Issues in Modern Mission (P00524)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : DIV-P-P00524

Using David Bosch's 'Transforming Mission as a key text, the course looks at a range of new thinking and writing on mission in the last forty years, and seeks to challenge students to consider the relevance of new definitions of mission for the contexts in which they live and work.

Entry Requirements

none

Subject Areas

Home subject area

World Christianity, (School of Divinity, Schedule B)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : Semester 1 (Blocks 1-2)

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 11 weeks

First Class Information

Date	Start	End	Room	Area	Additional Information
24/09/2007	11:10	13:00	Baillie Room, New College	Central

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Monday	11:10	13:00	Central

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

Students who successfully complete the course whould be able to :
Familiarise themeslves with some of the main documentary statements on mission to have been issued by major confessional groupings since around 1960.
Be aware of recent major debates on the definition and extent of Christian mission
Have a detailed knowledge and appreciation of the relationship of mission to such subjects as evangelism, other faiths, world poverty, justice, inculturation and ecology.
Discuss the relationship of such issues to the different cultural and theological contexts in which they live.