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**Fall 2009 **  __Course Number, Meeting Time and Classroom __ STM 981, Tuesday, 6:00-9:00, Library Seminar Room  __Instructor __ Bryan Froehle, Ph.D., Professor and Director of Ph.D. Studies in Practical Theology Sullivan Hall, Room 116 (near photocopier) Office Hours, M, T, F 1:00-3:00 or by appointment. Subject to change: please call or email in advance. Office phone: 305-628-6636 (direct); 312-285-9121 (mobile) E-mail: bfroehle@stu.edu  **Welcome! ** <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">This semester you will write your dissertation and develop experience in presenting your work in a variety of scholarly formats. All students who enroll in this course must therefore have successfully defended their prospectus and be in the writing stage of their work. <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">You are expected to move rapidly from prospectus submission and defense to full-scale dissertation writing, which is expected to move into full focus throughout the summer. By the third and fourth semesters of this dissertation seminar, you will be expected to be presenting your work, developing articles, and beginning to be thinking about seeking employment in positions that allow for university or seminary level teaching and research, leadership and service. <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Because this seminar will not always have mandatory meetings, attendance is absolutely expected on those days when meetings are mandatory. Fullest professional attention and engagement is expected at all times. <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> **<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Course Description ** <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Trains dissertation writers in the art of practical theological writing and presentation while providing a collegial environment to facilitate and advance work on the dissertation. This course is designed to be the sole course taken during the third semester of candidacy. <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"> **<span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Course Outcomes ** <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">This course is part of the overall Ph.D. in practical theology program. The Ph.D. program outcomes are designed to do the following: · <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Develop advanced competency in practical theology that appropriates biblical, historical, and contemporary sources. · <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Apply practical theological method and analytical skills in a manner that critically incorporates insights from philosophical, psychology, and social scientific theory and research. · <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Advance the work of practical theology within culture, society, religious formation, and the life of the faith community. · <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Cultivate practical theological skills critical for transformative leadership and advocacy within society, church, and the contemporary theological conversation. · <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Acquire skills necessary to research and teach practical theology at an advanced level. <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"> <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">While this seminar will work in some way to advance all of these program outcomes, the most critical outcomes for the perspective of this course is the final program goal—to “acquire skills necessary to research and teach practical theology at an advanced level.” <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"> <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Specific course objectives therefore include preparing you to present at scholarly conferences, submit papers for publication, and learn from mutual critique. Participants in this seminar are expected to learn from each other, including from the literature and conceptual moves original to each person in the seminar. All participants are welcome to use the work of others in that regard, although they are always expected to fully and appropriately cite the source of those ideas and sources. <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Course Software <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">We will not ordinarily use blackboard for this course, but from time to time its discussion board and communications features may be utilized. There all participants in the seminar are asked to be sure that they are able to access blackboard for this course. <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">I always prefer electronic submissions. If you give printed submissions, please also submit electronic ones. I reserve the right to give you feedback either in electronic or written (hard copy) form. <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> **<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Evaluation and Assessment **<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">There is no additional work besides the work of preparing for candidacy, creating your prospectus, assembling your committee, defending your prospectus, and pursuing your dissertation. The course grade is based on the quality of your participation in this seminar. <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> **<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Subject to Change **<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">This syllabus is only a guide, not a contract. Changes to this syllabus may occur throughout the semester. The current version will always be posted and available on Blackboard. From time to time, students may receive a revised version of the syllabus as well. For that reason, it is essential that email lists be kept up to date. <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> **<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Class List ** <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Below is a list of each member of the seminar listing each person’s preferred email address and each person’s proposed dissertation title. The title may be changed at any time provided approval is granted by the dissertation committee. This is also the prayer list. We will move alphabetically though the list as the semester proceeds. <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Marzo Artime artime12@aol.com //<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">The Encounter with God in Ordinary Experience: Semiotic Investigations for a New Evangelization // <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Nathaniel Holmes nholmesjr@yahoo.com //<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Interfaith Dialogue as Christian Practice: A Practical Theology of Religious Pluralism // <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Angelique Montgomery angelique.miami@yahoo.com //<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">A Treasure Buried: College Student Theological Reflection on the Experience of Catholic Identity // <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Anselm Ohanekwu franselmcno@yahoo.com <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">[Revised title under discussion.] <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Joan Reisinger reisinger@mindspring.com //<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Pentecost Dialogue, Dialogue from the Ashes // <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Rick Ruano rinux1024@gmail.com //<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Pragmatism and the Practical Theology Method // <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Diane Shoaf shoaf456@bellsouth.net //<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Theological Education for/in the Twenty-First Century // <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> **<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Class Schedule ** <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Each meeting will start with a prayer led by a prayer leader designated in advance, ordinarily proceeding alphabetically by last name through the semester. A fifteen minute break will generally, but not always, be observed at 7:30. <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Members of the seminar are strongly encouraged to schedule at least three meetings with the instructor during the semester. Such meetings should be scheduled in as far in advance as possible. <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">1. Tuesday, August 25, 2009 <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">2. Tuesday, September 22, 2009 <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> **Presentations I** <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> 6:05-6:55: Diane Shoaf <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">6:55-7:45: Nathaniel Holmes, Jr. <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> 8:00-8:50: Marzo Artime <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> 8:50-9:00: Evaluation of process <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">3. Tuesday, September 29, 2009 <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> 6:05-6:45: Joan Reisinger <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> 6:45-7:25: Angelique Montgomery <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> 7:40-8:20: Anselm Ohanekwu <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">8:20-9:00: Rick Ruano <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">4. Tuesday, October 20, 2009 <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> **Panel Presentation I** <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> Convenor/Presider (5 minute introduction): Nathaniel Holmes, Jr. <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> Discussant/Respondent (10 minutes): Joan Reisinger <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Presenter (15 minutes): Diane Shoaf <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> Presenter (15 minutes): Angelique Montgomery <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> Presenter (15 minutes): Rick Ruano <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">5. Tuesday, October 27, 2009 <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> **Panel Presentation II** <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> Convenor/Presider (5 minute introduction): Diane Shoaf <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> Discussant/Respondent (10 minutes): Rick Ruano <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Presenter (15 minutes): Nathaniel Holmes, Jr. <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> Presenter (15 minutes): Joan Reisinger <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> Presenter (15 minutes): Marzo Artime <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> Presenter (15 minutes): Anselm Ohanekwu <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">6. Tuesday, November 3, 2009 <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> From Dissertation to Article, From Dissertation to Book: What Do You Need to Do? <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> //Presentations of strategy, present thinking (model journals, articles, books, publishers) by __all__ members of the seminar// <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">7. Tuesday, December 1, 2009 <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"> Dissertation developments over the semester, plans for next semeste
 * <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt;">STM 981: Dissertation Seminar II (3 credits) **<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt;">
 * <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> Presentations II **
 * <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> Publications **