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Mission and the Ecumenical Movement

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The ecumenical movement that emerged from the beginning of the twentieth century is a movement given birth to and nourished by the missionary impulse of the church. The church's attempt to theologically formulate a comprehensive understanding of mission lies at the heart of this movement. This course aims to introduce and analyze the history, theory and practice of mission of the ecumenical church. The course will provide an analytical study of the history of ecumenical interactions on mission, and the various missiological themes and issues that evolved in the course of the interactions among the various ecclesiastical traditions in the ecumenical movement.

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Miss 3 Mission and the Ecumenical Movement

Amazing Grace Biblical Seminary — M.Th. Missiology

Area B: History of Mission Miss. 3: Mission and the Ecumenical Movement College Examined 2 Credits Course Description: The ecumenical movement that emerged from the beginning of the twentieth century is a movement given birth to and nourished by the missionary impulse of the church. The church's attempt to theologically formulate a comprehensive understanding of mission lies at the heart of this movement. This course aims to introduce and analyze the history, theory and practice of mission of the ecumenical church. The course will provide an analytical study of the history of ecumenical interactions on mission, and the various missiological themes and issues that evolved in the course of the interactions among the various ecclesiastical traditions in the ecumenical movement. Method of Teaching: Combination of lectures and seminars which consists of paper presentations, critical responses and group discussions. Method of Evaluation: 1) Written examination - 60% 2) Seminar and paper presentation and class participation - 40% Course Outline: Pioner Ecumenical Movement in the 19lh century: Comity, the 19th century Mission Conferences and the Student and Youth Contribution towards Ecumenical Movement. From Missionary Co-operation to Missionary Council: Edinburgh 1910 and the Formation of the International Missionary Council. An overview of the 20th century ecumenical movement including a brief history of the World Council of Churches, developments in the Roman Catholic Church's understanding of ecumenism and mission, and the non-conciliar Protestant (Conservative evangelicals and Pentecostals) movements. Jerusalem to Tambaram: Missiological Themes and Issues before WWR-II Towards a theology of Mission: Mission as missio Dei, Mission as Witness, Salavation as Humanisation and Mission and Church Unity, (Willingen to Mexico City), Different Models of Ecumenism. Crisis of Mission (including the "Moratorium") and the Ecumenical re-conceptualization of mission in the second half of the 20th century; Unity of Humanity and the Whole Creation. The Post-Vatican II Roman Catholic Church's Contribution to the Ecumenical Debate on Mission: Ad Gentes / Evangelii Nuntiandi / Redemptoris Missio / Evangelii Gaudium, Dialogue and Proclamation / Ecclesia in Asia Indian Expressions of Ecumenism: A historical Appraisal - SIUC, CSI, CNI, CCI, National and Regional Developments (NCCI, State level etc). Evangelism and the Ecumenical Movement - The issues of conversion and evangelism in the ecumenical debate and the Challenges of Evangelical Christians Towards a Cosmic and Liturgical Understanding of Mission: The Orthodox Churches' Contribution "Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation": Ecology as a concern of Christian mission Mission in the Pluralistic World of Faiths and Cultures: (1) The Issues of Interfaith Dialogue, and (2) the Gospel and Culture Discussion with Reference to Salvador 1996 The Challenges and Contributions of Charismatic and Pentecostalism to the Ecumenical Debate on Mission Mission and the Marginalized: Toward a Church in Solidarity with the Poor, Differently Abled, LGBT (Melbourne 1980 and Beyond) Women in Mission and Ecumenism: the Contribution of Indian Women to Ecumenism, development of Women and Feminist heology. Selected Books: Amaladoss, Michael, S.J. Beyond Inculturation: Can the Many be One? Delhi: ISPCK, 1998. Amirtham, Samuel, & Cyris H.S. Moon, eds. The Teaching of Ecumenics. Geneva: WCC Publications, 1987. Andersen, Wilhelm. Towards a Theology of Mission: A Study of the Encounter between the Missionary Enterprise and the Church and its Theology: London: SCM Press, 1955. Anderson, Gerald H. & Thomas F. Stransky, eds. Mission Trends No. I: Crucial Issues in Mission Today. New York: Paulist Press, and Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1974. Anderson, Gerald H. and Thomas F. Stransky, eds. Mission Trends No. 2: Evangelization. New York: Paulist Press, Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1975. Anderson, Gerald H. Witnessing to the Kingdom: Melbourne and Beyond. Maiyknoll: Orbis Books, 1982. Ariarajah, S. Wesley. Gospel and Culture: An Ongoing Discussion within the Ecumenical Movement. Gospel and Culture Pamphlet 1. Geneva: The WCC Publications, 1994. Ariarajah, S. Wesley. Not Without My Neighbour: Issues in Interfaith Relations. Geneva: WCC, 1999. Bassham, Rodger C. Mission Theology 1948 - 75: Years of Worldwide Creative Tension, Ecumenical, evangelical; and Roman Catholic. Pasadena: William Carey Library, 1979. Beaver, R. Pierce. Ecumenical Beginnings in the Protestant World Mission. New York, 1962. Beyerhaus, Peter & Henry Lefever. The Responsible Church and the Foreign Mission. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1964. Bosch, David. Transforming Mission: Paradigm Shifts in Theology of Mission. Maryknoll (NY): Orbis Books, 1991. Braaten, Carl. No Other Gospel: Christianity among the World's Religions. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1992. Bria, Ion. Go Forth in Peace: Orthodox Perspectives in Mission. Geneva: World Council of Churches, 1986. Burrows, William, ed. Redemption and Dialogue: Reading Redemptoris Missio and Dialogue and Proclamation. Maryknoll (NY): Orbis Books, 1993. Common Witness. Common Witness: A Study Documents of the Joint Working Group of the Roman Catholic Church and the World Council of Churches, Geneva. Geneva: World Council of Churches (2nd printing, first published in 1982), 1984. Cox, Harvey. Fire from Heaven: The Rise of Pentecostal Spirituality and the Reshaping of Religion in the Twenty-first Century. Reading, MA: Addison - Wesley Publishing Company, 1994. Das, Somen, ed. Mission and Evangelism. Delhi: ISPCK, 1998. Dempster, Klaus & Petersen, eds. Called and Empowered: Global Mission in Pentecostal Perspectives. Peabody: Hendriksn, 1991. DuBose, Francis M. Classics of Christian Missions. Nash ville: Broadman Press, 1979. Duraisingh, Christopher. Called to One Hope: The Gospel in Diverse Cultures. Geneva: WCC Publications, 1998. Flannery, Austin, O.P. ed. Vatican Council II. Volume 2. More Post Concilliar Documents. Bombay: St. Paul's, 1982. Flannery, Austin, O.P. ed. Vatican Council II: The Concilliar and Post Concilliar Documents. Bombay: St. Paul's, 1975. Francis T. Dyanandan & Israel Selvanayagam. Many Voices in Christian Mission: Essays in Honour of J. E. Leslie Newbigin. Madras: The Christian Literature Society, 1994. Glasser, Arthur G. & Donald A. McGavran. Contemporaiy Theologies of Mission. Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 1983. Goodail, Norman, ed. The Uppsala Report 1968: Official Report of the Fourth Assembly of the WCC' Uppsala, July 4 - 20, 1968. Geneva: World Council of Churches, 1968. Goodail, Norman. Ecumenical Progress: A Decade of Change in the Ecumenical Movement, 1961 - 71. London: Oxford University Press, 1972. Goodall, Norman, ed. Missions Under the Cross: Addresses Delivered at the Enlarged Meeting of the Committee of the International Missionary Council at Willingen, in Germany, 1952; With Statements issued by the Meeting. London : Edinburgh House Press for IMC, 1953. Goodall, Norman. The Ecumenical Movement: What it is and What it Does. London: Oxford University Press, 1961. Gort, Jerald. World Missionary Conference: Melbourne, May 1980: An Historical and Missiological Interpretation. Amsterdam: Free University, 1980. Hedlund, Roger. Roots of the Great Debate in Mission: Mission in Historical and Theological Perspective. Revised and enlarged. Bangalore: Theological Book Trust, 1997. Henry, Carl F & W. S. Mooneyham. One Race, One Gospel, One Task World Congress on Evangelism, Berlin, 1966... Minneapolis: Worldwide Publications, 1967. Hoekendijk, J. C. The Church Inside Out. Philadelphia: Westminster, 1967. Hogg, Wiliam Richey. Ecumenical Foundations: A History of the International Missionary Council and Its Nineteenth Century Background. New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1952. Homer, Norman A. Cross and Crucifix in Mission : A Comparison of Protestant - Roman Catholic Missionary Strategy. New York and Nashville, Abingdon Press, 1965. International Missionary Council. The Authority of Faith. Madras Series 1. London: IMC, 1928. Jaganathan, W. S. Milton, ed. Mission Paradigm in the New Millennium: A Study on Missiology - An Indian Perspective. Delhi: ISPCK, 2000. Jathanna, O. V. The Decisiveness of the Christ-Event, and the Universality of Christianity in a World of Religious Pluralism. Studies in Intercultural History of Christianity, No. 29. Berne: Peter Lang Publishers, 1981. Kanakaraj, Jey J. Mission & Missions: Essays in Honour of I. Ben Wati. Pune : Union Biblical Seminary, 1998. Kanjamala, Augustine, ed. Paths of Mission in India Today, Mumbai: St. Paul's, 1997. Karl Josef Kuschel. Concilium 1996/3. London: SCM Press Ltd., Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 1996. Knitter, Paul. No Other Name? : A Critical Survey of Christian Attitudes to the World Religions. Maryknoil (NY): Orbis Books, 1992. Kreamer, Hendrik. The Christian Message in A Non- Christian World. Second edition. Studies in the World Mission of Christianity, Vol. VIII. New York, London: International Missionary Council, 1947. Lemopoulos, George, ed. Your Will Be Done: Orthodoxy in Mission. Geneva: World Council of Churches, 1989. Levai, Blaise, ed. Revolution in Missions: A Study Guide to "The Role of Missions in Present Day India ". Revised. Calcutta: YMCA Publishing House, 1958. Loeffler. "Conversion to God…" in WCC Work Book for the Uppsala Assembly. Geneva: WCC, 1968. 152-162. Lossky, Nicholas, et al. eds. Dictionary of the Ecumenical Movement. Geneva: WCC Publications and Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing House, 1991. Mattam, Joseph, and Sebastian Kim, eds. Dimensions of Mission in India. FOIM Series OL Bombay: St. Paul's, 1995. Mattam, Joseph, and Sebastian Kim, eds. Mission Trends Today: Historical and Theological Perspectives. FOIM Series V Bombay: St. Paul's, 1997. McGavran, Donald, ed. The Conciliar - Evangelical Debate: The Crucial Documents, 1964 - 1976. Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library, 1977. Moltman, Jurgen. Pentecostal Movements as an Ecumenical Challenge. Muller, Karl, Theo Sundermeier, Stephen B. Bevans and Richard H. Bliese, eds. Dictionary of Mission: Theology History, Perspectives. New York: Orbis Books, 1997. Newbigin, Leslie. One Body: One Gospel, One World. London & New York: IMC, 1958. Newbigin, Leslie. The Gospel in a Pluralist Society. Geneva: WCC Publications, and Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing House. Niles, D.T. Upon the Earth: The Mission of God and the Missionary Enterprise of the Churches. New York, Toronto, London: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1962. Orchard, R.K. Missions in a Time of Testing: Thought and Practice in Contemporary Missions. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1964. Pachuau, Lalsangkima (ed.). Ecumenical Missiology, Contemporray Trends, Issues and Themes. Banagalore: UTC, 2002. Philip, T.V. Edinburgh to Salvador: Twentieth Century Ecumenical Missiology - A Historical Study of Ecumenical Discussions on Mission. Delhi: ISPCK, 1999. Phillips, James M. and Robert T. Coote, eds. Towards the 21st Century in Christian Mission: Essays in Honour of Gerald H. Anderson. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1993. Pittman, Don A, Ruben L.F. Habito and Terry C. Muck. Ministry & Theology in Global perspective: Contemporary Challenges for the Church. Grand Rapids, and Cambridge: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1996. Puthenpurakal, J. Mission in the Documents of the Catholic Church. Shillong: Vendrame Institute Publications, 1997. Rajendran, K. Which Way forward Indian Missions?: A Critique of Twenty-five Years 1972 -1997. Bangalore: SAIACS Press, 1998. Rosin, H.H. Missio Dei: An Examination of the Origin, Contents and Function of the Term in Protestant Missiological Discussion. Leiden: Inter-university Institute for Missiological and Ecumenical Research, 1972. Rouse, Ruth, and Stephen C. Neil1. eds. A History of the Ecumenical Movement, 1517 -1948. Second Edition. Philadelphia: The Westminster Press, 1968. Samartha, Stanley J. Between Two Cultures: Ecumenical Ministry in a Pluralist World. Bangalore: ATC, 1997. Samartha, Stanley J. One Christ- Many Religions. Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 1991. 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