CH 511 History of Christianity in America

Gaustad, Edwin Scott. A Religious History of America. San Francisco: Harper and Row, Publishers, 1990. Marsden, George M. Religion and American Culture. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers, 1990. Ahlstrom, Sidney, Theology in America. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Educational Publishing, 1967.https://place.asburyseminary.edu/syllabi/1598/thumbnail.jp

CH 751 Readings in Western Spirituality

1) Holt, Bradley P. Thirsty for God: A Brief History of Christian Spirituality. Minneapolis: Augsburg Press, 1993. ISBN 0-8066-2640-2 2) Hanson, Bradley C. Modern Christian Spirituality: Methodological and Historical Essays. Atlanta, Georgia: Scholars Press, 1990. ISBN 1-55540-558-4. 3) Plato, The Dialogues of Plato. The Phaedo (Only this particular dialogue) New York: Bantam Books, 1986. ISBN 0-553-21170-6 4) Benedict, St. The Rule of St. Benedict. Translated by Anthony C. Meisel and M.L. Del Mastro. New York: Doubleday, 1975. ISBN 0-385-00948-8 5) Clairvaux, Bernard. The Steps of Humility and Pride. Kalamazoo, Michigan: Cistercian Publications, 1989. ISBN 0-87907-115-X 6) Hughes, Serge. Catherine of Genoa: Purgation and Purgatory. New York: Paulist Press, 1979. ISBN 0-8091-2207-3 7) Luther, Martin The Theologia Germanica of Martin Luther. Translated by Bengt Hoffman New York: Paulist Press, 1980. ISBN: 0-8091-2291-X. 8) Wesley, John. “Salvation By Faith” “Justification By Faith,” and The Scripture Way of Salvation in The Works of John Wesley, Vols. 1-4. The Sermons ed. Albert C. Outler (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1984) 2:153-169. 9) Caussade, Jean-Pierre. Abandonment to Divine Providence. New York: Doubleday, 1975. ISBN 0-385-02544-0 10) Lawrence, Brother. The Practice of the Presence of God. Translated by John J. Delaney. New York: Doubleday, 1977. ISBN 0-385-12861-4 11) Lisieux, The\u27re`se. The Autobiography of Saint The\u27re`se of Lisieux. Translated by John Beevers. New York: Doubleday, 1989. ISBN 0-385-02903-9 12) Collins, Kenneth J. Soul Care: Deliverance and Renewal through the Christian Life. Wheaton, Illinois: Bridgepoint Books, 1995. ISBN 1-56476-421-4 2 13)______. “What is Spirituality?: Historical and Methodological Considerations.” The Wesleyan Theological Journal Vol 30, No. I (Spring, 1996): 76-94. 14)______. “Spirituality and Critical Thinking: Are They Really So Different?” (The Evangelical Journal (Fall 1997)https://place.asburyseminary.edu/syllabi/1482/thumbnail.jp

CH 501 Church History I

The following texts are appropriate materials, in conjunction with class lectures, through which the student can actualize the course goals: Bettenson, Henry. Documents of the Christian Church. New York: Oxford University Press, 1967. (Second Edition) Gonzalez, Justo L. The Story of Christianity, Vol. 1. San Francisco: Harper/Collins Publishers, 1984. Kerr, Hugh T. ed. Readings in Christian Thought. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1989. McGrath, Alistar, Historical Theology: An Introduction to the History of Christian Thought. New York: Blackwell Publishers, 1998. Walton, Robert C. Chronological and Background Charts of Church History. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan Publishing House, 1986.https://place.asburyseminary.edu/syllabi/3832/thumbnail.jp

DO 629 Readings in Wesley

1. Thomas Jackson, ed., The Works of Rev. John Wesley, 14 vols. (London: Wesleyan Methodist Book Room, 1829-1831), Reprinted Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House, 1978. 2. Collins, Kenneth J. The Scripture Way of Salvation: The Heart of John Wesley’s Theology (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1997) 3. Collins, Kenneth J. A Real Christian: The Life of John Wesley (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1999).https://place.asburyseminary.edu/syllabi/1995/thumbnail.jp

DO 629 Readings in Wesley

Thomas Jackson, ed., The Works of Rev. John Wesley, 14 vols. (London: Wesleyan Methodist Book Room, 1829-1831), Reprinted Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House, 1978. Collins, Kenneth J. The Scripture Way of Salvation: The Heart of John Wesley’s Theology (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1997) ---. A Real Christian: The Life of John Wesley (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1999).https://place.asburyseminary.edu/syllabi/1636/thumbnail.jp

DO 690 John Wesley\u27s Theology Today

Burwash, Rev N. Wesley\u27s Fifty Two Standard Sermons. Salem, Ohio: Schmul Publishing Co., 1967. Note: All Sermons Must Be Read. Collins, Kenneth J. John Wesley: A Theological Journey. Nashville, Tennessee: Abingdon Press, 2003. Collins, Kenneth J. The Theology of John Wesley: Holy Love and the Shape of Grace (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2007). Collins, Kenneth J. and Tyson, John H.. Conversion in the Wesleyan Tradition (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2001)https://place.asburyseminary.edu/syllabi/3511/thumbnail.jp

DO 690 John Wesley’s Theology Today

Course Description and Objectives: The course will explore the theology of John Wesley in terms of his doctrine of salvation. Principal attention will be given to the following elements: 1) the nature of justification, 2) the significance of Wesley’s Aldersgate experience, 3) the new birth, 4) assurance 5) the faith of a servant, and 6) Christian perfection. In terms of methodology, the course will proceed in a Socratic and dialogical manner as it entertains an array of possible meanings of selected texts. This process, intense in many ways, should enhance the ability of students not only to understand the thought of Wesley in greater depth in its eighteenth-century context, but also to think historically and critically. Moreover, the course will be attentive to current scholarly interpretations of Wesley’s soteriology and will assess such judgments in light of the primary evidence. All the tasks of the course, then, will concern exploring Wesley’s practical divinity in terms of its relevance for twenty first-century theology and ministry.https://place.asburyseminary.edu/syllabi/3588/thumbnail.jp

CH 505 The Reformation

Bainton, Roland, Here I Stand: A Life of Martin Luther. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1950. Spitz, Lewis W., The Renaissance and Reformation Movements: Vol 2, The Reformation. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1987. McGrath, Alister E., Reformation Thought: An Introduction. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House, 1993.https://place.asburyseminary.edu/syllabi/1580/thumbnail.jp

CH 501 Church History I

Bettenson, Henry. Documents of the Christian Church. New York: Oxford University Press, 1967. (Second Edition) Gonzalez, Justo L. The Story of Christianity, Vol. 1. San Francisco: Harper/Collins Publishers, 1984. Kerr, Hugh T. ed. Readings in Christian Thought. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1989. Walton, Robert C. Chronological and Background Charts of Church History. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan Publishing House, 1986.https://place.asburyseminary.edu/syllabi/1943/thumbnail.jp

Book Notes

Canonical Theism: A Proposal for Theology and the Church William Abraham, Jason Vickers, and Natalie Van Kirk, eds. 2008. 352pp., paper, $36.00 Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing, Co. Reviewed by Kenneth J. Collins John Wesley\u27s Ecclesiology: A Study in its Sources and Development Gwang Seok Oh 2008. 324 pp., paper;$50.00 Lanham, Maryland: The Scarecrow Press Reviewed by Kenneth J. Collins Early Evangelicalism: A Global Intellectual History, 1670-1789 W.R. Ward 2006. 226pp., paper, $88.00 Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press Reviewed by Kenneth J. Collin