Reading Romans with Eastern Eyes (Course)

Reading Romans with Eastern Eyes

How do we “read Romans with Eastern eyes”? What might we learn? In this class, you'll explore how honor and shame shape Paul's message and mission to the church in Rome.

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Course curriculum

1. How to navigate this course
1. What this course is about
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2. Our goals for this class
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3. How do I get the most from this class?
4. Before we begin...
1. Lesson Objectives
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2. First Impressions and Suspicions
3. Theology in Diverse Contexts
4. Reflect
5. Bible or Culture? Which has Priority?
6. Check in
7. Contextualizing Theology
8. Check in
9. The Bible, Culture, and Theology
10. Check in
11. Metaphors and Framing (Part 1)
12. Check in
13. Metaphors and Framing (Part 2)
14. Check in
15. Historical and Global Contexts
16. Reflect
17. Our Implicit Gospel
18. Reflect
19. Biblical Theology and Systematic Theology
20. Check in
1. Lesson Objectives
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2. Approaches to Contextual Theology
3. Check in
4. Case Study (K.K. Yeo)
5. Reflect
6. Ancient and Biblical Perspectives
7. Check in
8. Are Chinese and Ancient Cultures the Same?
9. Check in
1. Lesson Objectives
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2. Honor and Shame in Biblical and Cultural Contexts (with keynote)
3. Check in
4. "Face" and Morality (Part 1)
5. Check in
6. Podcast Episode: Distinguishing Shame and Guilt (Optional)
7. Face and Morality (Part 2)
8. Check in
9. Saving Face, Works, and Chinese Theology
10. Check in
11. Honor and Shame in Scripture
1. Lesson Objectives
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2. Why did Paul write Romans?
3. Reflect
4. Paul's Indirect Approach
5. Check In
6. Relating Romans 1, 15
7. Check In
8. Podcast Episode: Theology for the Sake of Missions in Romans (Optional)
9. Jews first then the Greeks
10. Check In
11. Distinguishes Gentiles and Greeks
12. Why this "Greek" language?
13. Check In
14. Implications for NPP, Mission, and Belonging
15. What if Paul wrote his letter to China or us?
16. Reflect
1. Lesson Objectives
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2. Honor and Shame Frame the Gospel (Part 1)
3. Check In
4. Honor and Shame Frame the Gospel (Part 2)
5. Check In
6. The Gospel of Honor and Shame (Part 1)
7. Reflect
8. The Gospel of Honor and Shame (Part 2)
9. Check In
10. Honor and Shame in the Bible (Introduction)
11. Check In
12. The Gospel of Honor and the Sin of Shame
13. Does God Lose Face?
14. Check In
15. What is this glory?
16. How do we dishonor God?
17. Apply
1. Lesson Objectives
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2. Righteousness in an Honor-Shame Context
3. Check in
4. The Meaning of Righteousness
5. Check in
6. Ascribed and Achieved Righteousness (Part 1)
7. Check in
8. Ascribed and Achieved Righteousness (Part 2)
1. Lesson Objectives
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2. Righteousness and "Law" as Honor-Shame Concepts
3. Check in
4. Worth and Works
5. Who are "insiders" and "outsiders"?
6. Check in
7. How do Gentiles keep the Law? (Part 1)
8. How do Gentiles keep the Law? (Part 2)
9. Check in
1. Lesson Objectives
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2. Vindicating God's Honor
3. Check in
4. The Significance of Romans 3:4
5. Check in
6. Challenges When Interpreting Romans 3:4
7. Check in
8. Why Does Paul Use Psalm 51?
9. Why is God Justified in Psalm 51? (Part 1)
10. Dig Deeper
11. Why is God Justified in Psalm 51? (Part 2)
12. Check in
1. Lesson Objectives
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2. Psalms 51 Interprets Romans 3:4
3. Check in
4. Why Pose the Question?
5. How Does Christ Save God's Face?
6. Check in
7. The Vocabulary of Atonement
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9. What is the "Mercy Seat"?
10. God Demonstrates His Righteousness
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12. Why is Atonement Necessary?
13. Is Christ's Death an "Honor Killing"?
14. Reflect
1. Lesson Objectives
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2. Assuming the Gospel
3. Check In
4. More than Believing and Behaving
5. Reflect
6. Boasting and Belonging (Part 1)
7. Check In
8. Boasting and Belonging (Part 2)
9. Reflect
10. Hope Does Not Put Us to Shame
11. Check In
12. What is this Hope?
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14. Glorified through Shame
15. How Do We Seek Glory? (Romans 5-6)
16. How Do We Seek Glory? (Romans 7-8)
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18. Applying Honor through Shame
19. Apply
1. Lesson Objectives
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2. The Subversive Ethics of Honor and Shame (Part 1)
3. Check In
4. The Subversive Ethics of Honor and Shame (Part 2)
5. Reflect
6. Honor, Shame, and Collective Identity
7. Check In
8. The Arab Spring (Case Study)
9. The Strong and the Weak (Rom 14-15)
10. Reflect
11. What Distinguishes the Strong and the Weak?
12. Reflect
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Reading Romans with Eastern Eyes

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Doing Theology in Cultural Contexts

Approaches to Contextual Theology

Honor & Shame in Biblical and Cultural Contexts

Why Did Paul Write Romans?

Honor, Shame, and the Gospel

Righteousness and Justification

Who is Righteous and Why?

Why is God Justified?

Saving God's Face in Romans 3

Boasting in the Hope of Glory

The Subversion of Honor and Shame

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