Demonstrate COMPETENCE in the disciplines and skills relevant to Christian ministry.

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1 CH 650: HISTORY OF PIETISM ASHLAND THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY Winter 2013, Ashland Campus Tuesday, 6:00-9:00 PM Dr. Dale R. Stoffer Phone: ; I. Course Description This course studies the history of Pietism, identifying the movements from which it sprang and noting the major people and institutions that are connected with classical Pietism of the later 17th and early 18th centuries. The course also gives some attention to how Pietism has expressed itself during the last two centuries and how it has contributed to the development of American Christianity. II. Student Learning Outcomes The following institutional learning outcomes will be addressed, where appropriate, through devotions prepared by the professor that relate to each week's readings: CORE IDENTITY, rooted in Christ, as the source from which life and ministry flow. CHARACTER that reflects maturity in Christ. CALLING that is foundational for servant leadership in the church, community and world. As a result of this course, students will be able to: Demonstrate COMPETENCE in the disciplines and skills relevant to Christian ministry. 2. Demonstrate proficiency in biblical and historical exegesis and theological reflection (including appropriate use of the biblical languages). Demonstrate historical research skills related to primary source materials 3. Integrate the biblical, historical, and theological reflection with the practice of ministry. Describe how various emphases of Pietism have impacted the life of the contemporary church 5. Analyze cultural contexts and make appropriate application to ministry. Critically analyze the cultural settings that influenced the development of Pietism Student learning outcomes #1, 4, 6, 7, 8, and 9 are not assessed in this course. 1

2 III. Teaching Strategies for Student Learning Class sessions will combine lectures and PowerPoint presentations by the professor with discussion, questions, and insights by students appropriate to the topics of the day. Visual aids appropriate to the course content will be shown. Students will make a class presentation during the course. A class outing to sites in Ohio connected with Pietism is also being planned. IV. Course Requirements A. Textbooks The following textbooks are required for the course: Shantz, Douglas H. An Introduction to German Pietism. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, ISBN: Spener, Philip Jacob. Pia Desideria. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, ISBN: B. Attendance According to the student handbook, attendance at all class sessions is expected unless the professor has been notified in advance. Any student missing the equivalent of six class hours will be required to do additional work, receive a lower grade or withdraw from the class; this is at the discretion of the professor. This policy also includes tardiness. C. Assignments/Assessment of Student Learning Learning Outcomes Assignments Percent of Final Grade 2, 3, and 5 Class participation 10% 2, 3, and 5 Research paper 30% 1. Class participation (10% of grade) Each student is to come to class each week prepared to share one question, one insight, and one observation based on that week s readings. The grade for this component of the class will be based on the student s preparation and participation. 2. Research paper (30% of grade) Each student will conduct independent research on an individual or movement that was significant in the history of Pietism. This research will result in an 8 to 10 page paper that is due February 25. The paper should make use of primary source materials and should cite at least five sources in total. Please use Turabian citation for this research paper. Be sure to include the following elements in your paper: 2

3 What cultural developments influenced the person or movement that you researched? What impact has the subject of your paper (the person or movement you studied) had upon the contemporary church? Note: Each student will prepare an approximately 20 minute class presentation sharing the main discoveries from their research paper. 3. Pietist notebook (60% of grade) The notebook is due March 11. The notebook is to include: a. A list of notable Pietists. This section should contain between 15 and 20 people representing different Pietist groups. Include a descriptive paragraph for each person. (2-4 pages) b. A list of significant events/developments. Include the 8 to 12 events that you consider most significant for the development and progress of European and American Pietism (include political, social, and religious developments). Do not describe the event, but tell, in one paragraph, why you consider it so important for the Pietist movement. (3-5 pages total) c. A list of the main Pietist groups/movements. Identify the main Pietist movements and, in no more than two paragraphs, indicate the circumstances that gave birth to them, the key leaders, and some of their distinctive views. (2-3 pages total) Documentation for this assignment can be by parenthetical citation. V. Course Schedule Week # Date(s) Lecture/Topic Readings/Assignments 1 January 7 Definition of Pietism Shantz, pp Foundations of Pietism: Reformed Thought, Puritanism, and German Mysticism and Spiritualism 2 January 14 Foundations of Pietism (continued) Shantz, pp Reformed Pietism 3 January 21 Lutheran Pietism: The Spener-Halle Development Shantz, pp Spener, pp

4 4 January 28 Lutheran Pietism: The Spener-Halle Development (continued) Shantz, pp Spener, pp February 4 Radical Pietism Shantz, pp February 11 Pietism in Württemberg Sylvia Locher to speak about Korntal Shantz, pp February 18 Zinzendorf and Moravian Pietism Shantz, pp February 25 Later European Developments Research paper due Student presentations 9 March 4 Pietism in America Shantz, pp March 11 Theological Perspectives and Practical Expressions Shantz, pp Notebook due VI. Recommendations for Lifelong Learning Many of the sources on Pietism, both primary and secondary, are still found only in the German language. However, more materials are being translated into English every year. Opportunities for engagement with research and study of Pietism are available by signing up for posts from the Pietism Studies Group. Contact Paul Peucker <Paul@moravianchurcharchives.org> via listserv.cc.emory.edu. The Classics of Western Spirituality Series features primary source material for several people connected in various ways with Pietism, including Johann Arndt, François Fénelon, and Jacob Boehme as well as a volume just on Pietism. VII. Seminary Guidelines A. ATS Academic Integrity Policy Ashland Theological Seminary seeks to model servant leadership derived from biblical standards of honesty and integrity. We desire to encourage, develop, and sustain men and women of character who will exemplify these biblical qualities in their ministry to the church and the world. As members of the seminary community, students are expected to hold themselves to the highest standards of academic, personal, and social integrity. All students, therefore, are expected to abide by the academic integrity standards outlined in the Student Handbook. B. Academic Support Services If you need assistance with writing projects for your coursework, contact the ATS Academic Support Center. The center provides free sessions with a peer consultant who can help you with all of your concerns about academic support including writing, critical thinking, 4

5 documentation, reading skills, study skills, test taking skills, time management. Contact the center if you have a question about how to complete your assignment, if you have documentation questions, or if you would like to have your paper evaluated for areas needing improvement. The ATS Academic Support Center can be reached at or by at atswc@ashland.edu. C. Students with Disabilities Ashland University makes every effort to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Students who have a specific physical, psychiatric or learning disability and require accommodations are encouraged to inform their instructors of their needs early in the quarter so that learning needs can be appropriately met. It is the student s responsibility to document the disability with Disability Services in The Center for Academic Support on the 7th floor of the Ashland University Library, (419) D. ATS Grading Scale Grade Percent Description A Superior achievement of course objectives, diligence and originality, high degree of freedom from error, outstanding evidence of ability to utilize course knowledge, initiative expressed in preparing and completing assignments, positive contributions verbalized in class. A B B Good work submitted, commendable achievement of course objectives, some aspects of the course met with excellence, substantial evidence of ability to utilize course material, positive contributions verbalized in class, consistency and thoroughness of work completed. B C C Acceptable work completed, satisfactory achievement of course objectives, demonstrating at least some ability to utilize course knowledge, satisfactory class contribution. C D D Passing but minimal work, marginal achievement of course objectives, poor performance in comprehension of work submitted, inadequate class contributions. D F Below 65 Unacceptable work resulting in failure to receive class credit, inadequacy of work submitted or of performance and attendance in class. VIII. Selected Bibliography Alderfer, E. G. The Ephrata Commune: An Early American Counterculture. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, Arndt, Johann. True Christianity. Translated by Peter Erb. New York: Paulist Press, Boehme, Jacob. Genius of the Transcendent: Mystical Writings of Jakob Boehme. Translated and edited by Michael L. Birkel and Jeff Bach. Boston: Shambhala Publications, Inc.,

6 . The Way to Christ. Edited by Peter Erb. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, The Way to Christ. Translated by John Joseph Stoudt. New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, Brown, Dale. "The Problem of Subjectivism in Pietism." Ph.D. dissertation, Northwestern University, Understanding Pietism. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, Brunner, Daniel L. Halle Pietists in England: Anthony William Boehm and the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. Göttingen : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Deeter, Allen C. "An Historical and Theological Introduction to Philipp Jakob Spener's Pia Desideria: A Study in Early German Pietism." Ph.D. dissertation, Princeton University, Ensign, C. David. "Radical Pietism (c.1675 c.1760)." Ph.D. dissertation, Boston University Graduate School, Erb, Peter C. Pietists, Protestants, and Mysticism: The Use of Late Medieval Spiritual Texts in the Work of Gottfried Arnold ( ). Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1989., ed. Pietists: Selected Writings. New York: Paulist Press, Gerdes, Egon W. "Theological Tenets of Pietism." The Covenant Quarterly 34 (February/May 1976): Halbrooks, G. Thomas, ed. Pietism. Nashville, TN: Broadman Press, Hessayon, Ariel and Sarah Apetrei. An Introduction to Jacob Boehme: Four Centuries of Thought and Reception. New York: Routledge, Knox, R. A. Enthusiasm: A Chapter in the History of Religion. London: Oxford University Press, Lindberg, Carter. The Pietist Theologians : An Introduction to Theology in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., Longenecker, Stephen L. Piety and Tolerance: Pennsylvania German Religion, Metuchen, NJ: The Scarecrow Press, Macchia, Frank D. Spirituality and Social Liberation: The Message of the Blumhardts in the Light of Wuerttemberg Pietism. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, Inc., O Malley, J. Steven. Early German-American Evangelicalism: Pietist Sources on Discipleship and Sanctification. Metuchen, NJ: The Scarecrow Press, "Pietism." Christian History. Vol. V (1986). Sattler, Gary R. God's Glory, Neighbor's Good: A Brief Introduction to the Life and Writings of August Hermann Francke. Covenant Press,

7 Schneider, Hans. German Radical Pietism. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, Inc., Shambaugh, Bertha M. H. Amana that Was and Amana that Is. Iowa City: State Historical Society of Iowa, Shantz, Douglas H. An Introduction to German Pietism. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, Spener, Philip Jacob. Pia Desideria. Translated and edited by Theodore G. Tappert. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, Spink, George Samuel. "John Arndt's Religious Thought." Ph.D. dissertation, Temple University, Stein, K. James. Philipp Jakob Spener: Pietist Patriarch. Chicago: Covenant Press, Stoeffler, F. Ernest, ed. Continental Pietism and Early American Christianity. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, German Pietism during the Eighteenth Century. Leiden: E. J. Brill, "Pietism: Its Message, Early Manifestation, and Significance." The Covenant Quarterly 34 (February/May 1976): The Rise of Evangelical Pietism. Leiden: E. J. Brill, Strom, Jonathan, Hartmut Lehmann, and James Van Horn Melton, eds. Pietism in Germany and North America Burlington, VT: Ashgate Publishing Co., Tanis, James. Dutch Calvinistic Pietism in the Middle Colonies. The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, Thune, Nils. The Behmenists and the Philadelphians. Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksells Boktryckeri AB, "Zinzendorf and the Moravians." Christian History. Vol. I (1982). 7