CM6435: Global Christianity
Spring 2007
Frieder Ludwig, BH 122 GH 102
651.641.290;
fludwig@luthersem.edu Thursday, 6-9
p.m.
An overview of the global expansion of
Christianity in the 20th century and its effects on the life of the
church and contemporary theology. Special attention will be given to indigenous
Christian movements around the world.
Participants
will access and use resources that assist them in studying and reflecting on
Global Christianity especially throughout the past 200 years. Extensive reading in the literature will
provide an introduction to this study.
Attention will be given to interaction between different varieties of Christianity.
The
primary project for this course will be for students to draw on materials from
their readings, encounters and discussions in shaping an understanding of
current developments and academic research .in the field of Global
Christianity. Essential Objectives will be
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Gaining
factual knowledge(terminology, classifications, methods, trends) and to learn
about the history of church and theology in different contexts. The course will
introduce students to an overview of Global Christianity, with attention given
to histories written from different cultural traditions. We will also focus on
key persons, events and movements. There will be presentations by the lecturer,
students and other invited speakers. Visits to new immigrant congregations are
strongly encouraged. Literature lists as well as handouts summarizing basic
information will be provided.
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Learning
to analyze and critically evaluate ideas, arguments and points of view. We will
discuss primary source material from different cultural contexts. The texts
will be introduced by students and discussed. The conversation is to be
disciplined and open. Each seminar participant seeks to speak in one’s own
voice and listen with an attentiveness and openness to the other in a way that
includes a willingness to being changed by what one hears. At the same time,
the conversation has purposeful continuity—not simply and casually declaring
our views but engaging others in their response to our views. The purpose here is to move the conversation
forward, moving from where it has been and toward where it seems to be going,
by contributing to the determination of where it goes.
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Developing
skills in oral and written communication: Participants will exercise this in
class discussions and in their essays. They will learn to asking their own
questions and seeking answers. In this process, they are encouraged will help
each other to understand ideas and concepts and form teams or discussion
groups. The lecturer will analyze your performance and give you a critical feedback.
The seminar will
meet weekly to engage in discussion of the assigned reading and projects for
that week. Students will be expected to
facilitate the discussion around papers and projects that are assigned to them.
Increase critical capacities in
theological hermeneutics of social scientific models of research.
REQUIREMENTS
& EVALUATION: Each
seminar participant is required to complete the following requirements with the
relative values demonstrated (100 points).
Multiple responses and journaling will be considered acts of
supererogation that will be considered in many ways on the day of reckoning.
1. Seminar
Participation (25 points)
2. Presentations
(25 points)
3. Essay (50
points)
Seminar Paper
Students will write a seminar research
paper on a topic of their choice. They
will choose this topic with the approval of the instructor. In the paper they
will critically examine a subject, scholarly work, figure, or line of argument
of their choice related to the problems and issues related to their work as a
doctoral student and teacher of the church.
The final draft of the paper is due by
Failure
to turn in the first draft and/or final draft of the seminar paper by the deadlines
noted above will result in a penalty of one-half grade, for each deadline
missed, on the final grade for the course.
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Introduction |
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Guest Lecturer Antonio Machado? Joel Ramirez? |
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Tastes of Africa & India Branston 1491 |
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Sanneh,130-191 Bediako |
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Pan-African Worship Conference on African Christian
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The Slave Trade and the “Black |
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Easter Break |
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Chidester, 434-451 |
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Jayamon Yohannan? |
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Chidester, 452-470 |
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European Experiences 1491 Branston |
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Web Sites:
http://www.asmweb.org/links.htm:
Important links for research in
http://www.worldchristiandatabase.org/wcd: The World Christian Database (WCD) represents the core data from the World Christian Encyclopedia (WCE) and World Christian Trends (WCT). The WCD includes detailed information on 34,000 Christian denominations and on religions in every country of the world. Extensive data are available on 238 countries and 13,000 ethnolinguistic peoples, as well as data on 7,000 cities and 3,000 provinces. Statistics in the WCD represent a significant update of the data published in WCE/WCT in 2001. WCD is an initiative of the Center for the Study of Global Christianity at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.
http://religion-cults.com/art.htm and http://www.biblia.com/jesusm/:
Religious and biblical
http://research.yale.edu:8084/divdl/adhoc/subjects.jsp?subjectid=791:
Historical Maps, documents
http://www.bmpix.org/
Important collection of photos by the Basel Mission.
http://www.usc.edu/isd/archives/arc/digarchives/mission/
- more photos
http://www.library.yale.edu/div/yaleedin.htm Yale-Edinburgh
group on history of mission.
http://www.library.yale.edu/div/MissionsResources.htm
Important links
http://www.missionaryetexts.org/ Historical texts
http://ricci.rt.usfca.edu/archive/index.aspx This
section contains institutions of archival resources on Christianity in
http://www.earlychristianwritings.com: contains sources on mission in the early church.
http://www1.ttcn.ne.jp/~africanhistory/links.htm:
links to sites on African religions, African history, African societies (this
link not found – VSmith)
http://www.missionstudies.org/4groups/PADOH/archives.htm.
Guides to
http://research.yale.edu:8084/missionperiodicals/index.jsp
Missionary Periodicals Database
Statistics:
http://www.missionfrontiers.org/newslinks/statewe.htm
http://www.uscwm.org/mobilization_division/pastors_web_folder/global_mission_statistics.html