Description
This course will explore pastoral methods as reflected in the NT letters. Students will examine some or all of the NT letters to study how various writers addressed pastoral concerns in specific, local contexts. Issues may include such problems as ethnic conflict, gender justice, economic justice, death, sexuality, and so on. The course will have two goals: (a) to bring students up to date with current research on NT letters, and (b) to probe analogies between the situations of the ancient texts and the situations of modern-day churches so as to enable pastors more effectively to bring the text to bear on current pastoral issues.
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