CS 610 Women in Church and Society

Texts: Bauckham, Richard, Gospel Women: Studies of the Named Women in the Gospels (Eerdmans, 2002). Gallagher, Sally K., Evangelical Identity and Gendered Family Life (Rutgers Univ. Press, 2003). MacHaffie, Barbara J., ed., Readings in Her Story: Women in Christian Tradition (Fortress, 1992). Storkey, Elaine, Origins of Difference (Baker, 2001).https://place.asburyseminary.edu/syllabi/3895/thumbnail.jp

CS 610 Women in Church and Society

1) Clark, Elizabeth, and Herbert Richardson, eds., Women and Religion: The Original Sourcebook of Women in Christian Thought (Harper Collins, 1996). 2) Mary, Woman in the Bible, 2nd ed. (Paternoster, 1998). 3) Japinga, Lynn, Feminism and Christianity (Abingdon, 1999). 4) Storkey, Elaine, Origins of Difference (Baker, 2001). 5) Selected readings on electronic reservehttps://place.asburyseminary.edu/syllabi/2266/thumbnail.jp

CS 601 Christian Ethics

To provide a biblical basis for the moral life. To describe various historical and contemporary Christian interpretations of social and personal moral issues. To use the basic vocabulary of ethical analysis. To use basic tools of social analysis. To explain the Wesleyan emphasis on the various dimensions of holiness, specifically the expectation for personal integrity, moral concern, and social responsibility. To recognize and explain at a basic level: the needs, contexts, and insights of various cultural groups and marginalized communities in society and in the church (these may include, but are not limited to, particularity arising from ethnic, gender, class, and geographic locations). To explain how responses to moral problems and moral integrity shape congregational life.https://place.asburyseminary.edu/syllabi/3092/thumbnail.jp

CS 610 Women in Church and Society

Clark, Elizabeth, and Herbert Richardson, eds., Women and Religion: The Original Sourcebook of Women in Christian Thought (Harper Collins, 1996). 2 Evans, Mary, Woman in the Bible, 2nd ed. (Paternoster, 1998). Japinga, Lynn, Feminism and Christianity (Abingdon, 1999). Storkey, Elaine, Origins of Difference (Baker, 2001). Selected readings on reserve in the library.https://place.asburyseminary.edu/syllabi/1128/thumbnail.jp

CS 610 Women in Church and Society

To equip students with an understanding and appreciation of women’s contributions in church and society. To provide students with critical tools for interacting with contemporary issues of gender. To understand the role of gender in church and society-- historically, sociologically, morally, and theologically.https://place.asburyseminary.edu/syllabi/1340/thumbnail.jp

CS 740 Ethics of Hospitality and Contemporary Challenges

Sources for Assigned Readings: Available from the Asbury Bookstore Philip Hallie, Lest Innocent Blood Be Shed. NY: HarperCollins, 1979, 1994. Christine Pohl, Making Room: Recovering Hospitality as a Christian Tradition. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1999. Miroslav Volf, Exclusion and Embrace. Nashville: Abingdon, 1996. Henri Nouwen, Reaching Out. NY: Image, 1975. Brett Webb-Mitchell, Unexpected Guests at God\u27s Banquet: Welcoming People with Disabilities into the Church. NY: Crossroad, 1994. Bernard Adeney, Strange Virtues: Ethics in a Multicultural World. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1995. Other readings are in Ethics of Hospitality Packet also available in bookstorehttps://place.asburyseminary.edu/syllabi/1533/thumbnail.jp

CS 601 Christian Ethics

Texts: Boulton, Wayne G., Thomas D.Kennedy, and Allen Verhey, eds., From Christ to the World: Introductory Readings in Christian Ethics (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1994). Dayton, Donald W., Discovering an Evangelical Heritage (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1988). Hollinger, Dennis, Choosing the Good: Christian Ethics in a Complex World (Grand Rapids: Baker, 2002). Miles, Rebekah L., The Pastor as Moral Guide (Minneapolis: Fortress, 1999).https://place.asburyseminary.edu/syllabi/3892/thumbnail.jp

CS 652 Ethics of Hospitality and Contemporary Challenges

Texts: Philip Hallie, Lest Innocent Blood Be Shed. NY: HarperCollins, 1979, 1994. Christine Pohl, Making Room: Recovering Hospitality as a Christian Tradition. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1999 Miroslav Volf, Exclusion and Embrace. Nashville: Abingdon, 1996. Reading Packet Bernard Adeney, Strange Virtues: Ethics in a Multicultural World. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1995. Henri Nouwen, Reaching Out, NY: Doubleday. Brett Webb-Mitchell, Unexpected Guests at God’s Banquet: Welcoming People with Disabilities into the Church. NY: Crossroad, 1994.https://place.asburyseminary.edu/syllabi/1812/thumbnail.jp

CS 652 Ethics of Hospitality and Contemporary Challenges

Philip Hallie, Lest Innocent Blood Be Shed. NY: HarperCollins, 1979, 1994. Christine Pohl, Making Room: Recovering Hospitality as a Christian Tradition. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1999 Miroslav Volf, Exclusion and Embrace. Nashville: Abingdon, 1996. Reading Packet Bernard Adeney, Strange Virtues: Ethics in a Multicultural World. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1995. Henri Nouwen, Reaching Out, NY: Doubleday. Brett Webb-Mitchell, Unexpected Guests at God’s Banquet: Welcoming People with Disabilities into the Church. NY: Crossroad, 1994.https://place.asburyseminary.edu/syllabi/1984/thumbnail.jp

CS 652 Ethics of Hospitality and Contemporary Challenges

Philip Hallie, Lest Innocent Blood Be Shed. NY: HarperCollins, 1979, 1994. Christine Pohl, Making Room: Recovering Hospitality as a Christian Tradition. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1999 Miroslav Volf, Exclusion and Embrace. Nashville: Abingdon, 1996. Reading Packet Bernard Adeney, Strange Virtues: Ethics in a Multicultural World. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1995. Henri Nouwen, Reaching Out, NY: Doubleday. Brett Webb-Mitchell, Unexpected Guests at God’s Banquet: Welcoming People with Disabilities into the Church. NY: Crossroad, 1994.https://place.asburyseminary.edu/syllabi/1987/thumbnail.jp