REPH 102:世界宗教(3学时-秋季)
World Religions includes a historical survey of major non-Christian religions with a view to discover the conceptual, 道德, 每种信仰的仪式和象征性表达. The course will cover Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Judaism and Islam among others.
REPH 111:道德导论(3学时-秋季)
这门课程包括词汇分析, presuppositions and principles basic to moral evaluation and exploration of the major options in normative ethics as they are applied to selected issues in ethics.
REPH 156:旧约调查(3学时-秋季)
This course is a survey of the basic historical and theological events and themes of the Old Testament.
REPH 157: New Testament Survey (3 credit hours – Fall and Spring)
This course is a survey of the basic historical and theological events and themes of the New Testament. Broad themes will be identified as the writings are explored for the Christian content, the historical and hermeneutical background and the meaning for contemporary life.
REPH 200: United Methodist Heritage (3 credit hours – On demand)
This course is a survey of the history, polity and doctrine of the United Methodist Church. It is designed especially for students majoring in Family and Youth Ministry who are seeking certification with the United Methodist Church. 联合卫理公会要求认证.
REPH 201: Introduction to 哲学 (3 credit hours – Even year Spring)
This course is a critical inquiry into some of the basic topics of philosophy, 包括认识论, 真理的问题, 演绎逻辑和归纳逻辑, 人类的本性, 历史意义, 伦理和上帝的存在.
REPH 225:精神形成(3学时-春季)
This course will explore spiritual disciplines and will examine ways to nurture growth in faith in persons of all ages. The class will be both theoretical and experiential in nature.
REPH 252:先知(3学时-奇数年春季)
探索希伯来预言的本质, the prophetic movement and its literature with special attention paid to the socio-political context of the prophetic word and its meaning for our day.
REPH 258:耶稣和他的教导(3学时-秋季)
The class will explore the life and sayings of Jesus within the socio-historical context of the gospel writings in order to understand His message, its interpretation in 教会 and meaning for the present.
REPH 259: Paul and His Teachings (3 credit hours – Even year Spring)
The course is an investigation of Paul’s writings in their historical settings in order to understand Paul, the development of his thought and the meaning of his witness to the contemporary church.
REPH 300: 哲学 of Science (3 Credit hours – Odd year Fall)
This course is designed to provide an overview to some of the major philosophical and epistemological issues in science, 包括理性和客观性, 因果关系, 感应, 概率, 可验证性以及科学与宗教的关系. Prerequisite: REPH 201 or BIOL101 or higher, or CHEM120 or higher or PHYS118 or higher.
REPH 306: Survey of Church History (3 credit hours – Odd year Spring)
This course acts as an overview to the events and theology of church history from the ecumenical councils through the modern church. 本课程将着重于形成神学, 文化, 教会历史中的社会学和历史因素.
REPH 310:美学(3学时-甚至是春季)
This course is an examination of visual culture as well as a historical and conceptual overview of the major thinkers in aesthetic value theory, 涵盖了美和人类创造力的重要性. This class involves extensive student activity outside the confines of the classroom. Special emphasis is placed upon the reading of primary texts Prerequisite: REPH111 or REPH201.
REPH 312: 哲学 of Religion (3 credit hours – Odd year Spring)
The course includes a critical survey of such problems as the nature of religion and the meaning of religious experience, 神秘主义, 宗教象征和仪式, 上帝的存在, 宗教语言的功能, 邪恶的, 痛苦, 死亡, 不朽和宗教追求的意义.
REPH 315:基督教信仰(3学时-秋季)
This course will consist of a systematic philosophy of the topics central to Christian thought, 包括三一, 耶稣基督的重要性, 教会, 圣礼, 圣灵和圣经.
REPH 455:高级研讨会(3学时-按需)
The seminar is a capstone course for Junior or Senior Religion majors. It will concentrate on either a Biblical topic or a theological topic agreed upon in advance by the professor and students. Prerequisite: Completion of at least 15 credit hours of the major or by permission of the instructor.
REPH 460:实习(3-12学时-按需)
This course provides an opportunity to work actively and to try new skills, 以及观察, 在专业的事工环境中评估和学习. This course can be taken up to three times if each experience is different. See Internships under Alternative Means to Academic Credit for further guidelines.
REPH 485:选择主题(3学时-按需)
This course provides the opportunity for intensive study of special topics and selected materials in Religion and/or 哲学. Under different subtitles this course may be repeated for credit. 可能的主题包括过程神学, 圣经研究方法, 电影中的宗教, 美国的宗教, 女权主义神学和解放神学.
REPH 490:独立研究(可变信贷-按需)
Independent Study consists of research, reading or other scholarly investigation or creative work. See Independent Study under Alternate Means to Academic Credit, for a more detailed description.
