EM019-612 - Contemporary Theology of Mission

  • 2,784 Standard Tuition Fee
  • 12
    Credit Points
  • 0.125 EFT 
  • 6
    AQF level
  • Category developing unit
    B
  • evangelism missiolUnit Discipline

Exclusions

Prior to 2020, this unit content was delivered under the unit code EM404.

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will

A. Know and understand

Demonstrate Developing knowledge and understanding of the contemporary theology of Christian mission, including the methods and standards of professional, safe and ethical practice. 

B. Be able to

1. Comment Critically on the relationship between missiological perspectives and the post-1945 world situation

2. Analyse the leading issues in the contemporary theology of Christian mission

3. Present Analytical evidence-based perspectives on the contemporary theology of Christian mission

C. Be in a position to

1. Applying perspectives and skills from ‘The Contemporary Theology of Mission’ in contemporary Christian life and ministry contexts  

Content

A study of the theological issues arising in the Missionary and Ecumenical Conferences of the 20th century, with special reference to post-1961 conferences, including:

  1. The nature of mission; Missio Dei; holistic mission; evangelism and social justice; development; humanisation.
  2. Holistic salvation; liberation theology; the poor in God’s mission; evangelism; education, social responsibility, medicine and development.
  3. Conversion in a pluralistic world; syncretism; universalism.
  4. The church in relation to other faiths: dialogue; Christian presence; anonymous Christians.
  5. Developments in ecumenical, evangelical, charismatic, and Roman Catholic theologies of mission.

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:

Bevans, S. B. and R. P. Schroeder, Constants in Context: A Theology of Mission for Today (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 2004).

Claydon, D. (ed.), A New Vision, A New Heart, A Renewed Call (Pasadena: William Carey, 2005).

Kirk, J. A., What is Mission?: Theological Explorations (London: Darton, Longman & Todd, 1999).

Langmead, R., The Word Made Flesh: Towards an Incarnational Missiology (Lanham, MD: UPA, 2004).

Lewis, D. M. (ed.), Christianity Reborn: The Global Expansion of Evangelicalism in the Twentieth Century (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2004).

Okoye, J. C., Israel and the Nations: A Mission Theology of the Old Testament (Maryknoll: Orbis, 2006).

Samuel, V. and C. Sugden (eds), The Church in Response to Human Need (Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2003).

Taylor, W. (ed.), Global Missiology for the 21st Century: the Iguassu Dialogue (Grand Rapids: Baker, 2000).

Thomas, N., Classic Texts in Mission and World Christianity (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 1995).

 

Recommended:

Hedlund, R. E., Roots of the Great Debate in Mission (3rd ed.; Bangalore: Theological Book Trust, 1997).

Petrella, I., Latin American Liberation Theology: The Next Generation (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 2005).

Thomas, J., From Lausanne to Manila, Evangelical Social Thought: Models of Mission and the Social Relevance of the Gospel (Delhi: ISPCK, 2003).

 

Classic:

Bosch, D., Transforming Mission: Paradigm Shifts in Theology of Mission (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 1991).