Systematic Theology (online course full package)

Systematic Theology: Fundamentals of Christian Theology for the 21st Century

Class orientation the week of Jan. 13-16, 2025

Orientation call: Tuesday Jan. 14 at 7:30 PM Central Time

Class sessions Jan. 17 - April 10, 2025

The textbooks need to purchased separately:

1. Textbook: Confessing the One Faith by the World Council of Churches (click here to purchase)

2. Textbook:  How to Think Theologically by Howard W. Stone and James O. Duke (click here to purchase)

Select Learning's online companion courses provide wonderful input and support.  The lectures for this course are given by theologians from across the ELCA.  The facilitator for this course will be Dr. Winston Persaurd, Wartburg Seminary. This edition of Systematic Theology is structured around the Nicene Creed.  Participants in this course will explore Christian theology as articulated in the Lutheran Confessions and lived out in contemporary life.

Prolegomena

Session 1:  Theology and Christian Identity:  Introduction and Approach

      Dr. Winston Persaud, Wartburg Seminary

Session 2:  Revelation and the History of Religions

      Dr. Kristin K Largen, Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg

Session 3:  Revelation and Scripture

      Dr. Faye E. Schott, Lutheran Seminary Program in the Southwest

First Article

Session 4:  A Biblical, Trinitarian Theology of Creation

     Dr Theodore 'Ted' F. Peters, Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary

Session 5:  Trinitarian Doctrine of God

      Dr. Cheryl Meese Peterson, Trinity Lutheran Seminary

Session 6:  Anthropology:  Image of God - Sin and Evil

      Dr. Richard J. Perry, Jr., Lutheran School of Theology, Chicago

Second Article

Session 7:  Who is Jesus Christ:  Jesus, the Messiah

     Dr. Duane A. Priebe, Wartburg Seminary

Session 8:  What Has God Done in Jesus Christ?:  Jesus Died for our Sins According to Scritpure

     Dr. Jose David Rodriguez, Lutheran School of Theology, Chicago

Session 9:  Trinitarian Theology of the Cross

     Dr. Phil L. Ruge-Jones, Texas Lutheran University

Third Article

Session 10: The Holy Spirit, The Lord and Giver of Life

     Dr. Lois Malcolm, Luther Seminary

Session 11:  Word, Sacrament, and the Church

     Dr. Michael J. Root, Southern Seminary

Session 12: Eschatology:  New Life in the Spirit

     Dr. Ann Fritschel, Wartburg Seminary

CLICK HERE for the syllabus.

If you already have the DVDs for Systematic Theology, you may purchase the online registration only by clicking here.