EM013-812 - Global Migration, Diaspora and the Mission of God

  • 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 EM713-4.

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will

A. Know and understand

Demonstrate Advanced knowledge and understanding of, and the research underlying, mission and ministry in global and local migration contexts

B. Be able to

1. Examine recent scholarship on migration, ministry and mission

2. Demonstrate skill in utilising diverse scholarship in strategy for mission and ministry in global and local migration contexts

3. Present Research-Aware evidence-based perspectives on mission and ministry in global and local migration contexts

C. Be in a position to

Applying Advanced perspectives and skills from ‘Global Migration, Diaspora and the Mission of God’ to ministry practice and Christian living as a reflective practitioner

Content

  • Key definitions (migration, immigration, diaspora, refugee, asylum seeker etc), theories and concepts relating to migration and diaspora
  • Theologies of migration
  • Introduce factors affecting migration and its impact on a variety of peoples
  • History of migration (local and global perspectives)
  • Migration, ethnic diversity and identity
  • The role of religion and religious institutions in diaspora experiences
  • Second and third generations involvement in diaspora religious communities
  • Various case studies of diaspora communities
  • Migration, ministry and mission: exploring challenges and opportunities with a view to missional engagement

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:

Carroll, D., Christians at the Border: Immigration, the Church, & the Bible (Grand Rapids, MI: Brazos Press, 2013).

Tira, S.J., and Yamamori, T., Scattered and Gathered: A Global Compendium of Diaspora Missiology (Oxford, UK: Regnum Press, 2016).

Hanciles, Jehu J. Beyond Christendom: Globalization, African Migration and the Transformation of the West (Maryknoll:Orbis Books, 2008).

 

Recommended:

Brettell, C.B., and Hollifield, J.F., Migration Theory: Talking across Disciplines (London: Routledge, 2015).

Dufoix, S., Diasporas (Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2003)

Higgins, Scott, Boundless Plains to share? Australia, Jesus, and Refugees (Newcastle, NSW: A Just Cause, 2013).

Jakubowicz, A. ‘Religion and Australian Cultural Diversity’ http://andrewjakubowicz.com/publications/religion-and-australian-cultural-diversity/.

McGill, J. Religious Identity and Cultural Negotiation: Toward a Theology of Christian Identity and Migration (Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications, 2016).

Nail, T. The Figure of the Migrant (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2015).

Nguyen, T., and Prior, J.M., God’s People on the Move: Biblical and Global Perspectives on Migration and Mission (Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications, 2014).

Padilla, E. and Phan, P.C., eds., Contemporary Issues of Migration and Theology (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013).

Pocock, M. and Wan, E., Diaspora missiology: Reflections on Reaching the Scattered Peoples of the World (Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library, 2015).

Richmond, H. and Yang, M.D., eds. Crossing borders: Shaping Faith, Ministry and Identity in Multicultural Australia (Sydney: UCA Assembly and Board of Mission, 2006).

Ringma, C.R., et al, God at the Borders: Globalization, Migration and Diaspora (Manila: OMF Literature, Inc, 2015).

Snyder, S., Asylum-Seeling, Migration and Church (Farnham, UK: Ashgate Publishing, 2012).