Historical Doctrinal Area

HISTORICAL DOCTRINAL AREA encompasses the topics of theology, church history, polity, and ethics. Studies in this area help students understand the past as a means of comprehending the present. Students engaged in these studies also learn to form their own theology and to discover what it means to be Christian today. Courses offered in this area are Christian Theology I & II, History and Presence I & II, Reformed Theology, Presbyterian Polity, a variety of Ethics courses (Theories of Justice and Public Policy, Providence, Theodicy, and Ethics, and The Church as Community of Moral Discourse), and a variety of electives in each of these areas.  These courses engage students and challenge them to consider the social, political, economic, and cultural life of today in the United States and across the world.

Faculty:

• Dr. John Azumah, Professor of World Christianity and Islam
• Dr. Mark Douglas, Professor of Christian Ethics
• Dr. Tim Hartman, Assistant Professor of Theology
• Dr. Martha Moore-Keish, Associate Professor of Theology
• Dr. Kevin Park, Associate Dean for Advanced Professional Studies & Assistant Professor of Theology
• Dr. Marcia Y. Riggs, J. Erskine Love Professor of Christian Ethics
• Dr. Leanne Van Dyk, Professor of Theology
• Dr. Haruko Nawata Ward, Professor of Church History
• Dr. William Yoo, Assistant Professor of American Religious and Cultural History

See also:

Biblical Area

Practical Theology Area

Contextual Education & Supervised Ministry