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  • 02 Dec
  • 2024

Spring 2025 history class offering – The Bible and the Reformation

HST 604/704 – Erik Herrmann, Ph.D. –
“The history of the Church is the history of biblical exegesis.” In the study of Christian history, too often the Bible is treated as a waxen nose, twisted to fit whatever political, social or philosophical forces drive men and women to act. But what if we ascribed to the Bible the same importance and power that the historical figures we study did?

  • 21 Nov
  • 2024

Remembering Rev. John Rasmussen

The Christ School of Theology and the communities of its parent institute, the Institute of Lutheran Theology, have lost a committed faculty member, an excellent student, and a very close friend. Reverend John Rasmussen passed away on November 13, 2024, losing his earthly body to cancer.

  • 21 Oct
  • 2024

J-Term 2025 is open for registration!

J-Term 2025 is open for registration! This year the Christ School of Theology is offering two exciting courses for master’s level students during the January Term: BT 644 – Romans, and PT 532 – Death and Dying. These intensive courses have specific class meeting times (see below) with the work of the course running throughout the month of January. In addition to these courses providing our students with the opportunity to more quickly advance through their programs, either of these courses would serve as excellent opportunities for pastoral continuing education. To learn more about our continuing education opportunities at the Christ School of Theology, contact our Director of Enrollment Service, Joel Williams at jwilliams@ilt.edu, or call him at (605) 392-9337. BT 664: Romans This course provides an immersive study of Romans. The course addresses the letter’s history, form, content, and theological motifs. This course will run through the month of January with the class sessions meeting from 9:30am-12:30pm and 1:30pm-4:30pm (Central time) from January 6-10. Dan Lioy, Ph.D. is the head of the Biblical theology department at the Christ School of Theology where he also serves as the program director for the Master of Arts, Master of Chaplain Ministries, and Master of Sacred Theology programs. Dr. Lioy is the Biblical theology editor for Verba Vitae Journal. He also serves as the Senior Research Manager at South African Theological Seminary (in South Africa), a dissertation advisor in the Leadership and Global Perspectives DMIN program at Portland Seminary (part of George Fox University in Oregon), and a professor in the School of Continuing Theological Studies at North-West University (in South Africa). He is widely published, including a number of serious works in Biblical theology including, Facets of Pauline Discourse in Christocentric and Christotelic Perspective (Studies in Biblical Literature). Dan Lioy, Ph. D. PT 532: Death and Dying This course examines end-of-life discussions that include death, dying, grief and burial from a Christian perspective but it also examines other cultures/religions in these same areas. In addition, we will consider ethical, economic, and emotional costs that are part of the end-of-life process. This course meets four (4) hours a day 10:00 am – 12:00 and then 1:00 – 3:00 (Central time) on the following days: January 2, 3, 6 -10, 16 -17 and the 20th. Beth Hoeltke, Ph.D., is the retired director of the graduate school at Concordia Seminary and an adjunct instructor at Jefferson College in Hillsboro, Missouri. Together with Kent Burreson, she is the author of Death, Heaven, Resurrection, and the New Creation, and Lay Me in God’s Good Earth: A Christian Approach to Death and Burial. Beth Hoeltke, Ph.D.