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| Unit name |
Transforming Mission: Paradigm Changes in Mission (Trinity and Baptist College) |
| Unit code |
THRSM0076 |
| Credit points |
20 |
| Level of study |
M/7
|
| Teaching block(s) |
Academic Year (weeks 1 - 52)
|
| Unit director |
Reverend Dr. Corrie |
| Open unit status |
Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
None |
| Co-requisites |
None |
| School/department |
Department of Religion and Theology |
| Faculty |
Faculty of Arts |
Description including Unit Aims
This Unit:
- engages with and critically evaluates David Boschs proposal for a new ecumenical paradigm;
- Explores the biblical basis of mission through engagement with Bosch's analysis of Scripture;
- Highlights the importance of contextualization and its role in todays global Christian world;
- Discusses the importance of a transformative, integrated approach to the church's mission;
- Analyses the challenges to mission of postmodern approaches to truth and epistemology.
Intended Learning Outcomes
On completion of the unit students should:
- Appreciate the need for a paradigm shift in the church's thinking about mission if it is to relate meaningfully to a postmodern context;
- Be able to handle biblical texts about mission critically and confidently;
- Grasp the breadth of the church's mission in many modes and be able to apply this thinking in their own mission practice;
- Have a thoughtful and self-critical understanding of the historical paradigms of mission.
Teaching Information
The unit will be taught through interactive seminars, including a variety of media such as DVD, the Internet, case studies. Students are expected to have completed prior reading and to come ready to discuss it.
Assessment Information
Formative assessment will be through engagement with prior reading and exercises of private study which are then discussed, with tutor feedback, in class.
Summative assessment will be through an essay of 6,000 words.
Reading and References
- Bosch, D., Transforming Mission (New York, Orbis, 1991)
- Cook, M. et al (eds), Local Theology for the Global Church, (William Carey Library, 2010)
- Corrie, J., "Creative Tensions in the Mission of the Church: David Bosch Ten Years On", Anvil, Vol 18, N0 2, 2001
- Kim, K., Joining in with the Spirit, (Epworth Press, 2010)
- Kritzinger, J.J., and Saayman, W. (eds), Mission in Bold Humility (New York, Orbis, 1996)
- Spencer, S., Christian Mission (London, SCM, 2007)
