In an approved teaching site, with an experienced site supervisor, and participating in a facilitated peer group, students will begin developing competence in the practice of ministry and will begin growing in their ability to reflect on ministry practice in light of scripture, their faith tradition, and their experiences.
- Professor: Andrea Clark-Horton
- Professor: Marilyn Pagan-Banks
- Professor: Lisl Paul
- Professor: Sara Williams
This course will explore the theoretical and practical contours of prophetic proclamation with an emphasis on historical figures and their preaching practice as a lens for understanding preaching as a practice towards social transformation. Students will gain a working knowledge of key historical figures in prophetic preaching and develop a toolbelt or their own prophetic preaching practice.
- Professor: Chelsea Yarborough
Introduction to the 27 New Testament documents in the light of historical-critical methodologies and more recent theories of interpretation, paying attention to background and content of these documents, principles of exegesis, and hermeneutical implications to the modern world.