In RS-I four classic papers are taught, along with a movie and art form conversation:
Session One: Existence in Depth
Rudolf Bultmann, The Crisis of Faith (published 1931) From Rudolf Bultmann: Interpreting Faith for the Modern Era by Rudolf Karl Bultmann; ed. and with introduction by Roger A. Johnson. 1991: Augsburg Fortress Publishers. [Note: This was considered a new translation from the German by Edward Hobbs -- maybe JWM's colleague.] Earlier printed in Rudolf Bultmann: Interpreting Faith for the Modern Era, ed., Roger A. Johnson (London: Collins, 1987), pp. 240-56. The Bultmann Paper
Session Two: Existence in Authenticity
Paul Tillich, You Are Accepted (published 1948). Chapter 19 from The Shaking of the Foundations by Paul Tillich. 1948: Charles Scribner's Sons. The Tillich Paper
Session Three: Existence in Freedom
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Freedom (published 1949) From Ethics, Part V. History and Good, by Dietrich Bonhoeffer (translated by Neville Horton Smith). 1995: Simon & Schuster, Inc. The Bonhoeffer Paper
Session Four: movie/art formconversation
Rod Serling's Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962) directed by Ralph Nelson and starring Anthony Quinn, Jackie Gleason, Mickey Rooney, and Julie Harris.
Session Five: Existence in Community
H. Richard Niebuhr, The Church as Social Pioneer (published 1946) From "The Responsibility of the Church for Society" by H. Richard Niebuhr. Chapter 5, The Gospel, The World and the Church, ed. Kenneth Scott Latourette. 1946: Harper Bros. The Niebuhr Paper