UMS

Unit discipline: Biblical Studies

Delivery Mode: Mode determined at Scheduling

Proposing college: Eva Burrows College

Proposed by: Rev Dr Arseny Ermakov

Content

This unit is designed to introduce students to meaningful practices of studying, teaching, and using the Bible in diverse missional and ministry contexts as well as for personal and communal formation. It provides an opportunity for development of exegetical skills, explores the ways of creative use of Scripture, and tackles the issues of its misuse.

Learning outcomes and graduate attributes alignment

Upon successful completion of this unit, it is expected that students will be able to:

		GA 1	GA 2	GA 3	GA 4	GA 5
1.	Examine the role and place of Scripture in the life of community of faith
2.	Assess the use of the Bible in different ministerial and missional contexts
3.	Apply exegetical skills to selected Scriptural passages
4.	Critically reflect on the uses of the Bible for personal and communal formation
5.	Develop strategies for intentional use of Scripture in a particular ministerial/missional context

Assessment

	Order	Type	Title	Description	Word count	Weight (%)	Due (week/percent)	Meets outcomes
Variant 1
	1	Summative Reflection			700	10.0	Week 2	1 4
	2	Portfolio			3500	50.0	Week 7	3
	3	Learning Resource			2100	30.0	Week 12	2 5
	4	Summative Reflection			700	10.0	Week 14	1 4
Variant 2
	1	Personal Reflection			1400	20.0	week 4	1 4
	2	Portfolio			3500	50.0	week 10	3
	3	Project Report or Project Journal			2100	30.0	week 14	2 5

Timing and workload

Teaching pattern	Weekly	Teaching duration (Wks)	12	Total duration (Wks)	16
Engagement hours	36	Study hours	164	Total hours	200

Pedagogy

This unit applies a constructivist approach to HEd pedagogy attuned to online or blended delivery. Teaching and learning in the unit occur through various student-centered learning experiences. Apart from undertaking assessment-for-learning tasks, students will engage with guided readings, exegetical exercises, knowledge application exercises, reflections, video lessons, etc. Online tutorials and workshops will provide spaces for peer-to-peer learning and developing discipline-specific and soft skills.

Unit sequence

No prerequisites required.

Resources

Resources used in the delivery of this unit.

Ballard, Paul H, and Stephen R Holmes. The Bible in Pastoral Practice: Readings in the Place and Function of Scripture in the Church. Using the Bible in Pastoral Practice. Grand Rapids, Mich.: William B. Eerdmans Pub, 2006.
Bauer, David R. Essential Bible Study Tools for Ministry. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2014.
Dyas, Dee, Esther Hughes, and Stephen Travis. The Bible in Western Culture: The Student's Guide. London: Routledge, 2005.
Enns, Peter. The Bible Tells Me So: Why Defending Scripture Has Made Us Unable to Read It. First ed. San Francisco: HarperOne, 2014.
Havea, Jione, and Monica Jyotsna Melanchthon, eds. Bible Blindspots: Dispersing and Othering. Eugene: Pickwick Publications, 2021.
Liew, Tat-siong Benny, and Fernando F. Segovia, eds. Reading Biblical Texts Together: Pursuing Minoritized Biblical Criticism. Semeia Studies, Number 98. Atlanta Georgia: SBL Press, 2022.
Old, Hughes Oliphant. The Reading and Preaching of the Scriptures in the Worship of the Christian Church. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1999.
Ralph, Margaret Nutting. Does the Bible Tell Me So? Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield, 2019.
Tidball, Derek. Ministry by the Book: New Testament Patterns for Pastoral Leadership. Downers Grove: IVP Academic, 2009.
Whitaker, Robyn J. Even the Devil Quotes Scripture: Reading the Bible on Its Own Terms. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2023.

Resources

Are current library resources sufficient to support this unit? Y

Action required (if any)

Resources ordered to support this unit

BS9313B Bible for Holistic Mission

Postgraduate Elective, 24.0 points