Summer 2017/Pasadena
IS501
Joo
IS501: PRACTICES OF
WORSHIP (4 Units: 160 hours). Jong Hun Joo
DESCRIPTION: Christian practices constitute the Christian
life. The combined Christian practices of vocational formation, worship,
community, and mission facilitate the integration of personal, spiritual,
academic, and global formation into the vocational coherence of a Christian
leader through reflection, relationships, and practices. IS501 is an
integrative course that explores the identity and practices of Christian
worship as a people called, gathered, and sent by God. Together, professor and
students study and enact historic Christian disciplines necessitated by this
distinctive identity (Sabbath-Keeping, Confession, Praise, Gathering &
Sending, Reading & Proclaiming the Word, Prayer, Communion, Enacting the
Prophetic).
LEARNING OUTCOMES: (1) Students will reflect on their
current and past experiences of Christian practices of worship; (2) Students
will participate in local contexts and demonstrate the capacity to engage in
activities and exercises related to Christian spiritual disciplines and
practices of worship; (3) Students will demonstrate the capacity to engage
scripture, tradition, and contemporary resources to reflect theologically on
historic practices of worship; (4) Students will articulate how worship
practices impact their response to the Central Integration Question (CIQ) and
will identify exercises, habits, and disciplines to embody these practices
within their sociocultural context.
COURSE FORMAT: This class will meet for a one week intensive
for eight-hour sessions for a total of 40 instructional hours in the classroom
for lecture and discussion (including 8 hours of participation in vocation and formation groups).
REQUIRED READING /VIEWING: 820 pp. of required reading and/or the equivalent in viewing.
A.
Caccamo, James F., and Todd Johnson, and Lester Ruth. Living Worship: A Multimedia Resource for
Students and Leaders. Brazos Press, 2006. ASIN: 1587432951, Pub. Price
$27.99 [10 hours of viewing assigned]. (Available to purchase online at the
Archives bookstore). Living Worship is the required video for this class. [Korean
translation provided in written document as needed].
B. Peterson, David. 성경신학적 관점으로 본 예배신학 (Engaging with God: A Biblical
Theology of Worship). 부흥과 개혁사, 2011. ISBN:
978-8960922327,
Pub. Price 15,000 Won
[200 pp. assigned]. C. 성경 (The Holy Bible).
CEB, NRSV, and TNIV translations are acceptable [50 pp.] D. Benedict. 베네딕트 의 규칙서
(Rule of Benedict). KIATS, 2011. ISBN: 9788993447392, Pub. Price 6,000
Won. [50 pp. assigned] E. Bonhoeffer, Dietrich. 신도의
공동생활 (Life Together). 대한기독교서회,
2010. ISBN: 9788951113062, Pub. Price
14,00 Won, [120 pp
assigned] F. Dawn, Marva J. 안식 (Keeping the Sabbath Holy). IVP, 2001 ISBN: 9788932820545, Pub. Price 10,000 Won [100 pp. assigned] G. Foster,
Richard and Gayle Beebe.영성을 살다 (Longing
for God: Seven Paths of Christian Devotion). IVP, 2014.
ISBN: 978-8932813622,
Pub. Price 26,000 Won
[100 pp. assigned] H. Wright, N.T. 성찬이란 무엇인가? (The Meal Jesus Gave Us). IVP, 2011, ISBN:
9788932812373, Pub. Price 6,000 Won. [50 pp. assigned] I. 김영봉. 사귐의 기도(Prayer of
Communion). IVP, 2002.
ISBN: 9788932812779, Pub. Price 12,000 Won [110 pp.
assigned]. J. Course
Readers on practices of worship provided in the class [40 pages assigned] ASSIGNMENTS AND ASSESSMENT: 1.
820
pages reading and videos, including at least 50 pages of biblical text [This
assignment is related to learning outcome #3]. [40 hours]. 2.
Classroom: for each practice, students will
engage, reflect, and create (utilizing instruction, participation,
presentation, discussion, engaging practice-based theology cycle for
theological reflection, case studies) [This assignment is related to learning
outcome #1, #2, #3]. [32 hours]. 3.
Vocation Formation Group (VFG)-In a Vocation
Formation Group, students will engage spiritual disciplines, practices, and
discussion. Students will study the Bible, and share and listen to stories
related to the practices (10%). (Vocation Formation Group Leader (VFGL) will
let professor know if students have been present and engaged) [This assignment
is related to learning outcome #1, #2, and #4]. [8 hours]. 4.
Students will participate in directed practices
and disciplines over the course of the quarter (20%). [This assignment is related to learning outcome #2]. [15
hours]. 5.
Four fieldwork activities and reflections (20%). [This assignment is related to
learning outcome #2]. [8 hours + 8 hours = 16 hours]. 6.
Autobiography related to core course concept (20%). [This assignment is related to
learning outcome #1]. [2 hours]. 7. Signature Assignment:
100 word CIQ response, Integration paper related to course practices, and Rule
of Life (2,500 words total) (20%). [This assignment is related to learning
outcome #1, #3, and #4]. [25 hours]. 8. Students will work in
small groups (in moodle) to reflect and create a worship experience after the class room learning that engages meaningfully with the eight practices of
worship (10%). [This assignment is
related to learning outcomes #1, 2, 3]. [22 hours]. PREREQUISITES: Korean.
Recommended in first year of study. RELATIONSHIP TO CURRICULUM: Meets a core integrative
requirement in the 120 MDiv Program and the 80 MAT, 80 MATM, 80 MAICS Programs
(Fall 2015). FINAL EXAMINATION: NONE