15 courses with the subject TS, 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.
Two Biblical Studies Electives with Greek and/or Hebrew Exegesis……................. 6 Total Credit Hours Second Year: 17 Third Year (Including the optional J-Terms in January and June-July) HS/HT 643 History and Theology of Wesleyan Holiness Pentecostal Movements...3
Courses in Concentration or General Electives*..........................................................6 *Students not declaring an area of concentration Total Credit Hours Third Year: 18 Fourth Year (Including Optional J-Terms in January and June-July)
The participants in this course will study the person and work of Jesus Christ and will examine the history of the controversies in this area. The atoning work is considered in terms of the Old Testament preparation, the New Testament enactment and the Church’s proclamation.
This course is a study of the person and work of the Holy Spirit with special emphasis on the Pentecostal experience from the perspective of classical Pentecostalism. This course seeks to enable the student to assess issues raised by contemporary Spirit movements.
The participants will study the doctrine of salvation and focus on the Biblical presentation and modern theological developments of the same.
The aim of this course will be to facilitate a reappropriation and/or deepening of the understanding and experience associated with the doctrine of sanctification. Other Christian positions will be assessed in relation to typical Holiness-Pentecostal concerns. Freudian and Marxist insights will be used to develop an approach which takes seriously individual and social evil. Implications for the doctrine of salvation, church discipline, church structure, and church policies will be worked out by means of readings, discussions, case studies, research and lectures.
An examination of the theological and historical development of the doctrine and practice of divine healing from the Biblical period to the present. Emphasis is placed upon its significance for the 19th century 158
This course will study the biblical doctrine of the church in a historical and theological perspective. Emphasis will be given to the models and the images of the Church throughout history and how these may enrich one’s understanding and experience of the church today.
A biblical view of last things is related to contemporary options in eschatology. The course seeks to provide a basis for a balanced, hopeful eschatological doctrine, and a critique of modern themes.
This course places philosophy and theology in dialog so that students may understand the perennial relevance of the issues raised in both disciplines and learn to critically evaluate their own theology in the light of these issues. TS/CO 751 Spirituality, Religion and Mental Health in Counseling This course concerns the competencies for counseling in regards to spirituality, religion and value in counseling. Theological constructs from a faith-based, Wesleyan-Pentecostal perspective are correlated with counseling practices. Professional and ethical issues are integrated in counseling theory and practice. The course dialogues over the seminal historical and theological treatises where religion and mental health intersect.
This course accents the dynamic and ongoing interaction between the development and articulation of Christian theology in conversation with surrounding culture or cultures. It focuses on theological experience and traces the use of experience in theological constructs and in light of Wesleyan Pentecostal theology. Experiences in cultural context highlight theological issues of geography, ethnicity, economics, gender, race, science and religion, etc. This course looks at theological principles for constructing contextual theology and introduces the student to different streams of contextual theology, including representative proponents or practitioners. The course addresses contextual theological issues raised for present-day Wesleyan-Pentecostal theology and spirituality. 159
Electives ......................................................................................................................10 J-Term (January, June or July) - Optional Total Credit Hours Second Year: 25 Total MTS-Pentecostal Theology Program Requirements: 48 Credit Hours TYPICAL MTS-PENTECOSTAL THEOLOGY SEQUENCE (Part-Time Study)
STUDIES IN THE LIFE AND MINISTRY OF THE
Source: Pentecostal Theological Seminary's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 59
