This topic focusses on the attitudes, worldview, and dispositions needed for ministry practitioners to effectively offer ministry in liminal spaces within their community. Starting with deep listening and the capacity to ‘read’ the dominant value and cultural systems at hand, this topic looks at radical discipleship, intercultural relational skills, and humility and friendship to offer ministry ‘with’ others. Themes of liberation, struggle, solidarity, and dialogue will be explored to deepen the students understanding of missional engagement. Theological reflection skills will be developed through practises evidenced in case studies and field visits with current community ministers. Students will learn to develop local theologies, rituals and liturgies for liminal spaces outside the gathered Christian community.
Unit code: DM9747Z
Unit status: Approved (Major revision)
Points: 18.0
Unit level: Postgraduate Elective
Unit discipline: Missiology
Proposing College: Uniting College for Leadership and Theology
Show when this unit is running| 1. | Critically reflect on the attributes, worldview and ministry dispositions needed for ministry in liminal spaces |
| 2. | Critically analyse dominant values and cultural systems of named contexts |
| 3. | Apply skills and themes learned and critically discussed to offer appropriate ministry ‘with’ others |
| 4. | Innovate a local theology and liturgy for a key moment in the life of a community |
A unit available for postgraduate elective study
Lectures, readings, online exercises, case studies, discussions, creative interaction and/or field trips.
| Type | Description | Word count | Weight (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portfolio | 6000 | 100.0 |
Unit approved for the University of Divinity by Prof Albert Haddad on 15 Apr, 2026
Unit record last updated: 2026-04-15 09:50:33 +1000