion and Cultural Analysis
  • Tags:
    theology, pastoral theology, sociology of religion, science and religion, catholic, orthodox, history and philosophy of science

Research Writing & the Ministry of Scholarship

This course, taught by Brian M. Rapske at the Associated Canadian Theological Scools of Trinity Western University, is designed to introduce students to the world of academic scholarship, research, writing, and teaching. This objective is situated within a more general attempt to help students discern and prepare for their own contribution to the ministry of […]

  • Course Categories: Pastoral Theology

  • Science Topics: History & Philosophy of Science

  • Syllabus:
    Research Writing & the Ministry of Scholarship
  • Tags:
    Research Ethics, evangelical, conservative protestant, research writing, science and religion, Research Methods, Social Sciences

Revelation, Inspiration, and Hermeneutics

This course, taught by Martin Hanna and John Peckham at Seventh-Day Adventist Theological Seminary, is an interdisciplinary study of the process by which God communicates with human beings and of sound methods for interpreting and understanding the Scripture and applying its message. Course Categories: General Theology Science Topics: Physics and Cosmos Seminaries: Seventh-Day Adventist Theology […]

  • Course Categories: General Theology

  • Science Topics: Physics and Cosmos

  • Seminaries: Seventh-Day Adventist Theology Seminary at Andrews University

  • Syllabus:
    Revelation, Inspiration, and Hermeneutics Syllabus
  • Tags:
    scientific process, evolution, cosmology, Philosophy of Science


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