Course Description A study of the theology and methods of Reformed orthodoxy from 1561–1725. Special attention will be given to soteriology. Fall. 2 Credits. Course Goals — Academic Goal: To enable the student to understand and discuss intelligently the development of Reformed academic . . . Continue reading →
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HT566 History Of Covenant Theology
Course Description An introduction to Reformed federal or covenant theology. The course surveys the historical-theological development of covenant theology, its exegetical foundations, and systematic-theological consequences. Fall Semester. 2 Credits. Course Goals —Academic Goal: To enable the student to understand and discuss intelligently the . . . Continue reading →
HT602 Patristics Seminar
Course Description Readings in and discussion of primary sources in the development of Patristic theology. Fall semester. 2 credits. —Academic Goals: To enable the student to read well, i.e., thoughtfully, carefully, and accurately primary texts in patristic theology and to intereact intelligently with . . . Continue reading →
CH601 Ancient Church
Course Description A study of the developing theology, ecclesiology, piety, and worship of the Christian church from the close of the apostolic age to 450 A.D. Special attention will be given to primary sources. Fall semester. 2 credits. Course Goals —Academic Goals: . . . Continue reading →
Roman Emperors In Early Christianity AD 69–211
Location Caesar Reign Notable Rome Galba/Otho/Vitellius 69 murdered/suicide/murdered Rome Vespasian 69–79 ___ Rome Titus 79–81 Destroyed Jerusalem 70 Rome Domitian 81–96 Persecuted the Ap John et al Rome Nerva 96–98 ___ Rome Trajan 98–117 corr. w/Pliny Rome Hadrian 117–38 ___ Rome Anton. . . . Continue reading →
MA (Historical Theology) Thesis Format Guidelines
UPDATED GUIDELINES HERE (November, 2020)
Dorothy Sayers On The Lost Tools Of Learning
By Dorothy Sayers (1947) That I, whose experience of teaching is extremely limited, should presume to discuss education is a matter, surely, that calls for no apology. It is a kind of behavior to which the present climate of opinion is wholly . . . Continue reading →
Zwingli On Covenant And Baptism (1524)
From Zwingli’s 1524 Exposition Of the Articles Baptism is being enrolled by an “oath of allegiance” (sacramentum) into the church visible, an initiation into the people of God. If there is one people of God, with one faith, in one Savior, then it follows . . . Continue reading →
A Bibliography of Historical Theology and Historiography
Note: This bibliography is intended to alert HT students to the existence of some important and/or useful works for students of historical theology. I have omitted standard and older works in church history (e.g., Schaff) and reference works, since they are available . . . Continue reading →
On The Writing Of Essays
Revised 9 September 2020 It is the bane of every student that every professor has his idiosyncratic requirements. Here are mine. I. Essays: Clear, Concise, and Cogent To be successful, essays in this course must be clear, concise, and cogent.1 An essay is clear . . . Continue reading →
Orwell on Freedom of the Press
[Orwell’s original 1945 preface to Animal Farm. It was discovered by Ian Angus and published by Bernard Crick in the TLS in 1972]. This book was first thought of, so far as the central idea goes, in 1937, but was not written . . . Continue reading →
Advice Regarding Your MA (Historical Theology) Thesis
[Written originally June, 2011] Students frequently ask the same questions when beginning their MA (Historical Theology) thesis. They are not certain where to begin. The prospect of a 30,000 word project itself seems daunting and then there is the problem of choosing . . . Continue reading →
A Review of the Story of Christian Theology By Roger Olson
A REVIEW OF THE STORY OF CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY: TWENTY CENTURIES OF TRADITION AND REFORM, by Roger E. Olson. Intervarsity Press, 1999. 652 pp. $34.99. This review appeared originally in Modern Reformation, July/August 2001 Historical theology is an important part of the process . . . Continue reading →