This unit aims to equip participants with practical insights, frameworks, tools and strategies to effect transformation in local neighbourhoods facing urban poverty. This includes: a theological and pastoral critique of the contribution of Christian faith; an exploration of the ways that Christians can relate to, and come alongside, marginalised people thus bringing residents together to solve their own problems; a critical evaluation of the roles local churches can play in neighbourhood-based responses. Personal worker issues that can undermine transformations such as boundaries, self-care, dependencies and projections are considered. Christian approaches to urban community development; empowerment and relief will be identified and explored.
Unit code: DM2002S
Unit status: Archived (New unit)
Points: 18.0
Unit level: Undergraduate Level 2
Unit discipline: Missiology
Delivery Mode: Face to Face
Proposing College: Stirling College
Show when this unit is running1. | Identify a number of contemporary approaches to understanding and defining the nature of poverty. |
2. | Describe a variety of models, frameworks and concepts that can inform and inspire a community transformation process in an urban neighbourhood. |
3. | Develop a theological rationale for the ways Christians live in and engage with neighbourhoods. |
4. | Communicate theological concepts in a clear and articulate form, accessible to people living in poverty. |
5. | Demonstrate distinct ways Christians can engage with urban neighbourhoods. |
15 points in field D
classroom lectures, seminars and tutorials
Type | Description | Word count | Weight (%) |
---|---|---|---|
Seminar or Tutorial | 500 word oral tutorial presentation |
500 | 10.0 |
Essay | 2,000 word topical paper |
2000 | 40.0 |
Essay | 2,000 word thematic essay |
2000 | 50.0 |
Unit approved for the University of Divinity by John Capper on 19 Oct, 2017
Unit record last updated: 2022-10-31 18:10:36 +1100