DIS 711 - Foundations for Ministry/Mission (3 credits) Page 1 of 5

Fall, 2003 (Sept. 2-5)

Western Seminary

Instructor: Enoch Wan, Ph.D.

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS:

Four areas (biblical, theological, cultural and communicative) that are foundational to Christian ministry/missions are to be laid for the subsequent modules in the D.Miss. Program

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

General: surveying the biblical, theological, cultural and communicative dimensions of Christian ministry/mission.

Specific:

After surveying the four dimensions of Christian ministry/mission, contemporary phenomena/issues will be the foci of seminar and interactive discussion/debate, e.g. pluralism, postmodernism, nominalism, secularisation, globalization, contextualization, etc.

REQUIRED & COLLATERAL TEXT:

DIS 711 Foundations for Ministry and Mission

New Directions in Mission Evangelization 3: Faith & Culture	Scherer & Bevans, Editors	Orbis Books	1-57075-258-3	Required
Ministry & Theology in Global Perspective	Pittman, Habito & Much, Editors	William B. Eerdmands Pub. Co.	0-8028-0844-1

HELPFUL REFERNCE:

TITLE	AUTHOR (S)	PUBLISHER	ISBN	STATUSü
The Global God	Aida Besancon Spencer & William David Spencer	Baker Books	0-8010-2163-4	REQ
Christianity & Culture in the Crossfire	D. Hoekema & B. Fong	William B. Eerdmands Pub. Co.	0-8028-4323-9	REQ
Worship Across Cultures	Kathy Black	Abingdon Press	0-687-05652-7	REQ
Gagging of God	D A Carson		031024286X	COL
God & Culture	D.A. Carson & JD. Woodbridge, editors	The Paternoster Press	0-8028-3709-3	COL
New Directions in Mission Evangelization 3: Faith & Culture	Scherer & Bevans, Editors	Orbis Books	1-57075-258-3	COL
Ministry & Theology in Global Perspective	Pittman, Habito & Much, Editors	William B. Eerdmands Pub. Co.	0-8028-0844-1	COL
Globalization & Culture	John Tomlinson	University of Chicago Press	0-226-80767-3