CMS 4020 Evangelical Practical Theology
The course prepares students to learn to read texts broadly defined as anything that communicates ideology a cultural object critically, to recognize the importance of introspection, and to learn to use incarnational evangelical theology and ethics as tools for assessing the beliefs, practices and actions of Christian individuals, movements and institutions. Cultural objects within the post Christian consumer oriented society we inhabit that shape the perceptions of church will also be assessed. Various methodologies for doing practical theology will be presented and assessed. In addition, a selection of the works of Dietrich Bonhoeffer will be a focus of the course as an exemplar of a practical theologian.
Offered
Fall