{"id":21140,"date":"2014-08-11T09:35:45","date_gmt":"2014-08-11T13:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=21140"},"modified":"2014-09-03T09:53:04","modified_gmt":"2014-09-03T13:53:04","slug":"new-online-seminary-courses-focus-on-thought-provoking-topics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2014\/new-online-seminary-courses-focus-on-thought-provoking-topics\/","title":{"rendered":"New online seminary courses focus on thought-provoking topics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/seminary\/\">Eastern Mennonite Seminary<\/a> is offering three unique online courses on thought-provoking topics this school year: (1) Dietrich Bonhoeffer; (2) psychology and religion; and (3) the intersection of race and religion. The first two topics will be offered in the fall, beginning the week of August 25, and the third in the spring, beginning in January.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDietrich Bonhoeffer: Life, Theology and Witness\u201d will explore the extraordinary witness of Bonhoeffer in the midst of Nazi Germany. <a href=\"http:\/\/emu.edu\/personnel\/people\/show\/mtn951\">Mark Thiessen Nation<\/a>, PhD, who will teach the course, has spent many years researching Bonhoeffer and the impact of his writings on the Christian church.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPsychology of Religious Experience\u201d will be taught by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/personnel\/people\/show\/yoderld\">Lonnie Yoder<\/a>, PhD, professor of pastoral care and counseling. This course will examine spiritual and religious realities from a psychological perspective. Topics to be considered include spiritual and religious experiences in childhood and adulthood, death, conversion, mysticism, and prayer, as well as the social and political dimensions of faith experience.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRace and Religion in American\u201d will explore how nation, race and religion form identity. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/personnel\/people\/show\/dfe2222\">David Evans<\/a>, PhD, assistant professor of history and mission, will help participants discover ways that racial, religious, and national histories haunt our lives, churches, and communities in the present.<\/p>\n<p>EMS keeps its online courses small, usually capping registration at 12 students, to allow for maximum course interaction between students and faculty. Courses are set up in weekly units, allowing students the flexibility to do course work on their own schedules. Participation audit is an option for online courses that are not at capacity.<\/p>\n<p>The seminary is offering four online courses each semester this year. 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