神学文学硕士

This course will examine the essential methods and resources for the academic study of theology with attention given to research methods for projects that do not require an academic thesis. 识别程序, 提出, 研究, 组织, 写作, and defending the thesis or project will be covered as students are guided in beginning their research.

This course will give an introduction to historical theology and a survey of the development of the theological formulations of the church with an emphasis on "challenges to 正统的y" laid upon the church at various times and the role such events played in the church's confessional responses to enhance the student's understanding of the church's theological and doctrinal tasks today.

通过对基督教会主要信条的研究, this course will center on the Ecumenical Creeds and the Book of Concord as other confessional documents will be considered in relationship to these confessional statements. The historical setting and theological content of these documents will be explored along with their contemporary use and application. Students seeking ministry certification in The Lutheran Church―Missouri Synod (LCMS) should take THL 510 而不是这门课.

本研讨会课程将涵盖佳能, 圣经默示, and major themes in the Old and New Testaments using appropriate exegetical methods for interpreting various literary genres within the Bible.

This course will explore morality and ethics in light of scriptural teachings concerning creation and redemption as students are oriented to the main approaches, 传统的和现代的, 非圣经哲学伦理学以及基督教信仰如何与这些方法相互作用. The significance for ethics of the Lutheran confessional distinction between God’s left and right hand rule will be explored in depth as students pursue an ethics research project tailored to their overall master's program.

In this course students will pursue graduate-level study of systematic doctrinal theology from a biblical perspective through the survey of loci, i.e., 的话题, 教义神学, and consider the nature and task of theological 反映ion; responsibilities and qualities of a theologian; and key topics in theological 反映ion such as the Person and Work of Christ, 的理由, 律法与福音, 三位一体, 创建, 神的话语, 最后的东西, 基督教的职业, 以及基督教会的生活. Special attention will be given to recognizing and characterizing the church-related context in which and for which theology is undertaken.