FTR-THMA207
Seminar Religious Studies
Course infoSchedule
Course moduleFTR-THMA207
Credits (ECTS)10
Category-
Language of instructionEnglish
Offered byRadboud University; Faculty of Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies; Opleiding Theologie;
Lecturer(s)
Examiner
prof. dr. P.J.A. Nissen
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Lecturer
prof. dr. P.J.A. Nissen
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Contactperson for the course
prof. dr. P.J.A. Nissen
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Academic year2020
Period
SEM1  (31/08/2020 to 24/01/2021)
Starting block
SEM1
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 will be able to:
  • describe, analyze and compare in a phenomenological way the diversity of practices and beliefs in present day world Christianity;
  • describe the development of the ecumenical movement and interpret the text of a number of major ecumenical documents;
  •  analyze forms and possibilities of 'receptive ecumenism';
  • reflect academically on the major challenges of lived ecumenism in the third millennium.
Content
This course on 'Ecumenism in a globalizing world' encourages students to develop an ecumenical perspective on the diversity of practices and beliefs in present day world Christianity. It offers an introduction to the phenomenology of lived Christianity and to the history and ideals of the ecumenical movement and it discusses the major ecumenical challenges in the beginning of the third millennium, such as the rise of Pentecostalism and Evangelism, the shift in the centre of gravity of Christianity toward the global South, the need to develop a spirituality of engagement with the world and its people, and the approach of 'receptive ecumenism' (e.g. in the movement of New Monasticism).
Level

Presumed foreknowledge

Test information
Written research paper on an ecumenical case study and oral presentation of this research.
Specifics

Required materials
Literature
R. David Nelson & Charles Raith II, Ecumenism. A Guide for the Perplexed. London/New York: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2017
ISBN:978-0-5675-7346-9
Literature
Samuel Kobia, 'Ecumenism in the 21st Century', The Ecumenical Review 70 (2018) 21-29.

Recommended materials
Literature
Michael Kinnamon & Brian Cope, The Ecumenical Movement: An Anthology of Key Texts and Voices. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1996.
Literature
Paul D. Murray (ed.), Receptive Ecumenism and the Call to Catholic Learning. Exploring a Way for Contemporary Ecumenism. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008.
Literature
Paul Avis (ed.), Paths to Unity. Explorations in Ecumenical Method. London: Church House Publishing, 2004.
Literature
Paul Avis, Reshaping Ecumenical Dialogue. The Church Made Whole? London: Continuum T&T Clark, 2010.

Instructional modes
Seminar
Attendance MandatoryYes

Preparation of meetings
Students will have to prepare a number of presentations during the semester.

Tests
Paper
Test weight1
Test typeProject
OpportunitiesBlock SEM1, Block SEM2