G-38 TALBOT
SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY
World Missions
JCS 520 Interpersonal and Intercultural Adjustment (3) Issues relating to intercultural living with focus on personal and interpersonal ad justment with nationals and other missionaries; language, value conflicts, sta tus and role, culture shock, stereotypes, cul tural limitations and related topics. JCS 622 Intercultural Communication (3) Principles and processes of communicat ing from one culture to another. Focus on different perceptions, ways of thinking, val ues, non-verbal expression, language ex pression and sub-groups within a culture as they relate to the media and the message. JCS 791-792 Field Practicum (2, 2) A program designed to give experience in various phases of intercultural ministry. Field involvement 100 hours each semester, and regular meeting for reporting and dis cussion. Prerequisite: 64 units of the M.Div. degree program for ICS 791 and 80 hours for IC 792. Required for and limited to M.Div. students majoring in•missions. JCS 897-898 Research Seminar (1-4, 1-4) Supervised research into some problem of special interest to the student approved by the professor. May be taken for one semester or continued throughout the year with the same problem under considera tion. Elective for Th.M. students; others by departmental permission. HISTORYAND THEOWGY OF MISSIONS HTM 546 History of the Expansion of Christianity (3) The background, origin, development and spread of the Christian faith from the apostolic period until today. Emphasis will be given to the modern era, especially con temporary growth dynamics in Africa, Asia and Latin America. HTM 550 Christianity and Culture (3) Anthropology approach to Christian theolo gizing; interrelationships between supracultur al Christianity and human cultures. Focus on conversion, revelation, communication, trans formation, indigeneity and other related topics. HTM 555 Introduction to World Missions (2-3) The nature of Christian outreach; a study of principles, history, and methodolo gy of worldwide missions. Required for M.Div. students.
A Division ofThe School ofIntercultural Studies
OT 805-806 Exegesis ofJeremiah and Ezekial (3, 3) Consideration of the historical background of these prophets, a treatment of the Messian ic predictions of each book and emphasis on the textual and interpretative problems of the books. Prerequisite: OT 705. Elective for Th.M. students; others by department permission.* OT 807 Old Testament Textual Criticism (2) A study of the Massoretic notes, the parallel passages and the versions with ex planation of the variations. Prerequisite: OT 705. Elective for Th.M. students; others by departmental permission.* OT 811 Seminar in Semitic Languages (2-4) Introductory grammatical studies in Ugaritic, Arabic, Akkadian, Syriac or Modern Hebrew; readings in ancient Hebrew and Aramaic inscriptions; or other advanced Semitic studies. Prerequisite: OT 705 and departmental permission. Elective for Th.M. students; others by de partmental permission. May be repeated for credit with different emphasis.* OT 812 Readings in the Septuagint (2) A survey of the origin, nature and value of the Greek Old Testament with a reading of selected portions and comparison with the Hebrew text. Investigation of the meth ods of the translators. Prerequisite: OT 705, NT 502 and departmental permission. Elective for Th.M. students; others by de partmental permission.* OT 880 Old Testament Seminar (2-4) Detailed research in some phase of the Old Testament field, such as exegesis, spe cihc topics in history and introduction, or ar chaeology of selected geographical areas. Prerequisite: OT 705 and departmental per mission. Elective for Th.M. students; others by departmental permission. May be re peated for credit with different emphasis.* OT 891-892 Research Seminar (3,2) Discussion and application of the central areas of Old Testament research and related fields of study. Instruction in research, in cluding the identification of a problem, the steps undertaken to resolve a problem, and writing the results. Required for the first semesteroftheTh.M. (0.T) program. A second semester may be taken to continue research in the area of interest. * *Electives are offered by rotation and on request.
Lloyd Kwast, D.Miss., Chair
FACULTY Professors: Cook, Kwast, S. Lingenfelter Associate Professors: Dollar, Kraft, Liao, J. Lingenfelter
OBJECTIVES The minister is faced with cross-cultural challenges in the community and congrega tion, is expected to provide a degree of mis sion vision to the congregation, and will likely recruit people for missions. The mis sionary needs cross-cultural training along with theological training. The church needs a true vision for evangelism and worldwide mission. The program of this de partment is designed to provide such train ing based on Biblical principles that have been proven valuable in cross-cultural min istry, missions, and human services. Any Talbot student may take elective courses through the School of Intercultural Studies. Students in the Master of Divinity or Master ofTheology programs with a major in missions are required to take ICS 502, 520, HTM 640, 751, SIM 560 and 661. Students in the Master of Ministry program with an em phasis in missions, are required to take HTM 546, 640, 751, SIM 560 and 661. Students should plan to take SIM 570 and HTM 640 as early in their study program as possible. Mission majors should plan to take as many electives as possible from the courses listed below. For a complete list of courses and course descriptions see the School of lntercultural Studies in the university catalog. COURSES INTERCULTURAL STUDIES JCS 502 Social Organization (3) Cross-cultural study of the basic human groups of family, kin and community, engag ing the student in field methodology and re search, and application of principles and data of social organization to mission strategy. JCS 510 General Linguistics (3) The study of descriptive linguistics and its relevancy in language learning and Bible translation.
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