FTR-THMA150-8
Specialisation Missiology: World Christianity, Interfaith Dialogue, and Mission
Course infoSchedule
Course moduleFTR-THMA150-8
Credits (ECTS)10
Category-
Language of instructionEnglish
Offered byRadboud University; Faculty of Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies; Opleiding Theologie;
Lecturer(s)
Lecturer
dr. E.K.F. Chia
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Lecturer
prof. dr. F.J.S. Wijsen
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Examiner
prof. dr. F.J.S. Wijsen
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Contactperson for the course
prof. dr. F.J.S. Wijsen
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Academic year2020
Period
SEM2  (25/01/2021 to 29/08/2021)
Starting block
SEM2
Course mode
full-time
Remarks-
Registration using OSIRISYes
Course open to students from other facultiesNo
Pre-registrationNo
Waiting listNo
Placement procedure-
Aims
After this course you are able to
  • describe and analyse major concepts and theories of contemporary missiology;
  • employ empirical and practical theological methods in a missiological research project.
Content
World Christianity, Interfaith Dialogue, and Mission

This course begins with an exploration of World Christianity, discussing the origins of the discipline, the concerns it highlights, and the major theological themes investigated. A pseudonym for non-Western Christianity, its focus is really on how the Christian tradition has been expressing itself in the Global South. The course then discusses Asian Christianity, examining especially how it not only exists but has come to full-blown maturity as a minority within a culture rich in the dynamism of the variety of religious traditions of Asia. The ministry of interfaith dialogue is interrogated in all its dimensions, with a special focus on how it has evolved within the mission of the church. This investigation is premised on a theology of Christian mission that sees it as a single but complex reality, expressed through proclamation, witness,service, prayer, dialogue, charity, justice, reconciliation, inculturation, etc.
 
 
Level

Presumed foreknowledge

Test information

Specifics
 
Required materials
Book
Title:World Christianity: Perspectives and Insights
Author:Jonathan Y. Tan and Ahn Q. Tran
Publisher:New York, Maryknoll: Orbis, 2016
Book
Title:World Christianity Encounters World Religions
Author:Edmund Chia
Publisher:Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2018
Book
Title:Mission after Christendom: Emergent Themes in Contemporary Mission
Author:Ogbu Kalu, Peter Vethanayagamony and Edmund Chia
Publisher:Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 2010

Instructional modes
Seminar
Attendance MandatoryYes

Tests
Written exam
Test weight1
Test typeWritten exam
OpportunitiesBlock SEM2, Block SEM2