Indeed, it was not clear that Concord even had to submit a new syllabus when he was simply revamping an old course. Nevertheless, he requested that the committee consider the course because he wondered if it might create a stir. He was more right about that than he knew. This course is nothing more than the triumph of style over substance. There is a Niebuhr-ish quality to the course.
Students have to deal with complicated issues in all their real-life messiness.
The discussion with pastors will see to that. And I'd say they read quite a bit. The Hays book will stretch them, as will Rasmussen and Volf. But then he makes then go the extra mile and translate their thinking into a medium that speaks to this generation. You know, Michael, I am not sure that there is a problem here at all.