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Miss 1: Methodological Issues in Missiology

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Methodological Issues in Missiology

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Course description

A Study of the concepts of missiology, its place in theological discipline in historical perspective, and the basic differing approaches to missiology. It is a study of missiography.

Course objectives

The purpose of the course is to help better understand what Christian mission really is by means of acquainting students with the various writings on the theology/theory, principles and meaning of mission. The course aims to define the proper place missiology should occupy in theological studies as a whole, to identify various theological approaches to missiology, and to help students to arrive at their own definitions of mission and missiology.

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Method of Teaching

Combination of lectures and seminars which consists of paper presentations, critical responses and group discussions.

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How do descriptive and normative approaches to missiology ask different questions? Explain which assumptions your own account of mission depends on and what evidence might challenge them.

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Convene a missiological methods laboratory

Compare two approaches named in the source. Build an annotated argument map, distinguish a biblical interpretation from a contextual inference and invite a peer to challenge your assumptions. Revise a bounded research question and record what remains unresolved.

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Which methodological distinction is explicitly in this outline?

Descriptive and normative missiologyOnly one unexamined mission modelA rule excluding contextual perspectives

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Miss 1 Methodological Issues in Missiology

Amazing Grace Biblical Seminary — M.Th. Missiology

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Area A: Methodology Miss. 1: Methodological Issues in Missiology 4 Credits CourseDescription: A Study of the concepts of missiology, its place in theological discipline in historical perspective, and the basic differing approaches to missiology. It is a study of missiography. Purpose and Goals: The purpose of the course is to help better understand what Christian mission really is by means of acquainting students with the various writings on the theology/theory, principles and meaning of mission. The course aims to define the proper place missiology should occupy in theological studies as a whole, to identify various theological approaches to missiology, and to help students to arrive at their own definitions of mission and missiology. Method of Teaching: Combination of lectures and seminars which consists of paper presentations, critical responses and group discussions. Course Outline: Terms and Definitions of, Mission, Evangelism and Missiology in Historical Perspective. Major Terms and Definitions: Theology of Evangelization; Apostology or Theology of the Apostolate; and Missionology or Philosophy/Theology of Mission. Concepts of Missiology: The Philosophy of Mission, the Science of Mission, the Theology of Mission, Missio Dei, Extensio Dei and Mission to and from the Margins. Methodological Approaches to Mission: Metaphysics and Empiricism Deductive and Inductive Approaches Descriptive and Normative Missiology Missiology from above (Missiology from the Bible) and Missiology from below (Missiology from the Context) Methodological issues involved in wring mission history: mission hisotry from above and below; reconstruction of history from contextual perspectives such as dalit, traditional people, women or subalterns. Formative factors for Missiology: Biblical and Systematic Theologies of Mission Foundation (Basis, Reasons); Motives and Goals; Scope; Agents. History Practical Methods - Strategies, (different practices through out the history and present) Mission and Social Sciences, especially Cultural Anthropology. Mission and other Faiths and Ideologies. Mission and Social Issues: Liberation, Justice, Peace, flourishing the Creation Healing and reconciliation Philanthropy Development Contemporary Approaches to Missiology: Holistic Mission, Mission from and to the Margins Selected Books: Balia, Daryl and Kirsteen Kim. Witnessing to Christ Today. Oxford: Regnum Books International, 2010. Bauman, Chad M. Pentecostals, Proselytization and Anti-Christian Violence in Contemporary India. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2015. Bevans, Stephen B., Roger P. Schroeder. Constants in Context. A Theology of Mission for Today. Bangalore, Quezon City 2004: Claretian Publications 2005 Indian reprint. Bosch, David. Transforming Mission: Paradigm Shifts in Theology of Mission. Maryknoll (NY): Orbis Books, 1991. New edition with comments of Martin Reppenhagen 2011, Maryknoll (NY): Orbis Books. Indian edition without comments Bangalore. Centre for Contemporary Christianity 2006 Indian reprint (Missiological Classics series 1). Corrie, John. Dictionary of Mission Theology. Nottingham: InterVarsarity Press, 2007. Francis Pope. Apostolic Exortation, Evangelii Gaudium, the Joy of Gospel. Carmel International Publishing House, Trivandrum, 2013. Fox, Frampton F. Edinburgh 1910 revisited 'Give us Friends' an India perspective on 100 Years of Mission. Bangalore: Asian Trading Association, Pune: CMS, 2010. George, P.T. Missionary Pragmatism, No-People to God's People. Delhi, ISPCK, 2013. Jathanna, Gladson. Mode of Maturity in the Margins of Mission: Hermannsburg Women's Mission in India. Bangalore: Dharmaram Publications, 2015. Jongenell, Jan A. B. Philosophy; Science and Theology of Mission in the 19th and 20th Centuries: A Missiological Encyclopedia. Part 1. The Philosophy and Science of Mission. Peter Lang, 1995, Bangalore: Centre for Contemporary Christianity 2006 Indian reprint (Missiological Classics Series 3). Jongenell, Jan A.B. "The Theology of Mission/ Missionary Theology in the 19th and 20th centuries."Missiological Encyclopedia, Peter Lang 1995, Bangalore: Centre for Contemporary Christianity, 2006 Indian reprint (Missiological Classics series 3). Kanjamala, Augustine. The Future of Christian Mission in India. Eugene: Pickwick Publications, 2014. Kavinkal, Jacob. "Extensio Dei: A New Pardaigm of Mission for Contomporary Times", Ishvani Documentation and Mission Digest, Vol. XXXIII, No.2 May-Aug. 2015, pp.144-156. Kerr. David A. and Kenneth R. Ross. Mission Then and Now. Oxford: Regnum Books International, 2009. Kim, Kirsteen and Andrew Anderson. Mission Today and Tomorrow. Oxford: Regnum Books International, 2011. Lalrinawma, V.S. Missiological Issues Facing the Contemporary Church in India. Bangalore: Centre for Contemporary Christianity, 2011 (Studies in the Gospel interface with Indian contexts 16). 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 III, Bombay: St. Paul's, 1995. Mattam, Joseph. Weaving Solidarity: Reflections on Mission Today. Anand: Gujarat Sahitya Prakash, 2015. Muller, Karl, Theo Sundermeier, Stephen B. Bevans, & Richard H. Bliese, eds. Dictionary of Mission: Theology, History Perspectives. Maryknoll (N.Y.), Orbis Books, 1997. Muller, Karl. 'Mission Theology' An Introduction. Studia Instituti Missiologii Societatis Verbi Divini, Nr. 39. The Netherlands. Steyler Verlag - Wort und Werk, 1987. Nussbaum, Stan. A Readers's Guide to Transforming mission. A concise, accessible companion to David Bosch's classic book. Maryknoll (N.Y.): Orbis Books 2005. Pittman, Don A., Ruben L.F. Habito, & Terry C.Muck. Ministry & Theology? in Global perspective: Contemporary Challenges for the Church. Grand Rapids, & Cambridge: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1996. Rajkumar, Peniel, Joseph Dayam, I P Asheervadham and I P Asheervadham, Mission At and From the Margins: Patterns, Protagonists and Perspectives. Eugene: Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2014. Scherer, James A. & Stephen B. Bevans, eds. New Directions in Mission and Evangelization 2: Theological Foundations. Maryknoll (NY): Orbis Books, 1994. Schreiter, Robert and Jorgensen, Knut. Mission as Ministry of Reconciliation. Oxford: Regnum Books International, 2013 (Regnum Edinburgh Centenary Series Vol. 16). Thomas, Norman E., ed. Classic Texts in Mission and World Christianity: A Readers Companion to David Bosch's Transforming Mission. Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 1995. Tormod Engelsviken, Erling Lundeby, Dagfinn Solheim and Dagfinn Solheim, The Church Going Glocal: Mission and Globalisation. Oxford: Regnum Books International, 2011. Verstraelen, F.J., A. Camps, L.A. Hoedemaker and M.R. Spindler, eds. Missiology: An Ecumenical Introduction (Texts and Contexts of Global Christianity). Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1995. Vicedom, George F. The Mission of God: An Introduction to a Theology of Mission. Saint Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1965. Wild-Wood. Emma and Peniel Rajkumar. Foundations for Mission. Oxford: Regnum Books International, 2011, reprint,Eugene: Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2013. WWC Busan Mission Document, Together towards Life: Mission and Evangelism in Changing Landscapes, (http://missionstudies.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Together_towards_Life.pdf). Y, Pham Paulus.Towards an Ecumenical Paradigm for Christian Mission: David Bosch's Missionary Vision. Rome: Gregorian Biblical BookShop, 2010.

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