Fall 2024 — September 23-27
Have you ever wondered what seminary classes were like? Try a class (or 2 or 3) for FREE!
Join us for Visit BST Week from September 23-27. Each day we are offering 1-2 opportunities where you can experience theological education FREE of charge. The only requirement: you must REGISTER.
The following courses and experiences are available to choose from. Simply follow the instructions, click the button(s), and complete the registration form(s). We can’t wait to see you September 23-27!
MONDAY, 9/23
Christian Zionism (BSHR-2200)
12:40-3:30pm (Hybrid)
The heightened Israeli/Palestinian conflict has been in the news since Hamas attacked a Israeli quibbutz on October 7, 2023. This class will review the history of zionism from biblical times to the current moment with an emphasis on the global Christian response(s).
LeAnn Snow Flesher
Paul Then and Now (BS-4805)
3:40-6:30pm (Hybrid)
As the first Christian documents, Paul’s letters offer a deep and illuminating insight into the study of Christian origins. Thus, analysis of the writings is essential to understanding the New Testament and the formation of Christianity. This course offers students an investigation into these documents from various interpretive perspectives. Special attention will be given to later Christian (mis)interpretations of Paul and his late Second Temple Jewish context.
Eric Sias
TUESDAY, 9/24
Bible, Culture, Power & Justice (BSHR-4650)
12:40-3:30pm (Hybrid)
This advanced seminar will explore how culture, power, and justice affect the ways we read the Bible will draw on global readings of the Bible as well as intentionally contextual readings from the United States, including womanist, feminist, Asian-American, Latina, Black and other hermeneutical approaches. To deepen our understanding of how all interpretation is contextual, we will also consider readings from the dominant androcentric, North Atlantic strands of history of interpretation and engage ethnography of reading. We will consider and perform biblical interpretation as ethical activity.
Laura Jean Torgerson
Gardner C. Taylor & His Homiletic Method (BS-4301)
3:40-6:30pm (Hybrid)
This course will focus on sermon preparation and delivery. Students will prepare sermon outlines, write sermons on one page which includes a clear thesis and argument(s), a compelling introduction and conclusion. As the instructor, I will help students with developing interesting topics that helps listeners appreciate the context and content of a biblical text.
Joseph Evans
WEDNESDAY, 9/25
Liderazgo (LIEQ-403)
Lilliana DaValle, 6:00-8:30pm (Online Only)
En este curso los estudiantes podrán adquirir herramientas para ejercer liderazgo pastoral en la iglesia y comunidad. El acercamiento al liderazgo utiliza como base la inteligencia emocional y el pensamiento sistémico. El curso consiste en un estudio de liderazgo contextual y un análisis de seis tipos de liderazgo efectivo.
Liderazgo (LIEQ-403)
6:00-8:30pm (Solo en línea)
En este curso los estudiantes podrán adquirir herramientas para ejercer liderazgo pastoral en la iglesia y comunidad. El acercamiento al liderazgo utiliza como base la inteligencia emocional y el pensamiento sistémico. El curso consiste en un estudio de liderazgo contextual y un análisis de seis tipos de liderazgo efectivo.
Lilliana DaValle
Old Testament Speaks Today (OT-1107)
5:10-8:00pm (Hybrid)
This course will provide a basic introduction to the study and message of the Old Testament. The successful student will have 1) acquired a socio-cultural and theological overview of the Hebrew Bible with focus on basic content, critical issues and exegetical and hermeneutical methodologies; as well as 2) developed a self-awareness concerning their/her/his own social location and its relationship to the reading, thinking, and doing of biblical, historical, and theological work; as well as 3) applied methods, theologies, and interpretations to contemporary social justice concerns. This course is for masters-level students. This course will be hybrid format.
Eric Sias
THURSDAY, 9/26
Restorative Justice in the Public Square (RSCE-4500)
6:10-9:00pm (Hybrid)
Restorative justice is an integral part of public theology embodied in the roles of ministry leaders to help our communities heal and thrive. Restorative justice, as a conceptual framework is rooted in ethical constructs of interactive accountability. How can the theoretical principles translate into re-envisioned praxis for public witness that extends beyond its criminal justice origins to include peace-building in public justice work? With guest speakers and interactive group work, students will probe issues and models to examine effective uses and potential for new paradigms.
Valerie Miles-Tribble
El libro de Job (LIEQ-200)
Fabio Colorado, 5:00-8:00pm (Online Only)
El Libro de Job es uno de los libros más interesantes y complejos del Antiguo Testamento. Escrito hace miles de años, el tema central sigue siendo presente: El sufrimiento. El personaje de Job y sus amigos debaten sobre el sufrimiento y como entender la relación entre sufrimiento y Dios. En este curso exploraremos el libro de Job en su contexto y en el contexto presente: ¿Tiene el libro de Job algo que decir sobre el sufrimiento actual? ¿Tiene el libro de Job una repuesta acerca del sufrimiento? ¿Qué pasa cuando a alguien “bueno” la pasan cosas malas? Todas estas preguntas recibirán nuestra atención a lo largo del curso.
El libro de Job (LIEQ-200)
5:00-8:00pm (Solo en línea)
El Libro de Job es uno de los libros más interesantes y complejos del Antiguo Testamento. Escrito hace miles de años, el tema central sigue siendo presente: El sufrimiento. El personaje de Job y sus amigos debaten sobre el sufrimiento y como entender la relación entre sufrimiento y Dios. En este curso exploraremos el libro de Job en su contexto y en el contexto presente: ¿Tiene el libro de Job algo que decir sobre el sufrimiento actual? ¿Tiene el libro de Job una repuesta acerca del sufrimiento? ¿Qué pasa cuando a alguien “bueno” la pasan cosas malas? Todas estas preguntas recibirán nuestra atención a lo largo del curso.
Fabio Colorado
FRIDAY, 9/27
Leading Diversity-Oriented Ministries (FTRS-3350)
10:30am-12:00pm (Hybrid)
As the values of diversity, equity, and inclusion further take hold in the Church in the United States, there will be a greater need for competent intercultural leaders. As with many other examples of effective leadership, leaders of diversity-oriented ministries must practice, preach, and live what they believe about diversity, equity, and inclusion of all kinds of people in keeping with the mission of Christ. The good news about intercultural leadership competencies is that they, through missiological praxis—reflection, self-awareness, shared learning experiences, application, and reflection–are accessible. Therefore, the Leading Diversity-Oriented Ministries Program aims to broaden and strengthen the intercultural competencies of church planters, pastoral leaders, ministry leaders, and higher education professionals. The program has the following objectives: (1) increase participants’ leadership capital; (2) equip them with knowledge, skills, tools, and experience; and (3) build capacity for their ministries to be diversity-oriented.
A. Brian Leander
Lessons from James Baldwin: Life, Love, Lies, Liberation (RS-3158)
12:40-3:30pm (Online Only)
James Baldwin, one of the leading figures of the 20th century, bore passionate witness to the truth about poverty, racism, religion, homophobia, and the struggle for justice in America. Throughout this course, we will read and discuss selected novels, short stories, essays, and video clips from his talks, as well as the documentary “I Am Not Your Negro,” and the movie based on his novel If Beale Street Could Talk. We will absorb the ether of Baldwin’s life—Pentecostalism and his beginnings as a boy preacher, the impact of discrimination, an artist exiled in Paris, the Civil Rights Movement, and Baldwin’s return to America—and see how his searing depictions of the realities forged in slavery and misogyny, Jim Crow laws, and lynching provide an education for understanding their legacies, as well as the urgent need for love and liberation in today’s world. Students will address the complexity of personal questions.
Aidsand Wright-Riggins
For further information or assistance with registration, contact the Director of Admissions, Lia Rochill at lrochill@bst.edu
