27 courses with the subject CHT, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
A survey of the various expressions of the Holiness Pentecostal movement in America. Special emphasis is placed on the manifestation of that movement within the African American churches.
This course introduces the student to the history of the Baptist movement in America, with special attention to the persons who played key roles in the movement's inception and growth. Attention is also given to the doctrinal emphasis of the movement and its governance.
This course introduces the student to the history of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, placing special emphasis on the persons and events that contributed to the inception and progress of the denomination.
Global (3 hrs.) PTH 141: Intro TSE 110 Systematic Ia or Elective Pastoral Care (3 hrs.) (3 hrs.) (9 hrs.) (3 hrs.) (6or 9 hrs.) (6 hrs.) Total: 24 or 27 hours
This course will be structured to understand the distinction and variety of religion in the United States of America. We will study indigenous religions, Eastern religions and analyze how religion has developed in the diverse sociohistorical contexts of predominately Protestant Christian North America. We will have dialogue and assignments to assess how religion is lived currently and how it shapes and influences society. Pre-requisite: CHT 115 and 55 completed hours.
This course will provide a cursory introductory survey of African Christianity in antiquity and early modernity before reviewing and analyzing the significant religious experiences unique to African American Churches. Special attention is given to the social, political, spiritual and cultural dynamics that influence religious expressions in those churches. 86
A study of certain major movements in American religious life, such as Jehovah's Witnesses, Seventh Day Adventists, Mormons, and Christian Scientists.
This course is a study of the origins, organization, religious life and key ideas, outreach, events, and figures in the development of United Methodism. The course aims at enabling the student to understand and evaluate United Methodism, in light of its antecedent organizations and those broader traditions historically related to the United Methodist Church; to participate responsibly in the leadership and growth of the United Methodist Church; and from an informed understanding of United Methodism, to become engaged perceptively in the ecumenical dialogue. For United Methodist students, this course meets the requirement of the Discipline for a course on United Methodist History.
This course provides an advanced survey of Christianity in its Mediterranean context from its beginnings to the rise of Islam. Participants in the course will examine the lives of significant women and men in the development of popular movements and institutions. The course will cover such topics as martyrdom, persecution, church and state, orthodoxy and heresy, asceticism, and monasticism. An aim of the course will be to trace the development of various regional traditions of Christianity, for example, in Gaul, Ethiopia, Roman Africa, and the Persian frontier.
This course explores the role of black women in ministry in the Christian Church. This class will be both historical and contemporary in focus. In addition to studying important personalities, attention will be given to analyzing institutional structures, theological concerns, and socio-political issues relevant to women engaged in ministry in the Black Church.
This course is designed to be an introduction to the study of the portrayal of the history of Christianity in major motion pictures. Students will use historical and theological criticism to critique films in terms of their composition, historicity and theological message.
The course provides a basic background on historical and contemporary perspectives on death, dying, and the afterlife. In particular, this course will focus on exploring the presence of death as a universal for cross-cultural analysis; as a multivalent symbol in Western Christian history; and as a contested site of meaning in American culture. Topics discussed in this course include beliefs regarding death held by the world’s major religions, the evolution of attitudes toward death and the afterlife in western society, the process of grieving, ethical concerns surrounding the topics of death and dying, and the manner in which hospitals shape the end of life. 87
The Methodist movement began as a caucus within the Church of England. Caucuses today are view by some as little more than political nuisances. However, caucuses are vital to maintaining the relevancy of the church in today’s world for they inform the church bureaucracy of where the people at the grassroots want the church to go. This course will examine the history of caucuses within the Methodist movement including the movement itself within the Church of England, the abolitionist cause as a caucus, and the Women’s Christian Temperance Union. It will spend a majority of time on the recent uptake in the number of caucuses present since the formation of The United Methodist Church. It will seek to explain the context of each caucus’s origin and the sudden increase in the number of political caucuses, particularly around the topic of sexuality.
This course is a study of the most important of John Wesley’s Standard Sermons. Students will learn about John Wesley’s style of preaching and exegesis, identify the core theological emphases present in his sermons, and explore ways in which these sermons are still relevant to the modern Church. These sermons, which are protected by the Constitution of the United Methodist Church as a doctrinal standard, contain the heart of Wesleyan theology. While this class does not fulfill the requirement of the Discipline for a course on United Methodist Doctrine, it is an excellent elective option for students seeking ordination in that denomination.
This course is a chronological study of how women have been viewed in the history of Christianity. It also examines selected lives and works of women across the history of Christianity.
This course investigates the role of religion, particularly Christianity, in the struggle for the civil rights of African Americans from the founding of the nation to the present.
The specific denominational study is determined by the needs of the students, and is arranged in consultation with the faculty of the area, with approval of the Academic Dean.
Such studies are arranged in consultation with the academic advisor and the faculty of the area, with the approval of the Academic Dean. Pre-requisite: CHT 115
Special topics to be determined by area faculty. Pre-requisite: CHT 115.
This course will survey the history of women in American Methodism. Beginning with Susannah Wesley, we will examine prominent women such as Jarena Lee, Frances Willard, Georgia Harkness, and others who helped shape American Methodism. We will discern how their efforts continue to affect Methodism today. We will also discuss the more general role of women and gender within the movement’s history. This course will ask and answer questions such as: How have Methodists understood the role of gender? How have American Methodist women’s role changed over time? What is the role of women in the future of the Methodist movement? 88
This course is an examination of the role that religious groups and religious ideologies played in American culture during the years surrounding the Civil War. Special attention will be given to understanding the ways that the War transformed American culture and religious identity, the role that religious bodies played in supporting and promoting war efforts, Abraham Lincoln’s religiosity, and the intersection of religious identity and abolitionism, African American resistance, and white supremacy during that period.
The Wesleyan way of salvation and its impact on some of the Africans who heard it in pre- Revolutionary British colonies through the nineteenth century will be explored in this courses. This courses is designed to examine significant figures, developments, movements and documents that illustrate the earliest African converts to Methodism. This survey course will examine the development of African Methodism in the United States and the Americas.
This course will examine the history of Christianity, science and technology, beginning from ancient Greek philosophy to the development of modern science. Scientific developments will be traced chronologically to their connection to cultural, historical and religious history in the Eastern and Western world. Students will also explore the roots of the supposed conflict between science and religion. Furthermore, this course will provide readings that evaluate how science and religion have both periodically functioned to uphold imperialism and support the exploitation of marginalized populations. Finally, the course aims to assist students transform spaces of worship where science is relevant, complementary, and important to Christian perspectives. 89
If America is a melting pot, what does this mean for Christianity in America? This course will focus on African Americans’ direct and indirect shaping of various theological and confessional traditions in the United States. The emphasis is on the predominantly African American denominations, but the course will also explore the impact on denominations in which African Americans are a statistically small minority. But the history of African American traditions will be a starting point, a model case. Beyond the story of Black and White in American Christianity, we shall consider other strands of the tapestry of American pluralistic society, seeking stories of the richness that pluralism has brought to American Christianity. How do we capture the benefits and address the problems? 119
What are Christians to do with TV, radio, the movies, or the Internet? What do Christians do with political involvement in domestic and foreign policy? To what extent is any Christian’s life, any Christian’s institution a product of culture, and to what degree ought it to participate in and influence culture? Students will explore the historical development of formal and informal attitudes toward culture within their own traditions, denominationally and locally. Through sharing of traditions and broader examination of these developments in the history of Christianity, students will be able to broaden and deepen their ministerial strategies for the contexts in which they find themselves.
Justice and Equality in the African-American and African Diasporic Experience. 2 Hours This course examines the historic and strategic interconnections of the methodology of abolitionists and contemporary activists in their efforts to address ethical issues related to privilege, identity, oppression, poverty, diversity and social justice. The socio-economic contexts of 18th and 19th century abolitionists and leaders in the Civil War and Reconstruction; 20th century leaders of the Harlem Renaissance; anti-colonial efforts on the African continent; USA civil rights protests, and 21st century Black Lives Matter activists will be examined. The historic and contemporary roles of media and social media in coalition building at the local, regional and global levels will be also explored.
Source: Hood Theological Seminary's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 61
