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Presbyterian and Reformed Christianity
This course is offered through 7 modules over the 7 ministry schools of the Knox Centre for Ministry and Leadership Internship Studies programme.
Download a pdf copy of the course guide: Presbyterian and Reformed Course Guide 2007 2009.pdf
Please see also http://www.presbyterian.org.nz/4805.0.html for information on the other modules and Presbyterian & Reformed Studies Reader and Leith, Introduction to the Reformed Tradition.
Spring School 2007: Module 1
Module | Topics and Links | Questions |
1. Introduction and overview; Celtic and Medieval Foundations | What studies have I done already? | |
What would I like to explore some more? | ||
| What are we looking for? | |
What are common characteristics of Reformed and Presbyterian churches? | ||
How are they the same and different from other Christian traditions? | ||
| Who were these saints that some of our churches are named after? | |
Is the revival of interest in Celtic spirituality about history or imagination - or both? | ||
Are there other themes such as land, tribe and spiritual power and the importance of community for conversion which also need to be reclaimed? | ||
| Who was Queen Margaret and why is she remembered? | |
Are there significant continuities with pre - Reformation Christianity in Scotland and what might they be? |
Summer School 2008: Module 2
2. Reformations in the 16th Century | What was the geography of the Reformation? | |
| Who were the key players? | |
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| What were the political and theological issues? |
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| What was the importance of exile and migration? |
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| What was the "DNA" of Reformed Christianity and where do you find it? |
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| What does "Semper Reformanda" actually mean and what might happen if we believed in it? |
| Why was Calvin so influential? |
Winter School 2008: Module 3
3. Confessions and Covenants in the 17th Century | Why were people so keen to impose their beliefs on others? | |
| What were the covenants? | |
Why did people write them and subscribe to them? | ||
Who were the Covenanters and what should we learn from them? | ||
| Why is the Westminster Confession so important in our history? | |
What were those who wrote it trying to do? | ||
What should be the place of it and other confessions in our life today? |
Modules
1. Introduction | (year A) 2. Reformation | (year A) 3. Confessions and Covenants | (year A) 4. Revivals and Assemblies |
| (year B) 5. Thomas Chalmers Mission and Disruption | (year B) 6. New Zealand Presbyterians | (year B) 7. Diversity and Renewal |
Each Spring School the new intake of interns will take the Introduction module 1. From the Summer School onwards the two years of internship will be taught together.