History & Philosophy of Science Archives - Page 7 of 8 - Science for Seminaries
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Sep

Christian Theology & World Religions

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Course Description The course, taught by Paul Louis Metzger at Multnomah Biblical Seminary, serves as an introduction to and examination of prominent religions of the world and alternative spiritual paths, and how each relate to different topics and contexts within the scientific age. Consideration will also be given to the

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06
Sep

Science in Christian Life: Conflict, Cooperation, Integration

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Course Description This course, taught by Leonard M. Hummel at the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg, employs the activities of the Spring Academy Week to enable students to explore key issues in science for the practice of ministry. Among the happenings of that week on which students may choose to

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06
Sep

Self, Sacred, and the Secular

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Course Description Despite the oft-voiced conceit that religious traditions are largely immutable, it is now abundantly clear that religious believers today do not access and live out those traditions as did their forebears of even a generation or two earlier. At the same time, despite the continuing popularity of unduly

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06
Sep

Religion and Cultural Analysis

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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,

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06
Sep

Philosophy of Religion

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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

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06
Sep

Systematic Theology II

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Course Description This course, taught by Frederick L. Ware at Howard University School of Divinity, examines the nature and method of theological discourse. Various theological perspectives on doctrines of Christian faith will be treated critically and systematically. Major doctrines (or themes) will include God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Creation, Theological Anthropology,

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06
Sep

The Spirituality of the Psalms

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Course Description This course, taught by David Bosworth at the Catholic University of America, is a study of the Psalms including close attention to selected psalms and the structure of the Psalter as a whole. It also involves examination of the interpretation and use of psalms in worship and liturgy.

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06
Sep

Science, Religion, and the End of the World

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The sciences and the Christian tradition provide narratives about the end of the world. But how do these narratives relate? How do we evaluate them independently, and in comparison? What are the implications of the narratives for the way we live and think today, a time before the end of

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06
Sep

Problems in Preaching

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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.

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06
Sep

Psalms & Writings

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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

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In furtherance of the AAAS mission of advancing science in service to society, AAAS|DoSER’s role in the Science for Seminaries project is to support efforts to integrate science into seminary education. AAAS|DoSER does not advise on or endorse the theological content of the participating seminaries.