Science and Religion Syllabi - Science for Seminaries

Counseling Individuals with Addiction or Trauma

This course, taught by Sam R. Williams and Sharon Sheppard at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, will examine the etiology (origin) of addictions [and trauma, their] effects on the person and family, and its dynamics, and study individual and family counseling interventions and treatment. Course Categories: Pastoral Theology Science Topics: Neuroscience, Brain, & Mind Seminaries: Southeastern […]

  • Course Categories: Pastoral Theology

  • Science Topics: Neuroscience, Brain, & Mind

  • Seminaries: Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary

  • Syllabus:
    Counseling Individuals with Addiction or Trauma
  • Tags:
    addiction, trauma, compassion fatigue, resilience

Development of Seventh-day Adventist Theology

This course, taught by Denis Kaiser at Seventh-Day Adventist School of Theology at Andrews University, deals with the origin and subsequent modification of characteristic Seventh-day Adventist teachings in such areas as the Sabbath, sanctuary, atonement, covenants, creation, conditional immortality, worship, typology, eschatology, Christology, and righteousness by faith. Course Categories: General Theology Science Topics: Physics and […]

  • Course Categories: General Theology

  • Science Topics: Physics and Cosmos

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

  • Syllabus:
    Development of Seventh-day Adventist Theology Syllabus
  • Tags:
    sabbath, trinity, creationism, Church History, eschayology

Early Modern Christianity

This course, taught at Regent University School of Divinity, discusses historical developments of the Church, with special emphasis on renewal movements and the history of Christian thought from the Reformation (sixteenth century) until the eighteenth century. Course Categories: Church History Science Topics: History & Philosophy of Science Seminaries: Regent University School of Divinity Syllabus: Early […]

  • Course Categories: Church History

  • Science Topics: History & Philosophy of Science

  • Seminaries: Regent University School of Divinity

  • Syllabus:
    Early Modern Christianity
  • Tags:
    Church History, Health Sciences, evangelical, conservative protestant, early modern christianity

Environmental Biblical Interpretation

The course, taught by Nancy Bowen at Bethany Theological Seminary, presupposes that students bring to the class concerns for justice, the environment and its care and stewardship, and the consequences of climate change. This course is not about determining whether the Bible demands an ethic of Earth care since “no issue can be resolved by […]

  • Course Categories: Biblical Studies

  • Science Topics: Earth Science & Environment

  • Seminaries: Bethany Theological Seminary

  • Syllabus:
    Environmental Biblical Interpretation
  • Tags:
    evolution, environmental science, ecology

Ethical Analysis and Advocacy II

This course, taught by Jennifer S. Leath at Iliff School of Theology, invites students to think about ethical analysis and advocacy from a variety of different lenses. Beginning with attention to ancient Egyptian and Greek morality, this course provides a framework for modern historic, modern, and post-modern models of ethical analysis. Interwoven throughout this course […]

  • Course Categories: Ethics

  • Science Topics: Physics and Cosmos

  • Seminaries: Iliff School of Theology

  • Syllabus:
    Ethical Analysis and Advocacy
  • Tags:
    astronomy, ethics

Ethical and Professional Issues in Family and Individual Conseling

This course, taught by Sam R. Williams at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, is a study of the ethical and legal guidelines and issues in family and individual counseling in a professional context. Topics to be addressed are: current issues in the practice of counseling, ethical standards and practices, credentialing, potential roles, professional organizations, and counseling […]

Exodus & Torah

Course Description This course, taught by Timothy E. Saleska at Concordia Seminary, consists of two parts: (1) Introduction to the first five books of the Old Testament in which we discuss the content of the Torah and its relationship to the rest of the Canon, and (2) a close encounter with selected sections of the […]

  • Course Categories: Biblical Studies, General Theology

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

  • Seminaries: Concordia Seminary

  • Syllabus:
    Exodus & Torah
  • Tags:
    cosmology, Genesis, Hebrew Bible, evangelical, conservative protestant, exodus and torah, old testament, physics and torah

Faith and Science

This course, taught by Fr. Sergius Halvorsen at St. John Vianney Theological Seminary, investigates the relationship between Orthodox Christianity and scientific inquiry. Students will critically reflect on the historical emergence of science as a discipline distinct from theology, and how major discoveries in the natural sciences have shaped the discourse concerning Christianity in public life. […]

  • Course Categories: General Theology

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

  • Syllabus:
    Faith and Science
  • Tags:
    evolution, history of science, neuroscience, cosmology, technology, quantum mechanics, ecology, bioethics, catholic, orthodox, faith and science

Foundations of Christian Ethics

Course Description This course, taught by Kevin Jung at Wake Forest School of Divinity, is a survey of major themes, topics, and methods of contemporary Christian ethics. During the survey, we will explore how a particular method may shape one’s ethical analysis and evaluation with respect to various ethical issues, both practical and theoretical. Particular […]

  • Course Categories: Ethics, General Theology

  • Science Topics: Life Sciences, Neuroscience, Brain, & Mind

  • Seminaries: Wake Forest University School of Divinity

  • Syllabus:
    Foundations of Christian Ethics
  • Tags:
    evolution, Christian Ethics, human nature, moral psychology, neuroscience, theology, science and religion, brain and mind, mainline protestant, life sciences

Framing a Theology of Prophetic Urban Ministry

In this course, taught by Janice McLean-Farrell at New Brunswick Theological Seminary, students will begin to lay the foundation for an integral, liberating, and transformative theology of prophetic urban ministry through interdisciplinary reading and critical reflection, along with on-the-street engagement of contemporary events. An examination of 21st-century urban contexts and ministry strategies employed in these […]

  • Course Categories: General Theology, Pastoral Theology

  • Science Topics: Technology & AI, Social Sciences

  • Seminaries: New Brunswick Theological Seminary

  • Syllabus:
    Framing a Theology of Prophetic Urban Ministry
  • Tags:
    technology, race, science education, urban ministry, inequality, gender, socioeconomic status


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