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Master of Sacred Theology
PASTORAL MINISTRY & MISSIONS
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS View the section for the Department of Pastoral Ministry & Missions. PMM P500 MISSION OF THE CHURCH
A study of the mission challenges and opportunities facing the church today. Special analysis
is given to various theologies of mission including that of the World Council of
Churches. An in-depth examination of the Church’s mission is developed on the basis of
Scripture and selected writings of Luther, Loehe and other Lutheran scholars.
PMM P501 ADVANCED HOMILETICS
Acquaintance with recent theory and research in homiletics, evaluation of current trends in
hermeneutics, theologies of preaching, homiletical methodologies, and discussion and
implementation of creative sermon forms.
PMM P509 LITURGICAL THEOLOGY
Recent trends in Lutheran liturgical renewal have focused on theological issues. This seminar
will encourage students to think critically about our Lutheran theology of worship. The
intersection between liturgical theology and practice will be discussed. The seminar will
consider the various “theologies of worship,” reading representatives of the Reformed,
Roman Catholic, and Eastern Orthodox traditions and critically assessing them. A number
of Lutheran “theologies of worship” will be considered, particularly in relation to Vatican II.
PMM P510 THEOLOGY & PRACTICE: LUTHERAN WORSHIP
An interdisciplinary course featuring lectures from the exegetical, systematic, historical, and
pastoral ministry and missions departments and three parish pastors.
PMM P511 THEOLOGY AND CHURCH MUSIC
Astudy of the relationship between theology and the music of the church. Ancient and modern
church music forms will be studied. Present day parish music concerns will be
addressed. Special emphasis on the theological function of music as proclamation.
PMM P512 20TH CENTURY LUTHERAN HYMNODY
This course evaluates hymn texts and tunes written for Lutheranism since 1900. The study
includes the influences that have shaped this “modern” hymnody as well as the influence of
that hymnody on the church. Sung confessions from Franzmann to Dittmer will be included.
PMM P518 THE THEOLOGY AND PRACTICE OF SPIRITUAL CARE
This course explores the cure of souls in the classic tradition. Attention will be given to
several classic pastoral care texts, including Luther’s Letters of Spiritual Counsel. The course
will be taught as a seminar, emphasizing the art of spiritual diagnosis and cure through faithful
pastoral application of the Gospel and Sacraments. Students will be given an opportunity
to develop and sharpen skills for the individual care of souls.
PMM P565 MINISTRY TO THE SICK
Creative ways are sought to minister to the sick and shut-in members of a congregation. Age
differences and illness differences are examined in some detail. The use of Law and Gospel
in the sickroom under differing circumstances form the core consideration for discussion.
PMM P566 DEATH AND DYING
Establishing a theological basis and drawing upon various sources, develop an understanding
of the dynamics of the dying and bereavement process. Pastoral application will be
stressed as well as support groups and agencies (i.e., hospice) available to assist the pastor
in his ministry to the dying and bereaved.
PMM P568 MINISTRY TO THE SICK AND DYING
This course combines the topics of PMM P565 Ministry to the Sick and PMM P566 Death
and Dying as listed in the catalog.
PMM P570 MINISTRY TO THE AGING
Creative ways are sought to minister to the aging members within the congregation as they
approach retirement and reach the “declining” years of life. Emphasis is placed on institutionalized
and non-institutionalized segments of the aging population.
PMM P708 CURRENT ISSUES IN LUTHERAN WORSHIP
This course will examine the key issues facing the liturgical life of the Church today. It will
analyze the impact of the modern liturgical movement on current liturgical practice as well
as the influence of contemporary neo-evangelical worship. The course will study the major
issues involved in the revision of Lutheran Worship (scheduled for 2007) that will have a
direct bearing upon its proper incorporation into the worship life of the Synod and upon the
unity of the Church.
PMM P715 EUCHARISTIC TEXTS
Critically examines the eucharistic liturgies through the first six centuries. Discussions are
based on primary materials.
PMM P718 CHRISTIAN INITIATION AND CATECHESIS:
A seminar course examining the process of initiation from “the classical age of the catechumenate
and the liturgy of baptism.” Catechesis instructed the catechumens and the newly
baptized concerning their initiation into the Christian faith through baptism, confirmation
and eucharist functioning as an act of pastoral care. The course will concentrate on the catechetical
writings of the first four centuries, but these texts will then be compared to the
Rites of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) that are in use in Christendom today.
A STUDY OF EARLY BAPTISMAL TEXTS PMM P761 PASTORAL THEOLOGY IN LUKE/ACTS (SEMINAR)
A course examining pastoral theology in Luke/Acts that will closely examine the teaching
and preaching of Jesus in the Gospel, the sermons of the Apostles in Acts, and the sacramental
theology in Luke/Acts. Since Luke is the only Gospel with a companion work
describing the life of the church, themes unique to Luke will be emphasized. A number of
pastoral models from Luke/Acts will be analyzed in view of pastoral care today.
PMM P780 CLASSIC CARE OF SOULS
Our Lord cares for us through pastors who administer the ordinary means of pastoral care
that include liturgy, preaching, catechesis and the extra-ordinary means of pastoral care (or
the “private care of souls”).
PMM P790 PASTORAL SEMINAR
(PMM P790 - PMM P794) A graduate pastoral ministry seminar. Specific topics to be
determined by the professor.
PMM P795 INDEPENDENT STUDY
When students wish to fulfill a special need, they may request an independent study course
through the department chairman.
PMM P796 DIRECTED READINGS
When students wish to fulfill a special need, they may request a directed readings course
through the department chairman.
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