Mission and Worship (DM9309T)

Postgraduate, 24.0 points

Content

Mission and Worship explores the relationship between mission and worship, taking up the challenges and changes facing the contemporary church. Special attention will be given to the engagement between cultural contexts and missional challenges. The unit proposes understandings of the missional dimensions of worship in terms of (i) invitation and (ii) formation—that is, both how worship attracts persons into gathering and how it then shapes persons as participants in God’s mission beyond the liturgical assembly. Among a range of perspectives, a feature of this unit will be critical appreciation of the influence of increasingly diverse emerging forms of worship on inherited forms of worship.

Unit code: DM9309T

Unit status: Archived (New unit)

Points: 24.0

Unit level: Postgraduate Elective

Unit discipline: Missiology

Delivery Mode: Online

Proposing College: Trinity College Theological School

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Learning outcomes

1.

Articulate a range of models of the intersection between worship and mission
2.

Interpret the literature of contemporary missiology—particularly the Anglican and ecumenical investment in "mission-shaped church"/"fresh expressions of church", and liturgical theology
3.

Critique their own inherited/tradition-specific traditions of worship with resources from this unit
4.

Construct missionally appropriate resources for worship
5.

Critically evaluate the missional appropriateness of contemporary worship practice.

6.

Evaluate liturgical events with respect to the work of particular theologians and projects (e.g. The Nairobi statement on worship and culture)

Pedagogy

2 hours face-to-face with 1 hour on-line: lecture, discussion (small group, plenary, on-line forum), online resources, tutorial forums

Indicative Bibliography

  • Baker, J. Curating Worship. London: SPCK, 2010.
  • Burns, S. Worship and Ministry: Shaped Towards God. Melbourne: Mosaic, 2012.
  • Croft, S. et al, eds. Ancient Faith, Future Mission: Fresh Expressions in the Sacramental Tradition. New York, NY: Church Publishing, 2012.
  • Croft, S. ed. Mission-shaped Questions. London: CHP, 2008.
  • Earey, M. Worship that Cares: An Introduction to Pastoral Liturgy. London: SCM Press, 2012.
  • Gay, D. Remixing the Church: Towards an Emerging Ecclesiology. London: SCM Press, 2011. (recommended for purchase)
  • Gray-Reeves, M. and M. Perham. The Hospitality of God: Emergent Worship for a Missional Church. London: SPCK, 2011.
  • Jagessar, M. and S. Burns. Christian Worship: Postcolonial Perspectives. Sheffield: Equinox, 2011.
  • Pierce, G.A. The Mass is Never Ended: Rediscovering Our Mission to Transform the World. Notre Dame, IN: Ave Maria Press, 2007.
  • Schmidt, C. Sent and Gathered: A Worship Manual for a Missional Church. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2009.
  • Schattauer, T. ed. Inside-Out: Worship in an Age of Mission. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 1999.
  • Vasconcelos-Wilkey, G. Worship and Culture: Foreign Country or Homeland? Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2014. (recommended for purchase)
  • Ward, P. Liquid Church. Carlisle, Cumbria Paternoster Press, 2002.

Assessment

Type Description Word count Weight (%)
Book Review

literature review of 1,500 words

 1500 20.0
Learning Resource

constructive resources with commentary of 1,500 words

 1500 30.0
Essay

essay of 1,500 words

1500 30.0
Essay

paper of 1,500 words critiquing liturgical events

 1500 20.0
Approvals

Unit approved for the University of Divinity by John Capper on 1 Nov, 2015

Unit record last updated: 2019-10-22 16:27:22 +1100