Systematic Theology:
Fundamentals of Christian Theology for the 21st Century
Feb. 5- May 7, 2010
Dr. Winston Persaud, class facilitator

Course Schedule

Orientation Conference call Tuesday February 2 at 7:30 PM Central Time: You will be enrolled in the course site a few days before the orientation phone call. Please take the orientation week (Feb. 1-5) to explore the course site.  There are a number of tasks to do during the orientation time: update your profile, introduce yourself in the “Getting to Know You” forum, and indicating your choice about “Why are you taking this course?” You can’t hurt anything, click around the course homepage and explore!  There will also be an orientation phone call with the course facilitator on Tuesday Feb.2 at 7:30 PM Central Time. You will receive instructions for that call by email.

Weekly course guide:

Sometime Friday through Sunday…
•    Watch the lectures for the session
•    Read any assigned readings
•    Post your thoughts in the discussion essay forum
Monday through Tuesday
•    Read the forum postings
•    Respond to 2 of your classmates in the discussion essay forum with a 1-3 sentence response
•    Post your thoughts in the key question forum
By Thursday evening of each week
•    Read  the forum postings
•    In the key question forum respond to at least 2 other participants with  1-3
sentences.

Variation: Sessions 4 and 9
In these 2 sessions instead of the second forum, there will be a live chat for 1 hour on Tuesday evening at 7:30 PM Central Time.

Final Paper
For those taking this course for preparation for the AiM roster or for any other certification, the final paper is due May 21, 2010, two weeks after the completion of the course.

Course Sessions
Prolegomena
Session 1 — Theology and Christian Identity:  Introduction and Approach
    Dr. Winston D. Persaud, Wartburg Seminary
Session 2 — Revelation and the History of Religions        
Dr. Kristin K. Largen    Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg    
Session 3 — Revelation and Scripture            
Dr. Faye E. Schott – Lutheran Seminary Program in the Southwest/Austin

First Article — Creation
Session 4 — A Biblical, Trinitarian Theology of Creation       
Dr. Theodore ‘Ted’ F. Peters – Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary
Session 5 —Trinitarian Doctrine of God                
Dr. Cheryl Meese Peterson – Trinity Lutheran Seminary
Session 6 — Anthropology: Image of God – Sin and Evil                 
 Dr. Richard J. Perry, Jr. – Lutheran School of Theology, Chicago    

Second Article
Session 7 — Who is Jesus Christ?:  Jesus, the Messiah                
Dr. Duane A. Priebe, Wartburg Seminary
Session 8 — What Has God Done in Jesus Christ? : Jesus Died for Our Sins According to Scripture        
Dr. Jose David Rodriguez - Lutheran School of Theology, Chicago
Session 9 Trinitarian Theology of the Cross            
Dr. Phil L. Ruge-Jones, Texas Lutheran University

Third Article
Session 10 —The Holy Spirit, The Lord and Giver of Life    
Dr. Lois Malcolm – Luther Seminary
Session 11 — Word, Sacrament, and the Church        
Dr. Michael J. Root – Southern Seminary
Session 12 — Eschatology: New Life in the Spirit        
             Dr. Ann Fritschel, Wartburg Seminary