Content

In this unit students will develop a missional hermeneutic which engages with New Testament texts. This methodology will enable students to identify events and principles within the NT which both critique and support contemporary missional practices.

Unit code: DM3409T

Unit status: Approved (New unit)

Points: 18.0

Unit level: Undergraduate Level 3

Unit discipline: Missiology

Delivery Mode: Online

Proposing College: Trinity College Theological School

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Learning outcomes

1.

Evaluate missional perspectives in New Testament texts

2.

Develop a missional hermeneutic

3.

Identify missional theory and practice as described in the texts of the NT in their context

4.

Critically evaluate contemporary missional praxis in the light of NT texts

Unit sequence

BN1000T/9Tor equivalent

Pedagogy

Recorded on-line lecture, discussion forum; assignments

Indicative Bibliography

  • Flemming, Dean. Contextualisation in the New Testament. Downers Grove IL: IVP, 2005.
  • Gallagher, Robert L. & Hertig, Paul (eds). Mission in Acts: Ancient Narratives in Contemporary Context. Maryknoll NY: Orbis, 2004.
  • Gorman, Michael J. Becoming the Gospel: Paul, Participation & Mission. Grand Rapids MI: Eerdmans, 2015.
  • ______. Abide & Go: Missional Theosis in the Gospel of John. Eugene: Wipf & Stock, 2018.
  • Larkin, William J. & Williams, Joel F. Mission in the New Testament: An Evangelical Approach. Maryknoll NY: Orbis, 1998.
  • Legrand, Lucien. Unity and Plurality: Mission in the Bible. Maryknoll NY: Orbis, 1990.
  • Middleton, Richard H. A New Heaven and a New Earth: Reclaiming Biblical Eschatology. Grand Rapids MI: Baker, 2014.
  • Nissen, Johannes. New Testament and Mission: Historical and Hermeneutical Perspectives Frankfurt: Peter Lang, 2004
  • Plummer, Robert L. &Terry, John Mark (eds). Paul’s MIssionary Methods: In His Time and Ours. Downers Grove IL: IVP, 2014.
  • Schnabel, Echkhard. Early Christian Mission (2 Vols.). Downers Grove IL: IVP/ Leicester: Apollos, 2004.

Assessment

Type Description Word count Weight (%)
Exegetical Essay

Essay (exegesis and application) 2500 words

2500 50.0
Essay

Essay (thematic) 2500 words

2500 50.0
Approvals

Unit approved for the University of Divinity by John Capper on 27 Sep, 2019

Unit record last updated: 2019-10-15 11:24:05 +1100