Postgraduate Course: Critical Debates in Christian Mission (WRCH11016)
Course Outline
| School | School of Divinity |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | 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. |
| Course description |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2015/16, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Seminar/Tutorial Hours 22,
Feedback/Feedforward Hours 1,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
173 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
90 %,
Practical Exam
10 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
The course will be assessed by one 4,000 word essay: topic to be agreed with the course manager (90%) and a class presentation (10%). |
| Feedback |
Not entered |
| No Exam Information |
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.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | CDCM |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Jack Thompson
Tel:
Email: T.Jack.Thompson@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Joanne Hendry
Tel: (0131 6)50 7227
Email: J.Hendry@ed.ac.uk |
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