Current and Upcoming Courses

LTSP Advanced Level Courses

 | Fall 2012 | Spring 2013 | Fall 2013 | Spring2014 |

| Fall Intensive | Fall Semester |

Fall Intensives 2013

| Fall Semester | 

October 14-18 -- STM/DMin -- Discerning a Direction Toward Renewal (Dr. Bob Hughes/Rev. John Herman)





There are no magic formulas for transforming
congregations.  In this course, a professor and parish pastor team up to
examine and critique multiple 21st century approaches to
renewal.  Participants will have the guided opportunity to assess their
own leadership styles and skills, as well as the strengths and challenges of
particular mission contexts, in order to develop a suitable strategic plan for
their own congregations.
October 14-18 -- STM/DMin -- Reading the Bible with Luther (Dr. Timothy J. Wengert)

Martin Luther's theology was one and the same as his approach to Scripture.  Students will have the opportunity to examine Luther's approach to Scripture's authority, its effect, its foolishness, its center and its implications for life and ministry.







Fall 2013


| Fall Intensive |
DMin/STM | STM/PhD | PhD | 




PhD Public Theology Seminar (Dr. Katie Day)

This integrative seminar will relate theological
discourse to the public arena.  The public aspect of the various
disciplines— history, Bible, theology, ministry — will be related to issues
arising from the analysis of the contemporary public situation.  The 2013
course will focus on the life and work of Dietrich Bonhoeffer.





NOTE CHANGE: STM/PhD -- The Heritage of Reformation Hermeneutics (Dr. Erik M. Heen)
An examination of biblical theologies of churches
that are heirs of the Reformation through various pre-modern, modern, and
post-modern configurations. Attention will be given to larger shifts in
scientific, academic, and popular culture on the understanding of the nature
and role of Scripture in the theological enterprise. The rise of higher
criticism and its effect upon the discipline of biblical theology as well as
possibilities for a re-configuration of the role of biblical studies for the
public work of the church in the twenty-first century will be assessed.
STM/DMin –Heresies
and Orthodoxies: From the 1st to the 21st Centuries (Dr. Walter Wagner)



 





What is heresy? Is orthodoxy the successful heresy? Who
decides what is orthodox or heretical? Are "heresies" the voices of
repressed believers? Are there limits to doctrinal freedom and freedom of
expression even within a congregation? Do ecumenical and interfaith impact
understandings of orthodoxy and heresy? Do these considerations relate to the
roles of pastors and church educators? The course will study key persons,
movements, ideas and events from the New Testament to the present for ministry
now.






STM/DMin -- Contemporary Medical Bioethics: An Exploration through Film and Fiction -- (Dr. Flo Gelo) 
(Distance Education Course - students should have computer competency and will need to work through the LTSP Moodle Site.) 



The increase and complexity of science and medical
technologies presents individuals with new challenges and unprecedented
choices. This course will examine how to incorporate pastoral care and counseling
for patients and their families confronting difficult ethical issues in this
emerging health care environment.  Through the use of popular films
and works of fiction, this course will address the following Bioethical topics:
assisted reproductive technologies, genetic testing and engineering, organ
transplantation, rationing of health care, death and dying, the meaning and
application of "quality of life" to all of these topics.
NEW COURSE STM/DMin -- Catechism as Platform: Teaching the Catechism in a Digital Age - (Dr. Martin Lohrmann/Pr. Keith Anderson)
(Distance Education Course - students should have computer competency and will need to work through the LTSP Moodle Site.) 
Luther's catechisms
were written to invite parents, youth, teachers and pastors into a way of life
built upon the good news of Christ crucified and risen for us. In 21st century
terms, his catechisms were more like a "platform" than a
"page." This course will study Luther's Large and Small Catechisms,
with an eye on the many ways they continue to inform faith, worship, prayer and
daily life.  At the same time there will be a focus on developing fluency
in today's digital technology, learning to communicate Luther's "platform
of faith" through various social media resources. The course assumes that
the catechisms are assets for public theology, sharing the faith both inside
and outside our churches.

LTSP is currently in the middle of a MDiv/MAR curriculum revision to be implemented in 2013-2014.  This may impact the availability of faculty for various graduate course offerings.  We will update this page as we are able throughout this process.  Please check back regularly.
 




 





For further information on courses for 2012-13, email the Director of Graduate Studies at advanced@Ltsp.edu or call 215-248-6347.   




For  further information for admission requirements for LTSP Graduate Programs email admissions@Ltsp.edu or call 215-248-7302. 




For registration  information, email the Registrar at registrar@Ltsp.edu or call 215-248-6305. 




Also: For information on STM courses at the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg go to http://www.ltsg.edu/academics/stm/stmcourses.htm  or call  717-334-6286.  




For information on STM courses at the Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary,  go to their website at http://ltss.lr.edu/ or call 803-461-3253 (registrar).