Lesson One
Understanding Our Task: Defining and Locating “Theology”
2 Activities | 1 Assessment
Lesson Two
Method: The Word of God as Source and Norm of Theology
2 Activities | 1 Assessment
Lesson Three
The Word of God: Jesus Christ, Scripture, and Proclamation
2 Activities | 1 Assessment
Lesson Four
Scripture, Tradition, Reason, Experience: The Four Traditional Sources of Theology and Their Merits
2 Activities | 1 Assessment
Lesson Five
On the Relationship Between Theology and Philosophy
2 Activities | 1 Assessment
Lesson Six
Election
2 Activities | 1 Assessment
Lesson Seven
Trinity
2 Activities | 1 Assessment
Lesson Eight
The Church
2 Activities | 1 Assessment
Lesson Nine
Humanity and Sin
2 Activities | 1 Assessment
Lesson Ten
The Work of Christ
2 Activities | 1 Assessment
Lesson Eleven
The Person of Christ
2 Activities | 1 Assessment
Lesson Twelve
The Holy Spirit
2 Activities | 1 Assessment
Lesson Thirteen
Creation
2 Activities | 1 Assessment
Lesson Fourteen
Last Things
2 Activities | 1 Assessment
Lesson Fifteen
Theology Today
1 Activity | 1 Assessment
Course Wrap-Up
Course Completion
1 Activity | 1 Assessment
Objectives
Lesson Objectives
When you complete this lesson, you should be able to do the following:
- Orient the discipline of theological study exegetically from John 1:18.
- Define “theology” etymologically.
- Define “theology” historically.
- Define “theology” descriptively.
- Explain the relationship between theological studies and religious studies.
As you proceed through this lesson have the following question in mind.
What assumptions about “theology” do you bring to this class?