Dogmatics
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DM1000 Introduction to Christian Theology
This course introduces students to different systematic approaches in Christian theology, using classic, modern, and contemporary theological texts.
DM1001 Dogmatics I
This course is designed to provide an understanding of the foundation of theology, which includes faith and reason, revelation and scripture, the doctrine of God as Creator, the human person created in the image of God, and the doctrine of sin. Contemporary issues in theology of creation and Christian anthropology will also be treated.
DM1002 Dogmatics II
This course is designed to provide an understanding of the doctrine of God as Redeemer, the person and work of Jesus Christ, and the sanctifying work of the Holy Spirit. The doctrine of the Church and theology of Sacraments will be treated as well.
DM2000/HT2000 Theology of Augustine
See HT2000.
DM2001/HT2001 Theology of Martin Luther
See HT2001.
DM2002/HT2003 Ante-Nicene Patristic Apologetics
This course introduces the apologetic writings of the early Church Fathers of the first three centuries, how they explained Christian doctrines and defended the faith in facing the challenges of Judaism, heresies, and paganism, and how their arguments pioneered systematic theology.
DM2003 Ecclesiology and Sacramental Theology
This course is designed to provide a theological understanding of Christian beliefs about the church and the sacraments.
DM2004 Christology and Soteriology
This course is designed to provide a theological understanding of Christian beliefs about the person and work of Jesus Christ and various approaches to election, atonement, and salvation.
DM3000/HT3002 Lutheran Confessions
See HT3002.
DM3001/HT3003 Christian Confessions
See HT3003.
DM3002 Theological Methodology
An examination of theological methods of various schools and outstanding theologians. (Required for those writing an M.Th. thesis in the area of Systematic Theology.)
DM3003 Philosophy for Understanding Theology
This course deals with the central ideas of Western philosophy and clarifies how Christian theologians systematically explained fundamental differences between Christian theology and pagan philosophies.
DM3004 Asian Theology
A study of, and reflection on, some representative Asian theologians and their background and method of doing theology. Different types of Asian theology are emphasized.
DM3005/RC3003 Theology of Religions
See RC3003.
DM3006 Contemporary Theology
This course seeks to investigate important currents and major figures in the contemporary theological scene.
DM3007/RC3004 Contextual Theology
An examination of the theories, methods, and hermeneutical tasks involved in doing contextual theology, focusing on case studies for illustration.
DM3008/HT3000 Contextual Luther Studies in Asia
See HT3000.
DM3009 Feminist Theology
A study of current issues and developments in Feminist Theology.
DM3010/SW3004 Spirituality and Theology of Icons
See SW3004.
DM3011/SW3005 Apophatic Theology and Centering Prayer
See SW3005.
DM3012/SW3006/HT3004 Women Mysticism and Mystics
See SW3006.
DM3013/RC3005 Globalization and Secularization
See RC3005.
DM3014/SW3018 Theology of Christian Spirituality
See SW3018.
DM3015/HT3001 Luther Interpretations
See HT3001.
DM3016/HT3006 Roman-Catholic Theology
A study of Roman Catholic Theology in its development through history, with a particular focus on the changes since the Second Vatican Council.
DM3017/HT3005 History of Christian Denominations and Ecumenism
See HT3005.
DM3018/RC3007 Public Theology
See RC3007.
DM3019/NT3024 Holy Spirit in the New Testament
See NT3024.
DM3020 Defending the Faith
This course clarifies the fundamental questions of truth-claims of Christianity: the existence of God and the authority of the Bible, and introduces the methods of how to distinguish the divine truth of Christianity from falsity and defend Christian faith based on the Biblical truth and reasoning, and equips Christians to engage the world in terms of faith seeking understanding.