A 15 minute presentation relevant to the student's particular context [Learning Outcomes 2, 3]

A 2,500 word essay [Learning Outcomes 1, 2, 3]

Oasis College Library
On-line access to Staffordshire University Library
Access to ICT
Rooms with access for disabled students

Bolger, R. ed. (2012), The Gospel After Christendom: New Voices, New Cultures, New Expressions, Grand Rapids, Baker Academic
Gibbs, E. & Bolger, R. (2006), Emerging Churches, London; SPCK
Hipps, S. (2006), The Hidden Power of Electronic Culture: How Media Shapes Faith, the Gospel and Church, Grand Rapids, MI, Zondervan
Karkkainen, V. (2002), An Introduction to Ecclesiology, Downers Grove, IL, InterVarsity Press
Kearsley, R. (2008), Church, Community and Power, Farnham, Surrey, Ashgate Publishing
Murray, S. (2005), The Church After Christendom, Carlisle, Paternoster
Smith, J. K. A. (2009), Desiring the Kingdom: Worship, Worldview and Cultural Formation, Grand Rapids, MI, Baker Academic
Volf, M. & Bass, D. C. eds. (2002), Practicing Theology: Beliefs and Practices in Christian Life, Grand Rapids, MI, Eerdmans

This module continues the three inter-related learning strategies for the programme. Taught workshops consist of interactive presentations, discussion, and critical debate. Tutorials allow discussion of the individual research that students are undertaking to prepare their assignments. Independent study allows reading around selected topics, the development of individual responses to the reading and the preparation for the assessed presentation and essay.

This module examines core topics in ecclesiology and their significance for shaping contemporary expressions of church. It considers church practices that are significant for the development of churches that engage with the contemporary world and can adapt to rapid cultural change. Students are invited to reflect critically on their own experiences of, and participation in, church.