MTHF30
Church, Culture, Mission
Strand: Theology & Ministry
Module Director: Greg Hoyland
Offered: Term 3 Summer 2013-14 at
York campus
Timetable: Three Saturdays, tbc
Prerequisites: None
Module Description
This module contributes to postgraduate
provision in Theology & Religious Studies (Theology and
Ministry). It allows students to explore contemporary issues
related to the way that churches relate to society and carry out
their mission. The module will draw on the expertise of scholars
and practitioners in the field in order to allow students to engage
critically and reflectively with mission in a context that is
relevant to their professional development. This module can be
delivered over two or three day-long sessions or a period of
evening sessions.
Set Texts
Indicative essential book provision
(examples):
- Avis PDL 2003 A church drawing near:
spirituality and mission in a post-Christian culture London;
New York: T & T Clark International
- Bevans SB & Schroeder R 2004
Constants in context: a theology of mission for today
Maryknoll, N.Y.: Orbis Books
- Chung PS 2010 Public theology in an age
of world Christianity: God's mission as word-event New York:
Palgrave Macmillan
- Kalu O & Low AM 2008 Interpreting
contemporary Christianity: global processes and local
identities Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans
- Percy M 2005 Engaging with contemporary
culture: Christianity, theology and the concrete church
Aldershot: Ashgate
Indicative Journals/ Periodicals
(examples):
- International Journal of Public Theology
- Mission Studies
Assessment
One 6,000 word piece of written work (100% of the mark)