Cross-Cultural Practice of Ministry (DA9200T)

Content

Cross-cultural Practice of Ministry approaches pastoral theology and practice through the lenses of i) postcolonial and ii) intercultural theologies (for which, the unit will broadly follow the distinction between and relationship of the two marked out by Brazal and de Guzman, below) in order to: a) understand dynamics of cross-cultural ministry, b) scrutinize the majority traditions of pastoral theology, 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 contexts.

Learning outcomes

Unit sequence

At least one unit in field D

Pedagogy

3 hours face-to-face: lecture, discussion (small group, plenary), online resources

Indicative Bibliography

• Agnes Brazal and Emmanuel de Guzman, Intercultural Church: Bridge of Solidarity in the Migration Context (Quezon City: Borderless Press, 2015)
• Claudio Carvalhaes, ed., Liturgy in Postcolonial Perspectives: Only One is Holy (New York, NY: Palgrave, 2015)
• Jenny Daggers, Postcolonial Theology of Religions: Particularity and Pluralism in World Religions (London: Routledge, 2013)
• Jione Havea, ed., Indigenous Australia and the Unfinished Business of Theology: Crosscultural Engagement (New York, NY: Palgrave, 2015)
• Jione Havea and Clive Pearson, eds, Out of Place: Doing Theology at the Crosscultural Brink (Sheffield: Equinox, 2010)
• Michael Jagessar and Stephen Burns, Christian Worship: Postcolonial Perspectives (Sheffield: Equinox, 2011)
• HyeRan Kim-Cragg, Story and Song: The Postcolonial Interplay Between Worship and Education (New York, NY: Lang, 2012)
• Sheryl Kujawa-Holbrook, God Beyond Borders: Interreligious Learning Among Faith Communities (Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2014)
• Sheryl Kujaawa-Holbrook and Karen Montagno, eds, Injustice and the Care of Souls: Taking Oppression Seriously in Pastoral Care (Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 2010)
• Kwok Pui-lan and Stephen Burns, eds, Postcolonial Practice of Ministry (Herndon, VA: Alban Institute, 2016)
• Melinda McGarrah Sharp. Misunderstanding Stories: Toward a Postcolonial Pastoral Theology (Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2013)
• Emmanuel Lartey, Pastoral Theology for an Intercultural World (Peterborough: Epworth, 2006)
• Emmanuel Lartey, Postcolonializing God: Towards an African Practical Theology (London: SCM Press, 2013)
• Susanna Snyder, Joshua Ralston and Agnes Brazal, eds, Church in an Age of Global Migration: A Moving Body (New York, NY: Palgrave, 2015)

Assessment