The unit explores approaches to theologies and practices of cultural meeting and understanding. By examining a range of theologies of culture and inculturation, students are able to develop an understanding of the challenges, complexities, and issues associated with mission attuned to cross-cultural engagement and the contextualisation of Christian practice and belief.
Unit code: CT9332Y
Unit status: Approved (New unit)
Points: 24.0
Unit level: Postgraduate Elective
Unit discipline: Systematic Theology
Delivery Mode: Blended
Proposing College: Yarra Theological Union
Show when this unit is running| 1. | Evaluate theories of culture in human life |
| 2. | Critically analyse aspects of cultural anthropology and theology related to mission |
| 3. | Evaluate situations and experiences of intercultural dialogue and gospel inculturation |
| 4. | Evaluate cultural pressures on Christian life and belief |
| 5. | Demonstrate the capacity to research a specific topic in a critically rigorous, sustained and self-directed manner. |
Either a PG Foundational CT or DM unit
Mixed mode/blended learning - lectures and tutorials
Adeney, Frances. Women and Christian Mission: Ways of Knowing and Doing Theology. Eugene, Oregon: Pickwick Publications, 2015.
Andraos, Michael, Bernadeth Caero Bustillos, Geraldo de Mori, eds. Christianities and Indigenous Peoples, London: SCM Press, 2019.
Stephen Bevans and Katalina Tahaafe-Williams, eds. Contextual Theology for the Twenty-First Century. Eugene, OR: Pickwick, 2011.
Grenham, Thomas, G. The Unknown God: Religious and Theological Inculturation. Oxford: Peter Lang, 2005.
McDowell, John C. Identity Politics in George Lucas (Jefferson, NC: McFarland Press, 2016).
McDowell, John C. Theology and the Globalized Present: Feasting in the Presence of God (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2019).
McDowell, John C. The Politics of Big Fantasy: Studies in Cultural Suspicion (Jefferson, NC: McFarland Press, 2014).
Ross, Cathy and Stephen B. Bevans, Mission on the Road to Emmaus: Constants, Context and Prophetic Dialogue, Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 2015.
Tan, Jonathan Y. Christian Mission among the Peoples of Asia. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 2014.
Tanner, Kathryn. Theories of Culture: A New Agenda for Theology. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1997.
| Type | Description | Word count | Weight (%) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variant 1 | ||||||||
| Essay | 2500 | 35.0 | ||||||
| Essay | 4500 | 65.0 | ||||||
Variant 2 | ||||||||
| Essay | 700 | 10.0 | ||||||
| Essay | 6300 | 90.0 | ||||||
Unit approved for the University of Divinity by Maggie Kappelhoff on 8 Sep, 2021
Unit record last updated: 2021-09-08 14:21:25 +1000