Courses by MDiv Art of Ministry for 2011-2012

Show Projected Course Offerings through 2014

The courses below, with the appropriate Field Education placements and with the approval of the Office of Ministry Studies, may satisfy the Arts of Ministry requirements for the MDiv program.

Please see the HDS Handbook for Students for descriptions of the Arts of Ministry, as well as related MDiv requirements.

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Administration and Program Development
Denominational Polity
Pastoral Care and Counseling
Preaching and Worship
Public Leadership, Community Organizing, and Planning
Religious Education and Spiritual Development

 

Administration and Program Development

HDS 2752

Diversity and Domination in Theory, Scripture, and Society: Seminar
Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Tues 2pm-4pm. Rockefeller Hall, Room 117.

HDS 2925

Administration and Leadership
Emily Click
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Thurs 2pm-4pm. Andover Hall, Room 103.

HDS 2987

Faith-Based Economic Development
Charles G. Adams
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Wed 4pm-6pm. Rockefeller Hall, Room 117.

HDS 4465

Communication Skills for Spanish Ministry
Lorraine Ledford
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Mon Wed 6pm-7:30pm. Rockefeller Hall, Room 116.

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Denominational Polity

HDS 2241

Reformation Masculinities and Confessional Sexualities, 1450-1700
Michelle Wolfe
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Wed 9am-11am. Rockefeller Hall, Room 116.

HDS 2964

Pentecostal Polity
Samuel B. Hogan, Jr.
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Mon 12pm-2pm. Andover Hall, Room 117.

HDS 2975

United Church of Christ Polity
Elizabeth Ann King
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Mon 2pm-5pm. Rockefeller Hall, Room 118.

HDS 2980

Presbyterian Polity
Burns F. Stanfield
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Mon 12pm-2pm. Divinity Hall, Room 320.

HDS 2990

Unitarian Universalist Polity and Practices: Seminar
John Buehrens
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Fri 1:30pm-4pm. Rockefeller Hall, Room 116.

HDS 3341

Science and Religion: Debates, Approaches, and Controversies
Ahmed Ragab
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Wed 4pm-6pm. Rockefeller Hall, Room 117.

HDS 3598

Quranic Exegeses Through History: Themes, Questions, and Controversies
Ahmed Ragab
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Wed 4pm-6pm. Andover Hall, Room 102.

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Pastoral Care and Counseling

HDS 1120

The Chosen People
Michael Coogan
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Tue Thu 8:30am-10am. Andover Hall, Room 103.

HDS 1121

Jeremiah
Michael Coogan
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Tue Thu 8:30am-10am. Andover Hall, Room 103.

HDS 1504

Feminist Biblical Interpretation
Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Wed 2pm-4pm. Andover Hall, Room 117. & Wed 1pm-2pm Andover Hall, Room 103

HDS 2549

Faith: Seminar
Ronald F. Thiemann
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Tues 12pm-2pm. Divinity Hall, Room 213.

HDS 2752

Diversity and Domination in Theory, Scripture, and Society: Seminar
Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Tues 2pm-4pm. Rockefeller Hall, Room 117.

HDS 2806

Eye Contact, Ethics and Interbeing
Kaia Stern
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Fri 11am-2pm. Rockefeller Hall, Room 117.

HDS 2876

Friendship from A to Z: Aristotle to Zuckerberg
Ralph Benajah Potter, Jr.
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Thurs 4pm-6pm. Divinity Hall, Room 104.

HDS 2927

Spiritual Care and Counseling
Cheryl A. Giles
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Tues 12pm-2pm. Divinity Hall, Room 211.

HDS 2928

Counseling - Practice and Theory: Seminar
Patricia Rathbone
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Mon 3pm-6pm. Rockefeller Hall, Room 117.

HDS 2932

Advanced Spiritual Counseling: Taking Care of Others, Taking Care of Self
Cheryl A. Giles
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Thurs 12pm-2pm. Divinity Hall, Room 213.

HDS 2934

Counseling for Practitioners - Addressing Trauma and Loss: Seminar
Patricia Rathbone
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Mon 3pm-5:30pm. Rockefeller Hall, Room 116.

HDS 2959

Death and Dying in Life and Literature - A Clinical Pastoral Perspective
Dorothy A. Austin
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Tues 6pm-8pm. Divinity Hall, Room 211.

HDS 2988

The Dynamics of Black Preaching: Seminar
Charles G. Adams
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Tue Thu 10am-11:30am. Andover Hall, Chapel.

HDS 2989

God, Human Suffering, and the Minister
Charles G. Adams
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Wed 4pm-6pm. Divinity Hall, Chapel.

HDS 3003

Buddhism, Community, and Diversity: The Color of Practice
Cheryl A. Giles
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Thurs 4pm-6pm. Rockefeller Hall, Room 117.

HDS 3014

Buddhist Thought in Action: Contemporary Expressions of Early Buddhist Teachings
Andrew Olendzki
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Mon 2pm-5pm. Andover Hall, Room 102.

HDS 3258

Community and Alterity in Africa
Michael D. Jackson
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Tues 12pm-2pm. Rockefeller Hall, Room 116.

HDS 3859

The Politics of Storytelling
Michael D. Jackson
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Thurs 2pm-4pm. Andover Hall, Sperry Room.

HDS 4465

Communication Skills for Spanish Ministry
Lorraine Ledford
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Mon Wed 6pm-7:30pm. Rockefeller Hall, Room 116.

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Preaching and Worship

HDS 1120

The Chosen People
Michael Coogan
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Tue Thu 8:30am-10am. Andover Hall, Room 103.

HDS 1121

Jeremiah
Michael Coogan
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Tue Thu 8:30am-10am. Andover Hall, Room 103.

HDS 1304

The Dead Sea Scrolls
Jonathan Klawans
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Mon 3pm-5pm. Andover Hall, Room 118.

HDS 1401

The Sermon as Source for Jewish History and Culture
Marc Saperstein
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Mon 1pm-3pm. FAS, Semitic Museum, Room 201.

HDS 1504

Feminist Biblical Interpretation
Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Wed 2pm-4pm. Andover Hall, Room 117. & Wed 1pm-2pm Andover Hall, Room 103

HDS 1544

The Letters of Paul: Ethnicity, Sex, Ethics, and the End of the World
Laura Salah Nasrallah
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Mon Wed 11am-12pm. FAS, Sever Hall, Room 102.

HDS 1545

History of Ancient Christianity
Helmut Koester
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Thurs 2pm-4pm. Andover Hall, Room 102.

HDS 1848

Women and Deceit in the Hebrew Bible
Rachel Adelman
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Mon 2pm-4pm. Andover Hall, Room 103.

HDS 2207

Introduction to Christian Worship
Sharon R. Fennema
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Thurs 9am-12pm. Divinity Hall, Room 320. & Thurs 9am-12pm Divinity Hall, Chapel

HDS 2213

Strategies for Worship in Postmodernity
Sharon R. Fennema
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Tues 2pm-4pm. Andover Hall, Chapel. & Tues 2pm-4pm Andover Hall, Room 117

HDS 2214

Thin Places: Sacramental Theologies and Practices
Sharon R. Fennema
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Wed 4pm-6pm. Rockefeller Hall, Room 116.

HDS 2224

Readings in Christian Latin: Hildegard of Bingen and the Gospels
Beverly M. Kienzle
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Thurs 2pm-4pm. Andover Hall, Room 117.

HDS 2410

Introduction to Hermeneutics and Theology
Francis Schüssler Fiorenza
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Mon Wed 11am-12pm. Andover Hall, Room 103.

HDS 2546

Theology and the Literary Arts: Seminar
Ronald F. Thiemann
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Tues 12pm-2pm. Divinity Hall, Room 213.

HDS 2629

History of Christian Thought: The Medieval West
Amy Hollywood
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Mon Wed 10am-11:30am. Divinity Hall, Room 211.

HDS 2901

Sacred Music in History and Current Practice
Harry Huff
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Mon 2pm-5pm. Andover Hall, Chapel.

HDS 2907

Introduction to Public Preaching
Hurmon Hamilton and Daniel Albert Smith
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Mon 2pm-4pm. Divinity Hall, Chapel. & Mon 2pm-4pm Divinity Hall, Room 320

HDS 2908

Preaching in the Unitarian Universalist and Free Church Traditions: Seminar
Gary E. Smith
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Thurs 2pm-4pm. Divinity Hall, Chapel. & Thurs 2pm-4pm Divinity Hall, Room 213

HDS 2912

The American Spirit in Music
Harry Huff
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Mon 2pm-5pm. Andover Hall, Chapel.

HDS 2949

Preaching in the Christian Liturgical Year
Cameron Elliot Partridge
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Fri 2pm-5pm. Andover Hall, Room 102.

HDS 2963

Children's Literature and Religious Education: Seminar
Stephanie A. Paulsell
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Wed 2pm-4pm. Divinity Hall, Room 106.

HDS 2986

Preaching for Social Change: Seminar
Charles G. Adams
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Tue Thu 10am-11:30am. Andover Hall, Chapel.

HDS 2988

The Dynamics of Black Preaching: Seminar
Charles G. Adams
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Tue Thu 10am-11:30am. Andover Hall, Chapel.

HDS 3014

Buddhist Thought in Action: Contemporary Expressions of Early Buddhist Teachings
Andrew Olendzki
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Mon 2pm-5pm. Andover Hall, Room 102.

HDS 3779

Introduction to Buddhist Commentaries and Their Critical Interpretations
Charles Hallisey
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Tue Thu 8:30am-10am. Andover Hall, Room 102.

HDS 3830

Studying Buddhism Across Time and Place
Janet Gyatso
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Tue Thu 11:30am-12:30pm. FAS, Emerson Hall, Room 210.

HDS 3917

Feminist Cross Cultural Perspectives on Beliefs and Practices
Susan Abraham
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Tue Thu 11:30am-1pm. Andover Hall, Room 102.

HDS 4465

Communication Skills for Spanish Ministry
Lorraine Ledford
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Mon Wed 6pm-7:30pm. Rockefeller Hall, Room 116.

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Public Leadership, Community Organizing, and Planning

HDS 1847

Jewish Feminist Ethics
Julia Watts Belser
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Mon 2pm-4pm. Rockefeller Hall, Room 116.

HDS 2108

Women, Justice, and Sharia
Hauwa Ibrahim
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Mon 12pm-2pm. Andover Hall, Room 118.

HDS 2270

Radical Religion in England and America, 1550-1750
David D. Hall
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Mon 2pm-4pm. Rockefeller Hall, Room 117.

HDS 2274

Christianity between Colonialism and Postcolonialism
Susan Abraham
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Mon Wed 10am-11am. Andover Hall, Room 102.

HDS 2303

Religion in America: From the Coming of the Europeans to the 1870s
David D. Hall
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Mon Wed 10am-11am. FAS, Sever Hall, Room 102.

HDS 2403

Theology and Culture: Seminar
Francis Schüssler Fiorenza
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Tues 12pm-2pm. Divinity Hall, Room 320.

HDS 2526

Religion, Politics, and Public Policy in the U.S.
Richard Parker
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Tue Thu 2:40pm-4pm. HKS, Littauer Building, Room L280.

HDS 2528

Religion and the Public Intellectual
Ronald F. Thiemann
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Wed 2pm-4pm. Andover Hall, Room 102.

HDS 2530

Theology and The Everyday
Ronald F. Thiemann
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Wed 2pm-4pm. Divinity Hall, Room 211.

HDS 2632

Introduction to Political Theology
Francis Schüssler Fiorenza
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Wed 1pm-4pm. Divinity Hall, Room 106.

HDS 2721

The Ethical and Religious Thought of Martin Luther King, Jr.: Seminar
Preston Noah Williams
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Mon 4pm-6pm. Divinity Hall, Room 211.

HDS 2752

Diversity and Domination in Theory, Scripture, and Society: Seminar
Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Tues 2pm-4pm. Rockefeller Hall, Room 117.

HDS 2804

Race, Ethics and the U.S. Prison System
Kaia Stern
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Tue Thu 10am-11:30am. Divinity Hall, Room 211.

HDS 2806

Eye Contact, Ethics and Interbeing
Kaia Stern
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Fri 11am-2pm. Rockefeller Hall, Room 117.

HDS 2876

Friendship from A to Z: Aristotle to Zuckerberg
Ralph Benajah Potter, Jr.
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Thurs 4pm-6pm. Divinity Hall, Room 104.

HDS 2925

Administration and Leadership
Emily Click
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Thurs 2pm-4pm. Andover Hall, Room 103.

HDS 2988

The Dynamics of Black Preaching: Seminar
Charles G. Adams
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Tue Thu 10am-11:30am. Andover Hall, Chapel.

HDS 3002

Teaching with Courage and Passion
Emily Click
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Thurs 2pm-4pm. Rockefeller Hall, Room 116.

HDS 3156

Vine Deloria, Jr.: Indigenous Critic of American Religion and Politics
Ann D. Braude
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Fri 10am-12pm. Rockefeller Hall, Room 117.

HDS 3258

Community and Alterity in Africa
Michael D. Jackson
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Tues 12pm-2pm. Rockefeller Hall, Room 116.

HDS 3847

The World's Religions in Multicultural America - Case Studies in Religious Pluralism
Diana L. Eck
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Tue Thu 11:30am-1pm. FAS, CGIS South, Room S020.

HDS 3859

The Politics of Storytelling
Michael D. Jackson
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Thurs 2pm-4pm. Andover Hall, Sperry Room.

HDS 4465

Communication Skills for Spanish Ministry
Lorraine Ledford
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Mon Wed 6pm-7:30pm. Rockefeller Hall, Room 116.

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Religious Education and Spiritual Development

HDS 1102

Introduction to the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament 1: Pentateuch and Former Prophets
David Andrew Teeter
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Tue Thu 10am-11:30am. Rockefeller Hall, Room 117.

HDS 1103

Introduction to the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament 2: Latter Prophets and Writings
David Andrew Teeter
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Tue Thu 10am-11:30am. Rockefeller Hall, Room 117.

HDS 1120

The Chosen People
Michael Coogan
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Tue Thu 8:30am-10am. Andover Hall, Room 103.

HDS 1121

Jeremiah
Michael Coogan
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Tue Thu 8:30am-10am. Andover Hall, Room 103.

HDS 1125

Prophecy in Ancient Israel
Peter Machinist
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. M W F 11am-12pm. FAS, Semitic Museum, Room 201.

HDS 1128

Myth and Myth-Making in the Biblical and Ancient Near Eastern World
Peter Machinist
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. M W F 11am-12pm. FAS, Semitic Museum, Room 201.

HDS 1202

Introduction to the New Testament
Laura Salah Nasrallah
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Mon Wed 11am-12pm. FAS, Sever Hall, Room 214.

HDS 1304

The Dead Sea Scrolls
Jonathan Klawans
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Mon 3pm-5pm. Andover Hall, Room 118.

HDS 1504

Feminist Biblical Interpretation
Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Wed 2pm-4pm. Andover Hall, Room 117. & Wed 1pm-2pm Andover Hall, Room 103

HDS 1544

The Letters of Paul: Ethnicity, Sex, Ethics, and the End of the World
Laura Salah Nasrallah
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Mon Wed 11am-12pm. FAS, Sever Hall, Room 102.

HDS 1545

History of Ancient Christianity
Helmut Koester
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Thurs 2pm-4pm. Andover Hall, Room 102.

HDS 1848

Women and Deceit in the Hebrew Bible
Rachel Adelman
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Mon 2pm-4pm. Andover Hall, Room 103.

HDS 2223

Latin Paleography and Manuscript Culture: Seminar
Beverly M. Kienzle
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Tues 2pm-4pm. Andover Hall, Room 118.

HDS 2224

Readings in Christian Latin: Hildegard of Bingen and the Gospels
Beverly M. Kienzle
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Thurs 2pm-4pm. Andover Hall, Room 117.

HDS 2236

The Literature of Medieval Celtic Christianity: the Hagiographical Tradition
Catherine McKenna
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Tue Thu 11am-12pm. FAS, Warren House, Room 201 (Kates).

HDS 2410

Introduction to Hermeneutics and Theology
Francis Schüssler Fiorenza
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Mon Wed 11am-12pm. Andover Hall, Room 103.

HDS 2490

Back Roads to Far Places: Literature of Journey and Quest
William A. Graham and Stephanie A. Paulsell
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Mon Wed 10am-11am. FAS, CGIS South, Room S020.

HDS 2530

Theology and The Everyday
Ronald F. Thiemann
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Wed 2pm-4pm. Divinity Hall, Room 211.

HDS 2546

Theology and the Literary Arts: Seminar
Ronald F. Thiemann
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Tues 12pm-2pm. Divinity Hall, Room 213.

HDS 2549

Faith: Seminar
Ronald F. Thiemann
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Tues 12pm-2pm. Divinity Hall, Room 213.

HDS 2844

Unitarian Universalist Religious Education: Seminar
Judith A. Frediani
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Fri 1:30pm-4pm. Rockefeller Hall, Room 116.

HDS 2876

Friendship from A to Z: Aristotle to Zuckerberg
Ralph Benajah Potter, Jr.
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Thurs 4pm-6pm. Divinity Hall, Room 104.

HDS 2959

Death and Dying in Life and Literature - A Clinical Pastoral Perspective
Dorothy A. Austin
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Tues 6pm-8pm. Divinity Hall, Room 211.

HDS 2963

Children's Literature and Religious Education: Seminar
Stephanie A. Paulsell
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Wed 2pm-4pm. Divinity Hall, Room 106.

HDS 3002

Teaching with Courage and Passion
Emily Click
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Thurs 2pm-4pm. Rockefeller Hall, Room 116.

HDS 3014

Buddhist Thought in Action: Contemporary Expressions of Early Buddhist Teachings
Andrew Olendzki
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Mon 2pm-5pm. Andover Hall, Room 102.

HDS 3258

Community and Alterity in Africa
Michael D. Jackson
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Tues 12pm-2pm. Rockefeller Hall, Room 116.

HDS 3310

Twins and Twinship in Religion and Myth
Kimberley C. Patton
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Thurs 2pm-4pm. Rockefeller Hall, Room 116.

HDS 3576

Buddhist Ethics
Charles Hallisey
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Tues 4pm-6pm. Andover Hall, Room 102.

HDS 3627

For the Love of God and His Prophet: Religion, Literature and the Arts in Muslim Cultures
Ali S. Asani
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Tue Thu 11:30am-1pm. FAS, Sever Hall, Room 102.

HDS 3651

Angels: Messengers of God
Kimberley C. Patton
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Wed 2pm-4pm. Divinity Hall, Room 211.

HDS 3779

Introduction to Buddhist Commentaries and Their Critical Interpretations
Charles Hallisey
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Tue Thu 8:30am-10am. Andover Hall, Room 102.

HDS 3830

Studying Buddhism Across Time and Place
Janet Gyatso
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Tue Thu 11:30am-12:30pm. FAS, Emerson Hall, Room 210.

HDS 3859

The Politics of Storytelling
Michael D. Jackson
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Thurs 2pm-4pm. Andover Hall, Sperry Room.

HDS 4465

Communication Skills for Spanish Ministry
Lorraine Ledford
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Mon Wed 6pm-7:30pm. Rockefeller Hall, Room 116.

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