主要要求和样本时间表
RS 119,早期和中世纪基督教
RS 120,宗教改革与现代基督教
RS 142,世界宗教
RS 159,宣教学
180卢比,高级研讨会
One Old Testament course: RS 101, 102, 106, 108, 124, 154
One New Testament course: RS 110, 111, 113, 114, 116
加上20个单元的选修课程
辅修宗教研究(20学分)
其中之一:119、120或151卢比
16个额外选修科目
圣经语言辅修(20学分)
GRK 001, 002, 101, 102, 151
HB 001,002
秋天
- RS 010,新约导论
- Elective: GRK 001 (Elementary Greek) or HB 001 (Elementary Hebrew)
春天
- RS 001,旧约导论
- 选修课:grk002或hb002
秋天
- RS 020,基督教教义
- 核心课程:RS 110,耶稣和福音
春天
- 核心课程:RS 142,世界宗教
- 核心课程:RS 101,摩西五经
秋天
- Core course: RS 119,早期和中世纪基督教
- 核心课程:RS 159,宣教学
- 选修课:RS 116,启示录
春天
- Core course: RS 120,宗教改革与现代基督教
- Elective: RS 100, Foundations of Spiritual Formation
秋天
- 选修:RS 190,宗教研究实习
春天
- 核心课程:RS 180,高级研讨会
教师强调
Studying world religions and Christian 任务 takes him to Southeast Asia and the Pacific
额外的教授
Dr. VanDyke在格罗夫城市学院开始学习旧约圣经,她在那里获得了B.A. with a double major in History and Biblical and 宗教研究. 然后她赚了两个M.A.s at Westminster Seminary California in Biblical Studies and Theological Studies. 她的Ph值.D. is from the University of California Los Angeles in Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, 专门研究希伯来圣经. Her dissertation investigated the Golden Calf cult as described in the book of Hosea, and she is currently working on turning that work into a monograph. 她还对抄写、王权和以色列北部王国有研究兴趣.
帕特里克·奥登 is the Director of Academic Integration for Fuller Equip, Fuller Seminary’s developing non-formal theological education platform. 在这项工作中, 他帮助开发课程,并带领团队在美国和世界各地为更广泛的受众普及神学教育. 他也是富勒神学院神学和教会历史副教授和神学研究副教授, 一年教5-6门课程.
他是四本书的作者, 最近的作品是《压迫者的希望:通过变革ag娱乐官网发现自由》, 另外两篇文章的合著者, as well as writing a number of articles and essays on theology, 部, 还有教会历史. 帕特里克也是卫斯理教会的牧师,并在富勒神学院担任牧师, 在其他教育机会中, and in regular guest preaching for area congregations.
帕特里克的妻子艾米·奥登是一位敬拜领袖,目前正在富勒大学获得神学硕士学位. His daughter Vianne was born in 2012, and shares a birthday with Jürgen Moltmann. His son Oliver was born in 2014, and shares a birthday with Harry Potter. 奥登一家目前住在加利福尼亚州的箭头湖.
与员工见面
的职业道路
- 商务(尤其是国际商务)
- Christian counseling, clinical counseling, spiritual direction
- 外国和国内使团
- 新闻与艺术
- 法律
- 营销与管理
- Medicine (including physical therapy), medical 任务s
- 音乐,神圣的音乐,敬拜领导
- 非营利组织,非政府组织,和平队
- 牧养,青年事工
- 出版
- 社会工作,职业治疗
- Teaching (secondary school, undergraduate, postgraduate)
See career paths for graduates who majored or minored in religious studies at Westmont.
我们的毕业生培养的关键技能
They will employ close reading skills with regard to primary sources: observation; inquiry; attention to genre, 上下文, 互文性, and 文学 influence; awareness of their own assumptions and cultural biases; awareness of audience(s) and effect on readers.
They will display judicious use of scholarly resources (e.g., 语言工具, 评论, 专著, 期刊, 字典, 百科全书, 电子数据库, 图书馆控股, 电脑连线向其他图书馆调借书籍, 基于web的工具). They will acknowledge dependence and influence through appropriate notes and bibliography.
They will appropriate a range of critical methodologies (e.g., 历史, 文学, 文本, 修辞, 社会文化), draw on insights across the range of relevant disciplines (e.g., linguistics; anthropology; sociology; philosophy; archaeology), and recognize the insights and pitfalls of various ideological approaches (e.g.、后殖民主义、女权主义、马克思主义).
Our graduates will understand the fundamental claims and logic of the Christian faith, appreciate the development of Christian theological traditions over time, 并且能够从神学的角度思考.
他们将忠实地解释文本,包括圣经和其他主要来源在世界范围内的基督教传统.
他们将公平地评估第二手来源的神学主张和基督教传统内外的当前声音.
他们会深思熟虑地讨论知识和实际问题,既涉及狭隘的神学问题,也涉及其他学科的问题.
他们会熟悉的, 并逐渐形成于, the practices that Christian theology serves including worship, 奖学金, 任务, 研究(尤指圣经), 道德行为.
They will increasingly recognize connections between personal faith, 学术调查, and the shared life of God’s people in the world past and present.
They will sense no conflict between rigorous intellectual inquiry, 忠诚的服务, 热情的崇拜.
They will establish lifelong disciplines marked by theological reflection, 基督式的同情, 以及在公共领域的积极参与.
霍莉·比尔斯在《ag娱乐官网》上发表了一篇题为“早期教会中的女性”的短文. 她还将与阿斯伯里神学院(Asbury Theological Seminary)的克雷格·基纳(Craig Keener)共同编辑一部ag娱乐官网新约的新评论系列, 将由贝克学术出版. The series aims to serve traditions within the global church that identify as pentecostal, 有魅力的, 和/或奋兴.
Sandra Richter was named in Patheos as one of "30 OT/HB Scholars to Read and Follow"; her work on environmental theology has been featured in the past several months on the "Church Leaders" podcast with Jason Daye, 梅根·布里格斯主持的"拓展杂志"播客, "(Re)thinking Faith" with Josh Patterson and Marty Frederick, 鲍勃·杜特科的广播节目, 约翰尼·梅贾主持的“影像播客”, “诚实对话播客(从圣经的角度看棘手的话题)”与丽贝卡·卡雷尔, and Andrew Miller's "Captain's Corner" Tampa based podcast with the Salvation Army.
宗教学校友
I hadn't even thought about majoring in RS until my sophomore year, when a friend talked me into switching majors over lunch. 我做过的最好的冲动决定! My RS professors and classmates taught me to love God with my mind. They helped me think through issues of faith I had never considered, and recognize the extraordinary richness of the Bible I had read all my life. 从韦斯特蒙特大学毕业后,我获得了硕士学位, then spent a year on staff at a church in South Africa. 现在我正在攻读博士学位.D. 在杜克大学的新约中, where I get paid to study Paul's letters and teach seminary students about the Bible. This is a calling I had never imagined for myself before Westmont, 我很高兴RS部门帮我找到了它!
离开韦斯特蒙大学一个学期,在一家家庭暴力庇护所全职工作,并发现了自己的使命. After graduating with a double major in sociology and religious studies, she completed a Master of Social Work at Rutgers University in New Jersey. 她成为了一名有执照的社会工作者,从事心理健康咨询工作,为虐待和创伤受害者提供服务,并在罗格斯大学获得了博士学位. She directs reSearch and evaluation at Safe Horizon, a New York City organization that serves victims of domestic violence at shelters, centers and sites such as family courts and police precincts.
他是一名来自阿根廷的移民,在大学期间以实习生的身份开始了他的职业生涯. 他从小就对贫穷的拉丁裔ag娱乐官网充满热情,成为芝加哥的一名地区主管. He developed a holistic vision for healthy urban families, seeking to support kids from sixth grade through age 30. He takes a community-development approach, preaching Christ and meeting immediate needs. 他帮助创办雇佣儿童的企业, 比如设计t恤, 并与当地教会建立伙伴关系. He now serves YL in southwest Denver, which is 91 percent Latino. He is completing both an MBA and a master’s in spiritual formation at North Park Seminary.
Joined the staff of Evergreen Baptist Church in Los Angeles in 2004, beginning as a senior associate pastor for college and young adults, 然后转向年轻人和宣教,然后花八年时间领导宣教和ag娱乐官网生活. In 2016, she became executive director of American Baptist International 部门. “This has long been God’s call on my life,” she says. “I’m excited to head an organization whose main goal is facilitating 任务.她获得了富勒神学院(Fuller Theological Seminary)的神学硕士学位,以及专注于全球宣教和解释学的神学硕士学位. She is completing a Doctor of Ministry at Fuller in leading change.