Content

This unit would require 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 migrant churches and interviews with the church leadership. It will include an exploration of recent political, social and religious trends in Australian society and the growing impact of globalism.

Unit code: DM8010P

Unit status: Archived (New unit)

Points: 24.0

Unit level: Postgraduate Foundational

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.

Demonstrate skills in identifying the theological and spiritual emphases important within the context of migrant Christian communities and how these find structural expression

3.

Demonstrate skills of theological reflection, of identification and collection of appropriate sources, and of critical interaction with the sometimes different theological and cultural emphases found within migrant Christianity

4.

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 the church leadership (1500 words)

1500 25.0
Essay

Research Essay Which analyses in depth one or more themes raised during the course. The exact question will be developed through discussion between the student and the lecturer (4500 words)

4500 75.0
Approvals

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

Unit record last updated: 2022-10-04 13:37:16 +1100