Cross-cultural Practice of Ministry (DA8400P)

Content

Cross-cultural Practice of Ministry approaches pastoral theology and practice through the lenses of postcolonial and intercultural theologies (for which, the unit will broadly follow the distinction between and relationship of the two marked out by Brazal and de Guzman), in order to (a) understand dynamics of cross-cultural ministry, (b) scrutinize the majority traditions of pastoral theology, and (c) propose practices of ministry that express postcolonial and intercultural conviction. Examining three major strands in turn—pastoral leadership, liturgical celebration, and interfaith engagement—the unit will include among its foci attention to pastoral encounter between first and second peoples in Australian context.

Learning outcomes

Pedagogy

Lecture, guided reading, individual student project

Indicative Bibliography

• Brazal, Agnes, and Emmanuel de Guzman, Intercultural Church: Bridge of Solidarity in the Migration Context. Quezon City: Borderless Press, 2015
• Carvalhaes, Claudio, ed. Liturgy in Postcolonial Perspectives: Only One is Holy. New York: Palgrave, 2015
• Havea, Jione, ed. Indigenous Australia and the Unfinished Business of Theology: Crosscultural Engagement. New York, NY: Palgrave, 2015
• Kujawa-Holbrook, Sheryl. God Beyond Borders: Interreligious Learning Among Faith Communities. Eugene: Wipf and Stock, 2014
• Kujaawa-Holbrook, Sheryl, and Karen Montagno, eds, Injustice and the Care of Souls: Taking Oppression Seriously in Pastoral Care. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2010
• Kwok Pui-lan and Stephen Burns, eds. Postcolonial Practice of Ministry. Lanham: Lexington, 2016
• Lartey, Emmanuel. Pastoral Theology for an Intercultural World (Peterborough: Epworth, 2006
• Sharp, Melinda McGarrah. Misunderstanding Stories: Toward a Postcolonial Pastoral Theology. Eugene: Wipf and Stock, 2013

Assessment