Contemporary Mission in Context (DM3138B)

Content

This unit is designed to help students reflect on the meaning and expression of mission in contemporary Australia in a global context. This unit will cover themes such as multiculturalism and multi-ethnicity, post-secularism, contemporary issues in a world of contested ideas, globalism and diverse missional perspectives.

Learning outcomes

Unit sequence

Prerequisite: 18 points in DM

Pedagogy

Online tutorials, readings, videos, podcasts, assessment tasks

Indicative Bibliography

• Cornford, Jonathan. Coming Home. Eugene: Wipf and Stock, 2019.
• DeYmaz, Mark. Building a Healthy Multi-Ethnic Church: Mandate, Commitments and Practices of a Diverse Congregation. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2020.
• Frost, Michael, Darrel Jackson and David Starlin, eds. Not in Kansas anymore: Christian faith in a post Christian world. Sydney: Morling Press, 2020.
• Hibbert, Evelyn and Richard Hibbert. Walking Together on The Jesus Road: Intercultural Discipling. Pasadena: William Carey Publishing, 2018.
• Holland, Tom. Dominion: The Making of the Western Mind. London: Little Brown Book Group, 2019.
• Hughes, Philip and Sharon Bond. A Handbook for Cross-Cultural Ministry. Adelaide: Openbook, 2005.
• Richmond, Helen and Myong Duk Yang, eds. Crossing Borders: Shaping Faith, Ministry and Identity in Multicultural Australia. Sydney: The National Assembly of the Uniting Church in Australia, 2006.
• Sayers, Mark. Strange Days: Life in the Spirit in a Time of Upheaval. Chicago: Moody Publishers, 2017.
• Whiteman, Darrel L. Crossing Cultures with the Gospel. Grand Rapids: Baker Publishing Group, 2024.
• Woo, Rodney M. The Color of Church: The Biblical and Practical Paradigm for Multiracial Churches. Nashville: B & H Academic, 2009.

Assessment