TH021-508 - Doctrines of the Holy Spirit, Grace and Hope: An Introduction

  • 1,856 Standard Tuition Fee
  • 8
    Credit Points
  • 0.083 EFT 
  • 5
    AQF level
  • Category foundational unit
    A
  • theologyUnit Discipline

Exclusions

Prior to 2020, this unit content was delivered under the unit code TH211-100.

 

Exclusion: TH009

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will

A. Know and understand

Demonstrate Foundational knowledge and understanding of the doctrine of the Holy Spirit, grace and eschatology.

B. Be able to

1. Outline the doctrine of the Holy Spirit, grace and the Christian hope

2. Recognise the issues arising from the doctrine of the Holy Spirit, grace and hope

3. Present Organised evidence-based perspectives on the doctrine of the Holy Spirit, grace and hope

C. Be in a position to

1. Relate perspectives and skills from ‘Foundations of Holy Spirit, Grace and Hope’ to contemporary Christian living and ministry contexts

Content

1.    The Holy Spirit: person and work. 
2.    The doctrines of grace: justification and sanctification, election, grace, regeneration and renewal, law and works in Christian life.
3.    Church and ministry: biblical images, marks, mission and the Kingdom of God, major developments and issues in the forms of ministry.
4.    The means of grace: prayer, Word and sacraments, sacramental principles, baptism and the Lord’s Supper.
5.    The Christian hope, the last judgement, heaven and hell. 

Set Readings

Set Readings

Allison, G. & Köstenberger, A. The Holy Spirit. Theology for the People of God. Nashville: B & H Academic, 2020.

Armstrong, J. H. (ed.), Understanding Four Views of Baptism (Grand Rapids: Zondervan: 2007).

Avis, P. (ed.), The Christian Church: An Introduction to the Major Traditions (London: SPCK, 2002).

Bloesch, D., The Last Things: Resurrection, Judgement and Glory, (Downers Grove IL: IVP, 2005).

Chan, Francis. Forgotten God: Reversing Our Tragic Neglect of the Holy Spirit. David C Cook, 2009.

Congar, Yves. I Believe in the Holy Spirit. Crossroad, 1998.

Frame, J., The Doctrine of the Christian Life: A Theology of Lordship (Phillipsburg NJ: P & R Publishing, 2008).

Goldsworthy, G., Prayer and the Knowledge of God (Leicester: IVP, 2004).

Green, Gene L., Stephen T. Pardue, and K. K. Yeo, The Spirit over the Earth: Pneumatology in the Majority World (Majority World Theology (MWT). Eerdmans, 2016.

Gundry, S. (ed).  Are Miraculous Gifts for Today? Four Views. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1996.

Harper, B. and P. L Metzger, Exploring Ecclesiology: An evangelical and Ecumenical Introduction (Grand Rapids: Brazos/Baker, 2009).

Holmes, C. The Holy Spirit. New Studies in Dogmatics. Grand Rapids: Zondervan Academic, 2015.

Kärkkäinen, V (ed).  2010.  The Holy Spirit and Salvation: The Sources of Christian Theology.  Louisville: John Knox.

Karkkainen, Veli-Matti. Pneumatology: The Holy Spirit in Ecumenical, International, and Contextual Perspective. Baker, 2002.

Kuyper, A.  1900.  The Work of the Holy Spirit, trans. H. De Vries.  New York: Funk and Wagnalls.  http://www.ccel.org/download.html?url=/ccel/kuyper/holy_spirit.pdf

Macchia, F. The Spirit-Baptized Church: A Dogmatic Inquiry.  London: T & T Clark, 2020.

Milne, B., The Message of Heaven and Hell: Grace and Destiny (Leicester: IVP 2002).

Rogers, E.   After the Spirit: A Constructive Pneumatology from Resources Outside the Modern West.  Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2005.

Welker, M. The Work of the Spirit: Pneumatology and Pentecostalism. Eerdmans, 2006.