Content

This unit requires the student to read about, reflect upon, and engage with the general challenges of migration, and with a specific concern for migrant Christian communities and their experiences of social justice, cultural integration and identity formation within the Australian context. Special attention will be given to the theology and spirituality of these communities. The unit will involve exposure to and encounter with the migrant churches. It will include an exploration of recent political, social and religious trends in Australian society and the growing impact of globalism.

Unit code: DM2010P

Unit status: Archived (New unit)

Points: 18.0

Unit level: Undergraduate Level 2

Unit discipline: Missiology

Delivery Mode: Face to Face

Proposing College: Pilgrim Theological College

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Learning outcomes

1.

Describe the diversity of the contemporary Australian Christian religious and political context in relation to migration and migrant churches

2.

Identify the theological and spiritual emphases important within the context of migrant Christian communities and describe how these find structural expression

3.

Identify, reflect upon and explain the challenges and opportunities experienced by migrant Christian communities, and the challenges and opportunities that such communities present to ‘mainline’ Australian Christianity

Pedagogy

Lectures, Seminars, Tutorial, Site Visit

Indicative Bibliography

  • Burgess, Richard. “African Pentecostal Spirituality and Civic Engagement: The Case of the Redeemed Christian Church of God in Britain.” Journal of Beliefs & Values 30, no. 3 (2009): 255–73.
  • Campese, Gioacchino. “The Irruption of Migrants: Theology of Migration in the 21st Century.” Theological Studies 73, no. 1 (2012): 3–32.
  • Cruz, Gemma Tulud. Toward A Theology of Migration: Social Justice and Religious Experience. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
  • Ekue, Amele Adamavi-Aho. “Migrant Christians: Believing Wanderers between Cultures and Nations.” Ecumenical Review 61, no. 4 (2009): 387–99.
  • Girgis, Raafat. “‘House of Prayer for All People’: A Biblical Foundation for Multicultural Ministry.” International Review of Mission 100, no. 1 (2011): 62–73.
  • Groody, Daniel G., G. Campese, and Ó. A. R. Maradiaga, eds. A Promised Land, a Perilous Journey: Theological Perspectives on Migration Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 2008.
  • Hanciles, Jehu J. Beyond Christendom: Globalization, African Migration, and the Transformation of the West. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2008.
  • Jackson, Darrell, and Alessia Passarelli. Mapping Migration: Mapping Churches’ Response. Brussels: World Council of Churches, 2008.
  • Kahl, Werner. “A Theological Perspective: The Common Missionary Vocation of Mainline and Migrant Churches.” International Review of Mission 91 (2002): 328–41.
  • Lienemann-Perrin, Christine. “Theological Stimuli from the Migrant Churches.” Ecumenical Review 61, no. 4 (2009): 381–86.
  • Noort, Gerrit. “Emerging Migrant Churches in the Netherlands: Missiological Challenges and Mission Frontiers.”* International Review of Mission* 100, no. 1 (2011): 4–16.
  • Peschke, Doris. “The Role of Religion for the Integration of Migrants and Institutional Responses in Europe: Some Reflections.” Ecumenical Review 61, no. 4 (2009): 367–80.
  • Rivera, Luis R. “El Cristo Migrante/The Migrant Christ.” In Jesus in the Hispanic Community: Images of Christ from Theology to Popular Religion, edited by Harold J. Recinos, and Hugo Magallanes, 135–54. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 2010.
  • Walls, Andrew F. “Mission and Migration: The Diaspora Factor in Christian History.” Journal of African Christian Thought 5, no. 2 (2002): 3–11.

Assessment

Type Description Word count Weight (%)
Journal

Theological Journal In which the student will record their observations and theological reflections from engagement and encounter with migrant churches, and interviews with church leadership (2000 words)

2000 40.0
Essay

Essay Which analyses either a theological, social, or political aspect of migration or the migrant Christian community within the contemporary Australian context (2500 words)

2500 60.0
Approvals

Unit approved for the University of Divinity by John Capper on 19 Oct, 2016

Unit record last updated: 2022-10-04 13:37:24 +1100