EM043-812 - Transformational Development

  • 2,976 Standard Tuition Fee
  • 12
    Credit Points
  • 0.125 EFT 
  • 8
    AQF level
  • Category advanced unit
    C
  • evangelism missiolUnit Discipline

Exclusions

Prior to 2020, this unit content was delivered under the unit code EM711-4.

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will

A. Know and understand

Demonstrate Advanced knowledge and understanding of, and the research underlying, principles, models and practices of transformational development

B. Be able to

1. Examine recent scholarship on transformational development

2. Demonstrate skill in utilising diverse scholarship and learning in formulating principles to guide ministry in contexts of poverty and human need

3. Present Research-Aware evidence-based perspectives on transformational development

C. Be in a position to

Applying Advanced perspectives and skills from ‘Transformational Development’ to ministry practice and Christian living as a reflective practitioner

Content

1. The causes of poverty
2. Definitions of and perspectives on development
3. Models and case studies of transformational development
4. Analysis of issues in responding to poverty in cross-cultural contexts, e.g. paternalism, colonial attitudes, ethnocentrism, lack of cultural awareness, dependency, and non-sustainability.
5. Principles of healthy transformational development 
6. Evaluating approaches to development
7. The role and responsibility of the church towards the poor and their needs 
8. The role of missionaries in helping churches engage in transformational development
9.Issues and challenges involved in planning and evaluating community development projects and possible responses

Set Readings

This unit's indicative bibliography is currently being revised. Students should contact their home college for further details at the time of taking this unit.

 

Prescribed:

Myers, B., Walking with the Poor: Principles and Practices of Transformational Development (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2011).

Corbett, C., and Fikkert, B., When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty without Hurting the Poor. . . and Yourself  (Chicago: Moody Press, 2012).

 

Recommended:

Chester, T., Good News to the Poor (Wheaton, IL: Crossway 2013).

Christian, J., God of the Empty-Handed: Poverty, Power, and the Kingdom of God (Monrovia, CA: MARC, 1999).

Flemming, D., Recovering the Full Mission of God: A Biblical Perspective on Being, Doing, and Telling (Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2013)

Freeman, D., Pentecostalism and Development: Churches, NGOs, and Social Change in Africa (London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012).

Freire, P., Education for Critical Consciousness (London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2013).

Gutierrez, G., and Müller, G., On the Side of the Poor: The Theology of Liberation (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2015).

Hoksbergen, R., Serving God Globally: Finding Your Place in International Development. (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2012).

Kingsbury, D., McKay, J., & Hunt, J., Key Issues in Development (London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004).

Lederleitner, M., Cross-Cultural Partnerships: Navigating the Complexities of Money and Mission (Downers Grove, IL: IVP, 2010).

Mott, S., Biblical Ethics and Social Change (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011).

Stiglitz, J., Making Globalization Work (London, Penguin, 2007).

Transformation: An International Journal of Holistic Mission Studies

Volf, M., Exclusion and Embrace: A Theological Exploration of Identity, Otherness, and Reconciliation (Nashville, TN: Abingdon, 1996).

 

Classics:

Lapierre, D., City of Joy (London, Arrow, 2011).