Calling, Context, and the Church: From Belonging to Witness
Rhonda McEwen
Friday & Saturday: Sep 20-21, Oct 4-5, Nov 1-2, Dec 6-7
Onsite Only

How do churches discern and incarnate God’s calling in their communities? This course offers a fresh approach to vocation with practical implications for the church as a learning community. Students will come away with a new vision for the church’s vocation along with a draft plan to cultivate a deeper engagement with these ideas in their own communities.

Monday to Saturday: Ministering in the Workplace
Paul Stevens & Wilson Chan
Wednesdays, 6–9 pm | Sep 11–Dec 11
Onsite or Online

This course will explore the theology, dynamics, and practice of being a minister in the workplace. Students will explore multiple dimensions of caring for whole persons, their relationships, and their work in light of the presence and purpose of God. It will also engage with the formation essential for ministering in a challenging context.

The Uses of Scripture in Theology: Examining Slavery, Sexuality, and Male-Female Relations in Light of Divine Love
Elizabeth Sung
Tuesdays, 6–9 pm | Sep 10–Dec 10
Onsite Only

Why do Christians professing a high view of Scripture appeal to biblical texts and arrive at widely varying conclusions? The central concern of this course is learning how to clarify and do theological justice to “the logic of scriptural discourse” as the Word of God, taking the topics of slavery, sexuality, and male–female relations as case studies.

Science and Theology
Ross Hastings
Wednesdays, 2:45–5:45 pm | Sep 11–Dec 11
Onsite or Online

In the modern world, many people view science and religion as being in conflict with one another. In this course, we will offer a robust theological response to such polarization, developing an alternative account in which these two great traditions of thought complement and enrich one another, and in which science itself can lead us deeper into worship of the triune God.

Visual Art as Theology
Jonathan Anderson
Tuesdays, 2:30–3:30 pm
Onsite or Online

This course explores the history of Christian art as a domain of theological thinking. Our approach will be to study works of visual art not as illustrating or translating theological texts into visual form but as theological “texts” in their own right. Our aim will be learn how to “read” this kind of theology well as we conduct a series of in-depth case studies.

The History of Christianity in Asia
Prabo Mihindukulasuriya
Fridays, 9 am–12 pm | Sep 13–Dec 13
Onsite or Online

Christianity was born in Asia, but it never became the predominant religion of the continent. Even so, diverse cultural groups across the Asian landmass encountered the gospel in the early, medieval, and modern periods. This survey course explores the origins, achievements, and challenges faced by Asian Christian communities from the first to the twentieth century.