Regular attendance and careful study of all assigned readings is required. Students will write one major paper, and there will be two unit examinations and a comprehensive final examination. This course is a study of the nature and mission of the church, with a particular emphasis on the contemporary situation. One unit is devoted to developing a theological understanding of the nature of the church. In addition, one class period each week is devoted to a discussion of the week's issue of a journal of contemporary Christian thought and concern.
Students write three unit exams and a comprehensive final examination.
The major writing assignment is an annotated bibliography of contemporary journal articles on a significant issue or problem confronting the church in the world today. This course is a study of the process of aging from the perspectives of biblical, historical, and practical theology. The perspective in this course will be consistently theological, with psychological and sociological perspectives considered where appropriate. The biblical study will focus on attitudes toward aging and faith resources for the aging. The historical section will examine differences in the attitude toward the treatment of the elderly in different eras of Christian history.