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COURSE DESCRIPTIONS:
| ECN 3810 |
THEO 2620 |
THEO 3601 |
THEO 3610 |
THEO 3630 |
THEO 3640 |
THEO 4602 |
THEO 4603 |
THEO 4610 |
THEO 4620 |
THEO 4940 |
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| ECN 3810: () Offerings |
| Prerequisite: THEO 2620. Investigates faith-based community economic development programs, such as those founded by John Perkins. Students will work on a small business project. Some sessions of this class will be held off campus in central Seattle. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
Restrictions:Freshman students are excluded. |
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| THEO 2620: () Offerings |
| This course provides an overview of the city in contemporary society. It introduces the student to the vocabulary, strategies, models, and theological foundations for urban ministry. |
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| THEO 3601: () Offerings |
| Studies how the growing multiplicity of cultures affects the fabric of America, provides a theological framework for understanding ethnic differences, prepares students to minister among people different from themselves, and proposes a Christian response to multiculturalism. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| THEO 3610: () Offerings |
| Addresses practical issues of coping, bonding, lifestyle, family, religions, medical and economic development, evangelism, worship, and team building in another culture. Required for summer ministry teams. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| THEO 3630: () Offerings |
| Assists students in the development of a practical theology of holistic ministry. Insights gained through on-site visits and classroom interviews with practitioners are balanced by theology, missiology, and social theory through analysis, research, and critique. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| THEO 3640: () Offerings |
| This course gives students tools for systematic analysis and theological critique of a culture and empathetic encounter with other peoples. The class will explore culturally contextualized community development, health care, agriculture, microbusiness, evangelism, leadership development, music, ethnotheology, and skills for coping with culture stress. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| THEO 4602: () Offerings |
| This course will deal with contemporary issues facing Latin American Christians, with attention to history, theology, ethnicities, ministry among the poor, and contextualized Christian witness. Hispanics in the Pacific Northwest will also be a focus. Field experience in Spanish-speaking churches in Metro Seattle will be part of the class. Offered alternate years. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| THEO 4603: () Offerings |
| This course will deal with contemporary issues facing Asian and African Christians, with attention to history, theology, ethnicities, ministry among the poor, and contextualized Christian witness. Field experience in African and Asian churches in Metro Seattle will be part of the class. Offered alternate years. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| THEO 4610: () Offerings |
| Primal religions: Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Confucianism, Taoism, and Shinto are explored. Each faith is set in philosophical and cultural context. Applications for effective Christian witness are developed, showing appreciation for the faiths and contrasting with them. Common elements that Christianity shares with each faith are suggested. Apologetic bases for contrasting Christian faith with others are delineated. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| THEO 4620: () Offerings |
| Prerequisites: THEO 2620 and THEO 3630, 3640, or 4610. This course studies the complexity of 21st-Century urban culture, including systems such as health care, media, social services, politics, education, entertainment, business, as well as the influence of various ethnic, religious, and social groups and their values. Students will identify their own cultural biases and assumptions and develop a personal theology of urban ministry. This course is an interdisciplinary course utilizing theology and the social sciences. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| THEO 4940: () Offerings |
| Prerequisites: 25 credits in theology coursework at SPU; current enrollment as a major or minor in the School of Theology. May be repeated for credit up to 15 credits. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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